FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 29, 2002Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed SEA by 10 at halftime and won 92–86.

Final
MIN81
CLE114
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE +27; Q4 CLE +33
Final
DET89
WAS86
Q1 DET -4; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +3
Final
LAL127
ATL93
Q1 LAL +12; Q2 LAL +27; Q3 LAL +33; Q4 LAL +34
Final
PHI71
NYK78
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +7
Final
LAC117
DAL100
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC -3; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +17
Final
BOS90
MIL109
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +2; Q3 MIL +20; Q4 MIL +19
Final · OT
GSW96
HOU100
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU -7; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +4
Final
CHH78
SAS73
Q1 CHH -5; Q2 CHH +1; Q3 CHH +2; Q4 CHH +5
Final · OT
MIA100
DEN94
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA -3; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +6
Final
CHI90
PHX91
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX -2; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +1
Final
POR92
SEA86
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR -10; Q3 POR -1; Q4 POR +6
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 29, 2001: 8 games. Top scorer: Antawn Jamison (GSW vs CHH), 31 points.
The lead · POR @ SEA

Portland climbs back to beat Seattle

Seattle led by 10 at the half. Portland won it 92–86. Dale Davis led Portland with 20 points, 14 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-10-1+6POR AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2420242492
SEA2727151786
Who led
Dale DavisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 0, 7, 12, 7, 8, 17, 8, 20POR20 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 14, 18, 16, 12, 13, 34, 2, 19POR19 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 21, 25, 25, 28, 24, 20, 27, 27SEA27 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Desmond MasonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 6, 10, 16, 13, 16, 2, 6, 12, 14SEA14 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Lakers rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Lakers beat Atlanta by 34.

PHX over CHI1DET over WAS3HOU over GSW4CHH over SAS5MIA over DEN6POR over SEA6NYK over PHI7LAC over DAL17MIL over BOS19CLE over MIN33LAL over ATL34Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.9Season avg34.4Last 5

34.4 points a game over his last five games, against 24.9 in 40 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 42 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.7Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 18.7 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Eddie Jones leads the day with 37

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.
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 10, 25, 23, 27, 20, 28, 20, 12, 37MIA @ DEN · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 14, 13, 26, 25, 25, 23, 30, 33HOU vs GSW · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 35, 20, 10, 16, 29, 30, 40, 41, 32WAS vs DET · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 56, 29, 28, 15, 27, 27, 20, 32LAL @ ATL · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Jeff McInnisPoints, last 10 games: 9, 0, 12, 15, 4, 13, 14, 17, 16, 31LAC @ DAL · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Raef LaFrentzPoints, last 10 games: 29, 16, 10, 30, 3, 4, 10, 8, 24, 30DEN vs MIA · L
14.3 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 7 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
Pau GasolMEM+6.3 23.6 last 10 · 17.3 season
Allen IversonPHI+5.3 35.2 last 10 · 29.9 season
Erick StricklandBOS+5.2 12.9 last 10 · 7.7 season
Eddie GriffinHOU+5.1 13.9 last 10 · 8.8 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−4.8 7.3 last 10 · 12.1 season
Trenton HassellCHI−4.1 3.5 last 10 · 7.6 season
Nick Van ExelDEN−3.9 18.2 last 10 · 22.1 season
Tracy McGradyORL−3.8 20.7 last 10 · 24.5 season