FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 14, 2002Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed ATL by 9 after the first quarter and won 102–88.

Final
PHX102
ATL88
Q1 PHX -9; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +14
Final
DEN104
CLE111
Q1 CLE -4; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE +3; Q4 CLE +7
Final
SEA78
DET91
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +13
Final
BOS113
NYK90
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +23; Q4 BOS +23
Final
GSW92
MIA101
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +19; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +9
Final · OT
POR98
MIN92
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +6
Final
MIL95
CHI97
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +2
Final
MEM87
DAL104
Q1 DAL +16; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +15; Q4 DAL +17
Final
LAC94
HOU83
Q1 LAC +11; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC +10; Q4 LAC +11
Final
SAC98
UTA96
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC -2; Q3 SAC 0; Q4 SAC +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 14, 2001: 8 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS vs CHI), 38 points.
The lead · PHX @ ATL

Phoenix rallies from 9 down to beat Atlanta

Trailing by 9 after one, Phoenix outscored the Hawks 84–61 the rest of the way. Final: 102–88. Shawn Marion led Phoenix with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-9-1+13+14PHX AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX18303024102
ATL2722162388
Who led
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 30, 32, 16, 23, 12, 32, 25, 24PHX24 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 43, 32, 18, 22, 19, 35, 16, 18, 28, 21PHX21 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 24, 8, 12, 19, 14, 15, 12, 20ATL20 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 31, 15, 29, 13, 11, 14, 23, 21, 16, 16ATL16 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.5Season avg32.6Last 5

32.6 points a game over his last five games, against 22.5 in 22 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.5minutes, last 3 vs 2001–02 avg
Minutes per game
26.52001–02 avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.5 in 2001–02 (82 games). Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.7Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 25.7 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · DEN @ CLE

Denver's skid reaches four

Cleveland won 111–104; the Nuggets fall to 6–18. Zydrunas Ilgauskas led Cleveland with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · DEN
L@ SAS68–99Lvs GSW82–92L@ GSW89–110Lvs SAC90–92L@ SAC77–98Wvs IND92–81Lvs MIN84–92L@ MEM93–96L@ IND72–94L@ CLE104–111DEN: last 10 games through Dec 14, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Eddie Jones leads the day with 38

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.
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 8, 21, 6, 1, 5, 33, 24, 38MIA vs GSW · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +22.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 25, 14, 31, 19, 37, 15, 27, 28, 15, 30CHI vs MIL · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 30, 16, 30, 27, 34, 19, 30, 16, 21, 29BOS @ NYK · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 30, 27, 24, 9, 13, 39, 25, 19, 29MIL @ CHI · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 31, 4, 16, 29, 28, 26, 15, 29MIL @ CHI · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 7, 11, 8, 28, 20, 11, 18, 29CLE vs DEN · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 1 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
Stephon MarburyPHX+4.5 25.2 last 10 · 20.7 season
Marko JaricLAC+4.4 11.5 last 10 · 7.1 season
Carlos BoozerCLE+4.1 12.5 last 10 · 8.4 season
Ricky DavisCLE+3.9 26.6 last 10 · 22.7 season
Sam CassellMIL+3.7 23.7 last 10 · 20.0 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyORL−3.2 27.3 last 10 · 30.5 season
Jerry StackhouseWAS−3.2 18.3 last 10 · 21.5 season
Grant HillORL−2.9 13.0 last 10 · 15.9 season
Aaron McKiePHI−2.9 7.4 last 10 · 10.3 season
Eddie GriffinHOU−2.7 5.4 last 10 · 8.1 season