FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 6, 2002Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed DAL by 28 at halftime and won 105–103.

Final
WAS78
ORL88
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +10
Final
NYK80
BOS91
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +18; Q4 BOS +11
Final
CHI89
TOR103
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR +14
Final · OT
HOU96
NOH98
Q1 NOH +5; Q2 NOH -2; Q3 NOH +5; Q4 NOH 0; OT1 NOH +2
Final
PHI93
SAS98
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +5
Final
IND96
PHX102
Q1 PHX -7; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 PHX +6
Final
MEM71
UTA104
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +17; Q3 UTA +27; Q4 UTA +33
Final
MIA69
POR88
Q1 POR +15; Q2 POR +26; Q3 POR +25; Q4 POR +19
Final
DEN77
SAC98
Q1 SAC +12; Q2 SAC +13; Q3 SAC +17; Q4 SAC +21
Final
DAL103
LAL105
Q1 LAL -5; Q2 LAL -28; Q3 LAL -27; Q4 LAL +2
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 6, 2001: 4 games. Top scorer: Ray Allen (MIL vs TOR), 30 points.
The lead · DAL @ LAL

Lakers erase 28-point lead, steal one from Dallas

Dallas led 64–36 at halftime. Lakers won the second half 69–39 to take it 105–103. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 27 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-28-27+2LAL AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL29352415103
LAL24122544105
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 15, 21, 38, 45, 22, 24, 17, 27LAL27 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 9 games: 17, 24, 15, 28, 33, 31, 28, 23, 26LAL26 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 9, 8, 7, 4, 17, 17, 17, 25DAL25 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 30, 21, 15, 27, 5, 29, 18, 25, 20, 22DAL22 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.9Season avg26.8Last 5

26.8 points a game over his last five games, against 19.9 in 16 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.0Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.0 in 18 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.1Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 16.1 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Utah posts the night's biggest win

Utah beat Memphis by 33, the widest margin of 10 games.

NOH over HOU2LAL over DAL2SAS over PHI5PHX over IND6ORL over WAS10BOS over NYK11TOR over CHI14POR over MIA19SAC over DEN21UTA over MEM33Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 29

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.
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 28, 22, 18, 20, 31, 14, 25, 29SAS vs PHI · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Kenny ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 12, 12, 8, 4, 12, 4, 10, 29HOU @ NOH · L
9.9 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 15, 21, 38, 45, 22, 24, 17, 27LAL vs DAL · W
27.8 PPG season to date · −0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 33, 36, 41, 33, 13, 38, 28, 25, 27ORL vs WAS · W
31.3 PPG season to date · −4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 9 games: 17, 24, 15, 28, 33, 31, 28, 23, 26LAL vs DAL · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 27, 22, 13, 31, 28, 19, 19, 25BOS vs NYK · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 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
Jamaal MagloireNOH+2.9 12.9 last 10 · 10.0 season
Derek FisherLAL+2.8 12.9 last 10 · 10.1 season
Allen IversonPHI+2.3 31.6 last 10 · 29.3 season
Matt HarpringUTA+2.0 18.6 last 10 · 16.6 season
Stephen JacksonSAS+1.9 13.7 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cold
Pau GasolMEM−3.3 12.0 last 10 · 15.3 season
Kobe BryantLAL−2.4 25.4 last 10 · 27.8 season
Keith Van HornPHI−2.3 13.5 last 10 · 15.8 season
Brian SkinnerPHI−2.0 4.6 last 10 · 6.6 season
Keon ClarkSAC−1.6 4.9 last 10 · 6.5 season