FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 25, 2002Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
CHH81
IND90
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +9
Final
MIN100
TOR107
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +18; Q3 TOR +20; Q4 TOR +7
Final
DET107
ATL90
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +17; Q3 DET +21; Q4 DET +17
Final
PHI106
BOS90
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +15; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +16
Final
SAS91
LAL94
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +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 25, 2001: 5 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (SAS @ SAC), 36 points.
The lead · SAS @ LAL

Lakers hold off San Antonio, 94–91

Lakers led 73–65 after three and held on to win by three. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+9+12+8+3LAL AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS1922242691
LAL2825202194
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 23, 26, 56, 29, 28, 15, 27, 27LAL27 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 24, 28, 20, 29, 19, 40, 24, 25LAL25 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 22, 27, 22, 35, 20, 32, 26, 24SAS24 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 7, 5, 10, 7, 14, 7, 9, 9, 14SAS14 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · MIN @ TOR

Toronto leads Minnesota wire to wire

Toronto was ahead at every break and won 107–100. Best quarter: the second, 31–22. Vince Carter led Toronto with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over SAS3TOR over MIN7IND over CHH9PHI over BOS16DET over ATL17Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.9Season avg37.2Last 5

37.2 points a game over his last five games, against 29.9 in 34 earlier games. Today: 47 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.3Season avg18.9Last 3

18.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.3 in 33 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.2Season avg30.9Today

31 minutes today, against 16.2 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 47

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: 18, 30, 27, 37, 58, 33, 34, 38, 34, 47PHI @ BOS · W
30.4 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
47 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 16, 31, 30, 38, 23, 30, 20, 30BOS vs PHI · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 23, 26, 56, 29, 28, 15, 27, 27LAL vs SAS · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 24, 28, 20, 29, 19, 40, 24, 25LAL vs SAS · W
26.0 PPG season to date · −1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 22, 27, 22, 35, 20, 32, 26, 24SAS @ LAL · L
25.4 PPG season to date · −1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 4, 38, 18, 26, 17, 31, 21, 16, 20, 23IND vs CHH · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 5 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
Chauncey BillupsMIN+5.5 17.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Pau GasolMEM+5.3 22.3 last 10 · 17.0 season
Allen IversonPHI+5.2 35.6 last 10 · 30.4 season
Eddie GriffinHOU+5.2 13.9 last 10 · 8.7 season
Horace GrantORL+5.0 12.9 last 10 · 7.9 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