FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 27, 2002Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed LAL by 4 after three quarters and won 93–87.

Final
LAL87
PHI93
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI -3; Q3 PHI -4; Q4 PHI +6
Final
ORL97
TOR106
Q1 TOR +18; Q2 TOR +15; Q3 TOR +14; Q4 TOR +9
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 27, 2001: 11 games. Top scorer: Glenn Robinson (MIL vs DET), 34 points.
The lead · LAL @ PHI

Philadelphia makes it three straight

Philadelphia beat Lakers 93–87 and moved to 22–21. Allen Iverson led Philadelphia with 29 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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+2-3-4+6PHI AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2223222087
PHI2418213093
Who led
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 37, 58, 33, 34, 38, 34, 47, 29PHI29 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 12, 4, 14, 21, 13, 13, 17, 4, 11, 18PHI18 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 28, 20, 29, 19, 40, 24, 25, 26LAL26 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 26, 56, 29, 28, 15, 27, 27, 20LAL20 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · ORL @ TOR

Toronto never trails at a break against Orlando

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 106–97. Vince Carter led Toronto with 32 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · TOR vs ORL
Vince Carter · TORTracy McGrady · ORLPTS3227REB710AST42Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
30.4Season avg36.4Last 5

36.4 points a game over his last five games, against 30.4 in 35 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.2 in 35 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.4Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 22.4 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 32

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.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 16, 31, 24, 29, 23, 34, 26, 18, 19, 32TOR vs ORL · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 37, 58, 33, 34, 38, 34, 47, 29PHI vs LAL · W
30.3 PPG season to date · −1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 17, 17, 26, 22, 25, 9, 17, 27ORL @ TOR · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 28, 20, 29, 19, 40, 24, 25, 26LAL @ PHI · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 16, 2, 11, 18, 9, 15, 18, 20ORL @ TOR · L
12.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Keon ClarkPoints, last 10 games: 4, 2, 15, 12, 10, 7, 13, 7, 16, 20TOR vs ORL · W
10.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high20 PTS · 6 REB · 2 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
Allen IversonPHI+6.4 36.7 last 10 · 30.3 season
Pau GasolMEM+6.1 23.3 last 10 · 17.2 season
Eddie GriffinHOU+5.3 14.2 last 10 · 8.9 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL+5.0 27.4 last 10 · 22.4 season
Horace GrantORL+4.8 12.9 last 10 · 8.1 season
Cold
Donyell MarshallUTA−6.0 10.4 last 10 · 16.4 season
Ruben PattersonPOR−4.7 7.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
Anfernee HardawayPHX−4.3 10.7 last 10 · 15.0 season
Trenton HassellCHI−4.1 3.6 last 10 · 7.7 season
Tracy McGradyORL−3.8 20.7 last 10 · 24.5 season