FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 12, 2002Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed UTA by 12 after the first quarter and won 93–88.

Final
DET86
CHI76
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +10
Final
ATL95
MIN113
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +18
Final
NOH93
UTA88
Q1 NOH -12; Q2 NOH -3; Q3 NOH +4; Q4 NOH +5
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 12, 2001: 5 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (SAS vs TOR), 28 points.
The lead · NOH @ UTA

David Wesley scores 33, New Orleans rallies past Utah

New Orleans trailed by 12 after one and won 93–88.

Game flow · NOH 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 Q3Final0-12-3+4+5NOH AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH1223362293
UTA2414292188
Who led
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 16, 12, 18, 25, 0, 19, 10, 16, 33NOH33 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 20, 33, 21, 10, 25, 23, 15, 19NOH19 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 30, 33, 10, 15, 14, 13, 24, 21UTA21 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 17, 20, 7, 21, 29, 13, 11, 18UTA18 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Second story · ATL @ MIN

Minnesota handles Atlanta by 18

The Timberwolves won the second quarter 34–26. Final: 113–95. Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOH over UTA5DET over CHI10MIN over ATL18Final margin, points. Pink = MIN over ATL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+3.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.4Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 19 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 2 vs 2001–02 avg
Minutes per game
26.52001–02 avg12.0Last 2

12.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 26.5 in 2001–02 (82 games). Today: 4 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.0Season avg36.5Today

37 minutes today, against 17.0 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

David Wesley leads the day with 33

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.
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 16, 12, 18, 25, 0, 19, 10, 16, 33NOH @ UTA · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 20, 21, 23, 18, 21, 19, 20, 21MIN vs ATL · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 30, 33, 10, 15, 14, 13, 24, 21UTA vs NOH · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 37, 15, 24, 13, 8, 23, 23, 12, 21ATL @ MIN · L
21.3 PPG season to date · −0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 21, 2, 17, 3, 0, 1, 9, 7, 21DET @ CHI · W
9.2 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high21 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 17, 22, 19, 20, 15, 16, 25, 32, 20DET @ CHI · W
20.8 PPG season to date · −0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 6 REB · 9 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