FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 11, 2002Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed PHI by 12 at halftime and won 92–88.

Final
PHX103
BOS94
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX -8; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +9
Final
TOR83
CLE96
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +13
Final
POR104
NJN105
Q1 NJN +3; Q2 NJN +12; Q3 NJN +10; Q4 NJN +1
Final
SEA92
PHI88
Q1 SEA -11; Q2 SEA -12; Q3 SEA -7; Q4 SEA +4
Final
ATL80
DET91
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +12; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +11
Final
DEN93
MEM96
Q1 MEM +12; Q2 MEM +14; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM +3
Final · OT
IND126
MIL119
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +7
Final
DAL104
SAS111
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +7
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 11, 2001: 11 games. Top scorer: Latrell Sprewell (NYK vs BOS), 49 points.
The lead · SEA @ PHI

Seattle climbs back to beat Philadelphia

Philadelphia led by 12 at the half. Seattle won it 92–88. Gary Payton led Seattle with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · SEA 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-12-7+4SEA AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA2226192592
PHI3327141488
Who led
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 32, 17, 10, 28, 40, 18, 20, 20SEA20 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 13, 18, 24, 18, 14, 8, 13, 20SEA20 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 37, 29, 36, 29, 35, 27, 21, 11, 26PHI26 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 13, 19, 14, 12, 22, 6, 13, 15, 15, 25PHI25 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.9Season avg27.2Last 5

27.2 points a game over his last five games, against 19.9 in 20 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.6Season avg19.3Last 3

19.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.6 in 21 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.6Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 18.6 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Cleveland by 13.

NJN over POR1MEM over DEN3SEA over PHI4IND over MIL7SAS over DAL7PHX over BOS9DET over ATL11CLE over TOR13Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Michael Finley 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.
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 42, 16, 13, 15, 15, 11, 12, 24, 36DAL @ SAS · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Dajuan WagnerPoints, last 9 games: 17, 5, 29, 28, 25, 29, 18, 7, 33CLE vs TOR · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 11, 14, 30, 32, 16, 23, 12, 32PHX @ BOS · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 9, 17, 22, 19, 20, 15, 16, 25, 32DET vs ATL · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 16, 12, 13, 6, 13, 9, 10, 6, 32SAS vs DAL · W
12.6 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 13, 31, 28, 19, 19, 25, 28, 31BOS vs PHX · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 6 REB · 3 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
Wesley PersonMEM+3.6 13.0 last 10 · 9.4 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+3.5 13.8 last 10 · 10.3 season
Mike MillerORL+3.5 19.7 last 10 · 16.2 season
Marko JaricLAC+3.4 10.3 last 10 · 6.9 season
Elton BrandLAC+3.2 22.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
Cold
Aaron McKiePHI−2.9 7.4 last 10 · 10.3 season
Tracy McGradyORL−2.5 27.8 last 10 · 30.3 season
Steve FrancisHOU−2.4 21.7 last 10 · 24.1 season
Jerry StackhouseWAS−2.3 19.5 last 10 · 21.8 season
Kwame BrownWAS−2.2 5.7 last 10 · 8.0 season