FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 2, 2002Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed PHX by 5 after three quarters and won 100–90.

Final
BOS102
ORL97
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS -3; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +5
Final
CLE93
NYK125
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +27; Q3 NYK +28; Q4 NYK +32
Final
TOR102
DAL113
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +11
Final · OT
MIA100
PHX90
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA -3; Q3 MIA -5; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +10
Final
IND91
UTA102
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +11
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 · 2001–02Dec 2, 2001: 5 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ SAC), 32 points.
The lead · MIA @ PHX

Miami flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Phoenix led 44–41 at the break. Tied 79–79 after regulation, Miami won the extra time 21–11. Final: 100–90. Eddie Jones led Miami with 21 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-2-3-50+10MIA AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIA2318221621100
PHX251924111190
Who led
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 5, 22, 15, 17, 16, 18, 16, 20, 8, 21MIA21 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 5, 20, 6, 14, 18, 13, 4, 14, 16, 20MIA20 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 13, 18, 19, 22, 22, 11, 14, 30PHX30 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 12, 5, 2, 0, 9, 15, 13, 8, 14, 20PHX20 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 15 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.2Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.2 in 14 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.2Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 16.2 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · BOS @ ORL

Boston beats Orlando, 102–97

Boston led 81–75 after three and won by 5. Paul Pierce led Boston with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over ORL5MIA over PHX10DAL over TOR11UTA over IND11NYK over CLE32Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over ORL.
Top performances

Shawn Marion 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.
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 13, 18, 19, 22, 22, 11, 14, 30PHX vs MIA · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 14, 14, 23, 23, 32, 30, 20, 29NYK vs CLE · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 28, 18, 36, 31, 30, 16, 30, 27BOS @ ORL · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Alvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 17, 21, 15, 25, 14, 12, 20, 27TOR @ DAL · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Dajuan WagnerPoints, last 5 games: 17, 5, 29, 28, 25CLE @ NYK · L
20.8 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 30, 21, 15, 27, 5, 29, 18, 25DAL vs TOR · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST