FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, October 31, 2002Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
UTA98
ATL105
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +7
Final
BOS69
WAS114
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS +18; Q3 WAS +25; Q4 WAS +45
Final
POR72
SAC100
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +20; Q4 SAC +28
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 · 2001–02Oct 31, 2001: 5 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS vs NJN), 36 points.
The lead · UTA @ ATL

Atlanta handles Utah by 7

The Hawks won the first quarter 29–23. Final: 105–98. Glenn Robinson led Atlanta with 30 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6+4+14+7ATL AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA2323173598
ATL29212728105
Who led
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 2 games: 34, 30ATL30 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 2 games: 21, 21ATL21 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 2 games: 20, 20UTA20 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 2 games: 7, 19UTA19 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.5points, last 2 vs 2001–02 avg
Points per game
4.52001–02 avg16.0Last 2

16.0 points a game over his last two games, against 4.5 in 2001–02 (57 games). Today: 20 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−22.2minutes, last 2 vs 2001–02 avg
Minutes per game
32.22001–02 avg10.0Last 2

10.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 32.2 in 2001–02 (62 games). Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs 2001–02 avg
Minutes per game
12.32001–02 avg32.3Today

32 minutes today, against 12.3 a game in 2001–02 (49 games). Line: 10 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · POR @ SAC

Sacramento leads Portland wire to wire

Sacramento was ahead at every break and won 100–72. Best quarter: the third, 28–19. Peja Stojakovic led Sacramento with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over UTA7SAC over POR28WAS over BOS45Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over POR.
Top performances

Glenn Robinson leads the day with 30

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.
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 2 games: 34, 30ATL vs UTA · W
32.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 2 games: 17, 26SAC vs POR · W
21.5 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 2 games: 28, 24POR @ SAC · L
26.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 2 games: 19, 22WAS vs BOS · W
20.5 PPG season to date
22 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 2 games: 21, 21ATL vs UTA · W
21.0 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 2 games: 8, 21WAS vs BOS · W
14.5 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST