FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 21, 2002Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed HOU by 6 at halftime and won 95–91.

Final
CHH111
NYK68
Q1 CHH +20; Q2 CHH +27; Q3 CHH +41; Q4 CHH +43
Final
HOU91
ATL95
Q1 ATL -4; Q2 ATL -6; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +4
Final
SEA109
PHI98
Q1 SEA +6; Q2 SEA +4; Q3 SEA +20; Q4 SEA +11
Final
NJN105
DAL113
Q1 DAL +13; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL -1; Q4 DAL +8
Final
MIL97
DET79
Q1 MIL +19; Q2 MIL +18; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +18
Final
IND93
CHI81
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +12
Final
UTA101
GSW99
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +2
Final
WAS101
MIN105
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +4
Final · OT
MIA95
CLE93
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +2
Final
TOR97
BOS106
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +9
Final
MEM98
SAC112
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC +17; Q4 SAC +14
Final
DEN89
LAC102
Q1 LAC +16; Q2 LAC +7; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +13
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 21, 2001: 9 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs TOR), 51 points.
The lead · HOU @ ATL

Atlanta beats Houston, 95–91

Atlanta led 67–65 after three and won by 4. Jason Terry led Atlanta with 19 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-6+2+4ATL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU2223202691
ATL1821282895
Who led
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 24, 13, 20, 17, 46, 25, 24, 19ATL19 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Nazr MohammedPoints, last 10 games: 6, 9, 2, 1, 12, 9, 21, 14, 22, 18ATL18 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 10, 19, 13, 25, 22, 21, 16, 26HOU26 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 36, 13, 19, 27, 14, 13, 26, 25HOU25 PTS · 9 REB · 10 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.5Season avg40.0Last 5

40.0 points a game over his last five games, against 29.5 in 32 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−22.6minutes, last 3 vs 2000–01 avg
Minutes per game
32.32000–01 avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.3 in 2000–01 (82 games). Today: 4 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.3Season avg45.8Today

46 minutes today, against 15.3 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Charlotte by 43.

UTA over GSW2MIA over CLE2ATL over HOU4MIN over WAS4DAL over NJN8BOS over TOR9SEA over PHI11IND over CHI12LAC over DEN13SAC over MEM14MIL over DET18CHH over NYK43Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 39

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 27, 29, 31, 4, 40, 32, 34, 39DAL vs NJN · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 18, 30, 27, 37, 58, 33, 34, 38PHI vs SEA · L
29.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 15, 32, 17, 30, 23, 26, 17, 30, 28, 37UTA @ GSW · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 17, 13, 22, 12, 17, 24, 9, 31LAC vs DEN · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 20, 31, 16, 31, 30, 38, 23, 30BOS vs TOR · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 51, 45, 29, 18, 22, 35, 20, 10, 16, 29WAS @ MIN · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 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+6.2 14.8 last 10 · 8.6 season
Horace GrantORL+5.2 13.1 last 10 · 7.9 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+5.0 29.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN+4.8 16.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
Chris WhitneyWAS+4.5 13.6 last 10 · 9.1 season
Cold
Anfernee HardawayPHX−7.0 7.9 last 10 · 14.9 season
Donyell MarshallUTA−6.0 10.4 last 10 · 16.4 season
Ruben PattersonPOR−5.1 7.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Brad MillerCHI−4.8 7.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Antoine WalkerBOS−4.1 18.8 last 10 · 22.9 season