FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 31, 2002Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed BOS by 12 after three quarters and won 97–92.

Final
WAS93
CLE92
Q1 WAS +6; Q2 WAS +12; Q3 WAS -3; Q4 WAS +1
Final
MIL100
NJN125
Q1 NJN +17; Q2 NJN +3; Q3 NJN +7; Q4 NJN +25
Final
BOS92
TOR97
Q1 TOR -9; Q2 TOR -5; Q3 TOR -12; Q4 TOR +5
Final
LAC91
SAS87
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +4
Final
HOU91
DAL95
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +13; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL +4
Final
PHX97
POR105
Q1 POR +15; Q2 POR +17; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +8
Final
SAC99
SEA95
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC -3; Q3 SAC 0; Q4 SAC +4
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 31, 2001: 8 games. Top scorer: Ray Allen (MIL vs DEN), 32 points.
The lead · BOS @ TOR

Toronto climbs out of a 12-point hole against Boston

Down 12 after three, the Raptors won the fourth quarter 34–17 and the game 97–92. Vince Carter led Toronto with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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 Q3Final0-9-5-12+5TOR AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS2723251792
TOR1827183497
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 29, 23, 34, 26, 18, 19, 32, 27TOR27 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Keon ClarkPoints, last 10 games: 2, 15, 12, 10, 7, 13, 7, 16, 20, 16TOR16 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 25, 28, 20, 12, 18, 31, 25, 25BOS25 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 31, 30, 38, 23, 30, 20, 30, 22, 16, 22BOS22 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.1Season avg33.8Last 5

33.8 points a game over his last five games, against 25.1 in 41 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.1Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.1 in 14 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.4Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 17.4 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 0 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New Jersey by 25.

WAS over CLE1LAC over SAS4DAL over HOU4SAC over SEA4TOR over BOS5POR over PHX8NJN over MIL25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Steve Nash leads the day with 33

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.
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 4, 29, 20, 23, 19, 31, 17, 20, 22, 33DAL vs HOU · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 36, 29, 20, 21, 21, 21, 25, 32SAC @ SEA · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 14, 13, 26, 25, 25, 23, 30, 33, 30HOU @ DAL · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 29, 23, 34, 26, 18, 19, 32, 27TOR vs BOS · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 35, 20, 10, 16, 29, 30, 40, 41, 32, 26WAS @ CLE · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 25, 25, 28, 24, 20, 27, 27, 25SEA vs SAC · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 13 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+6.2 36.3 last 10 · 30.1 season
Michael OlowokandiLAC+5.7 13.8 last 10 · 8.1 season
Erick StricklandBOS+5.1 12.9 last 10 · 7.8 season
Pau GasolMEM+4.9 22.3 last 10 · 17.4 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−4.9 7.0 last 10 · 11.9 season
Joe JohnsonBOS−4.0 2.8 last 10 · 6.8 season
Nick Van ExelDEN−3.9 18.2 last 10 · 22.1 season
Trenton HassellCHI−3.7 3.9 last 10 · 7.6 season