FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 9, 2002Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed PHX by 9 after the first quarter and won 106–93.

Final · OT
ORL109
BOS114
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS -6; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +5
Final · 2OT
MIL140
CLE133
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +15; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL 0; OT2 MIL +7
Final
PHX93
NJN106
Q1 NJN -9; Q2 NJN 0; Q3 NJN +21; Q4 NJN +13
Final
LAC94
NOH90
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +5; Q4 LAC +4
Final
MIN92
DEN84
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +8
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 9, 2001: 4 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (TOR vs PHX), 42 points.
The lead · PHX @ NJN

New Jersey climbs out of a 9-point hole against Phoenix

Down 9 after one, the Nets won the third quarter 34–13 and the game 106–93. Jason Kidd led New Jersey with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · NJN 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-90+21+13NJN AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX3118133193
NJN22273423106
Who led
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 18, 17, 35, 28, 27, 7, 15, 20NJN20 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 14, 11, 17, 12, 14, 22, 19, 19NJN19 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 13, 8, 14, 20, 14, 14, 2, 19PHX19 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 10, 4, 0, 5, 0, 5, 1, 6, 16PHX16 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · ORL @ BOS

Boston needs overtime to survive Orlando

Tied 95–95 after regulation. Boston won the final period 19–14 for a 114–109 win. Paul Pierce led Boston with 30 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · BOS vs ORL
Paul Pierce · BOSTracy McGrady · ORLPTS3031REB79AST64Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.7Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.7 in 19 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.7Season avg21.7Last 3

21.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.7 in 21 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.4Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 11.4 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Ricky Davis leads the day with 45

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.
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 10, 24, 22, 23, 8, 26, 27, 45CLE vs MIL · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +24.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high45 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 15, 22, 30, 27, 24, 9, 13, 39MIL @ CLE · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +20.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 6, 19, 21, 25, 11, 20, 13, 14, 16, 35MIL @ CLE · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 17, 17, 16, 10, 18, 14, 20, 33NOH vs LAC · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 36, 41, 33, 13, 38, 28, 25, 27, 16, 31ORL @ BOS · L
30.5 PPG season to date · +0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 18, 36, 31, 30, 16, 30, 27, 34, 19, 30BOS vs ORL · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 6 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
Elton BrandLAC+3.4 22.3 last 10 · 18.9 season
Marko JaricLAC+3.2 10.1 last 10 · 6.9 season
Mike MillerORL+3.1 19.3 last 10 · 16.2 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+3.0 12.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Wesley PersonMEM+2.9 11.3 last 10 · 8.4 season
Cold
Pau GasolMEM−2.7 12.9 last 10 · 15.6 season
Malik RoseSAS−2.4 5.6 last 10 · 8.0 season
Jason RichardsonGSW−2.3 14.1 last 10 · 16.4 season
Darrell ArmstrongORL−2.3 6.5 last 10 · 8.8 season
Brian SkinnerPHI−2.2 4.2 last 10 · 6.4 season