FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 24, 2002Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed PHX by 18 at halftime and won 96–91.

Final
CLE85
WAS94
Q1 WAS -5; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +9
Final
PHX91
NYK96
Q1 NYK -9; Q2 NYK -18; Q3 NYK -6; Q4 NYK +5
Final
MIA87
ORL92
Q1 ORL -4; Q2 ORL -7; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +5
Final
SEA99
MIL88
Q1 SEA -8; Q2 SEA -2; Q3 SEA +3; Q4 SEA +11
Final
NJN103
HOU98
Q1 NJN +6; Q2 NJN +9; Q3 NJN +11; Q4 NJN +5
Final
DAL104
DEN97
Q1 DAL -8; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +7
Final
UTA80
SAC113
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +19; Q3 SAC +27; Q4 SAC +33
Final
MEM82
POR120
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +31; Q3 POR +45; Q4 POR +38
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 24, 2001: 7 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ HOU), 32 points.
The lead · PHX @ NYK

New York erases 18-point lead, steals one from Phoenix

Phoenix led 58–40 at halftime. New York won the second half 56–33 to take it 96–91. Allan Houston led New York with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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 Q3Final0-9-18-6+5NYK AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX3127201391
NYK2218322496
Who led
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 28, 12, 44, 28, 25, 11, 9, 29NYK29 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Kurt ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 6, 21, 10, 17, 6, 16, 13, 27NYK27 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 6, 2, 8, 12, 12, 11, 4, 6, 14, 28PHX28 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 35, 16, 13, 14, 33, 29, 23, 9, 21PHX21 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Portland posts the night's biggest win

Portland beat Memphis by 38, the widest margin of 8 games.

NYK over PHX5ORL over MIA5NJN over HOU5DAL over DEN7WAS over CLE9SEA over MIL11SAC over UTA33POR over MEM38Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.4Season avg27.8Last 5

27.8 points a game over his last five games, against 19.4 in 38 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.1Season avg18.2Last 3

18.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.1 in 33 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg47Today

47 minutes today, against 20.6 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Cuttino Mobley leads the day with 41

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.
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 13, 25, 22, 21, 16, 26, 35, 41HOU vs NJN · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +21.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high41 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 22, 35, 20, 10, 16, 29, 30, 40WAS vs CLE · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Brent BarryPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 7, 4, 9, 9, 7, 10, 9, 29SEA @ MIL · W
12.8 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 28, 12, 44, 28, 25, 11, 9, 29NYK vs PHX · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 24, 23, 20, 26, 17, 18, 24, 29MIL vs SEA · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 9, 25, 3, 28, 10, 25, 23, 27, 20, 28MIA @ ORL · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 1 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
Chauncey BillupsMIN+5.7 17.1 last 10 · 11.4 season
Pau GasolMEM+5.3 22.3 last 10 · 17.0 season
Eddie GriffinHOU+5.2 13.9 last 10 · 8.7 season
Horace GrantORL+5.0 12.9 last 10 · 7.9 season
Jerry StackhouseDET+4.8 28.5 last 10 · 23.7 season
Cold
Donyell MarshallUTA−6.0 10.4 last 10 · 16.4 season
Anfernee HardawayPHX−4.9 10.3 last 10 · 15.2 season
Tracy McGradyORL−4.8 19.7 last 10 · 24.5 season
Trenton HassellCHI−4.7 3.1 last 10 · 7.8 season
Ruben PattersonPOR−4.7 7.6 last 10 · 12.3 season