FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 10, 2002Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed LAL by 7 after the first quarter and won 106–102.

Final
POR98
WAS79
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +18; Q3 POR +24; Q4 POR +19
Final
MEM107
MIA96
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM -2; Q4 MEM +11
Final
SEA80
NYK97
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +17
Final
ORL87
CHI107
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +14; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI +20
Final
LAC95
DAL122
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL +23; Q3 DAL +33; Q4 DAL +27
Final
SAC96
HOU103
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +17; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +7
Final
LAL102
GSW106
Q1 GSW -7; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW +5; Q4 GSW +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 · 2001–02Dec 10, 2001: 2 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL @ LAC), 47 points.
The lead · LAL @ GSW

Golden State beats Lakers, 106–102

Golden State led 79–74 after three and won by 4. Jason Richardson led Golden State with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists. Shaquille O'Neal scored 36 for Lakers in the loss.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+5+5+4GSW AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL30182628102
GSW23302627106
Who led
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 12, 21, 17, 2, 12, 11, 22, 22, 26GSW26 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 4, 20, 27, 16, 12, 10, 13, 25GSW25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 28, 33, 31, 28, 23, 26, 32, 36LAL36 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 38, 45, 22, 24, 17, 27, 25, 19LAL19 PTS · 5 REB · 14 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.8Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.8 in 11 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg5.7Last 3

5.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.9 in 19 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 20.9 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Dallas by 27.

GSW over LAL4HOU over SAC7MEM over MIA11NYK over SEA17POR over WAS19CHI over ORL20DAL over LAC27Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 36

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 28, 33, 31, 28, 23, 26, 32, 36LAL @ GSW · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 16, 20, 8, 21, 6, 1, 5, 33MIA vs MEM · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 31, 19, 14, 21, 22, 18, 24, 20, 32HOU vs SAC · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 24, 28, 19, 16, 19, 22, 31, 17, 23, 30SAC @ HOU · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 34, 6, 25, 14, 31, 19, 37, 15, 27, 28CHI vs ORL · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Bobby JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 13, 31, 20, 24, 20, 21, 18, 27SAC @ HOU · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 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
Mike MillerORL+3.5 19.7 last 10 · 16.2 season
Marko JaricLAC+3.4 10.3 last 10 · 6.9 season
Wesley PersonMEM+3.3 12.5 last 10 · 9.2 season
Elton BrandLAC+3.2 22.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+3.0 12.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyORL−2.5 27.8 last 10 · 30.3 season
Steve FrancisHOU−2.4 21.7 last 10 · 24.1 season
Malik RoseSAS−2.4 5.6 last 10 · 8.0 season
Jerry StackhouseWAS−2.3 19.5 last 10 · 21.8 season
Kwame BrownWAS−2.2 5.7 last 10 · 8.0 season