FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 19, 2002Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 15 points, by DET (vs BOS) and MIL (vs ATL).

Final
WAS77
CHI69
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS +17; Q4 WAS +8
Final
LAL98
SAS81
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +17
Final
MIL116
ATL107
Q1 MIL -15; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL +9
Final
NYK89
PHI97
Q1 PHI -7; Q2 PHI -1; Q3 PHI +12; Q4 PHI +8
Final
TOR91
CHH89
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +11; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +2
Final
BOS91
DET94
Q1 DET -11; Q2 DET -7; Q3 DET -15; Q4 DET +3
Final
HOU90
NJN99
Q1 NJN +3; Q2 NJN -5; Q3 NJN +5; Q4 NJN +9
Final
UTA103
DAL106
Q1 DAL +16; Q2 DAL +14; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +3
Final
ORL119
MEM103
Q1 ORL +24; Q2 ORL +25; Q3 ORL +17; Q4 ORL +16
Final
IND88
MIA100
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +12
Final
LAC93
POR113
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +16; Q3 POR +25; Q4 POR +20
Final
DEN77
SEA104
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA +7; Q3 SEA +27; Q4 SEA +27
Final
MIN105
GSW102
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN 0; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +3
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2000–01Jan 19, 2001: 9 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs HOU), 41 points.
The lead · BOS @ DET

Detroit storms back from 15 down to beat Boston

The Pistons trailed by 15 after three and won 94–91. Jerry Stackhouse led Detroit with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-7-15+3DET AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS332425991
DET2228172794
Who led
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 13, 29, 29, 24, 27, 21, 27, 38, 32, 28DET28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 14, 15, 8, 8, 17, 11, 9, 14DET14 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 10, 22, 19, 21, 5, 23, 15, 25, 28BOS28 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 28, 20, 31, 16, 31, 30, 38, 23BOS23 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.5Season avg25.2Last 5

25.2 points a game over his last five games, against 16.5 in 38 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−26.8minutes, last 2 vs 2000–01 avg
Minutes per game
32.32000–01 avg5.5Last 2

5.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 32.3 in 2000–01 (82 games). Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.4Season avg38.5Today

39 minutes today, against 10.4 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Seattle by 27.

TOR over CHH2DET over BOS3DAL over UTA3MIN over GSW3WAS over CHI8PHI over NYK8MIL over ATL9NJN over HOU9MIA over IND12ORL over MEM16LAL over SAS17POR over LAC20SEA over DEN27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 34

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 22, 18, 30, 27, 37, 58, 33, 34PHI vs NYK · W
29.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 28, 27, 29, 31, 4, 40, 32, 34DAL vs UTA · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 34, 24, 31, 19, 16, 31, 24, 29, 23, 34TOR @ CHH · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 22, 15, 17, 8, 10, 13, 17, 32NYK @ PHI · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 29, 13, 27, 37, 23, 36, 28, 31MIL @ ATL · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Damon StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 4, 19, 15, 2, 20, 25, 12, 19, 12, 29POR vs LAC · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Eddie GriffinHOU+6.5 14.9 last 10 · 8.4 season
Horace GrantORL+5.2 13.1 last 10 · 7.9 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN+5.1 16.4 last 10 · 11.3 season
Allan HoustonNYK+3.9 24.3 last 10 · 20.4 season
Pau GasolMEM+3.9 20.6 last 10 · 16.7 season
Cold
Anfernee HardawayPHX−7.0 7.9 last 10 · 14.9 season
Ruben PattersonPOR−5.1 7.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Brent BarrySEA−4.5 8.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Brad MillerCHI−4.4 7.7 last 10 · 12.1 season
Donyell MarshallUTA−4.1 12.8 last 10 · 16.9 season