FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 15, 2002Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed NJN by 11 after the first quarter and won 101–91.

Final
WAS95
TOR82
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +13
Final
PHI97
IND107
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND +15; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +10
Final
NJN91
DET101
Q1 DET -11; Q2 DET -1; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +10
Final
NOH92
SAC107
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC +7; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +15
Final
ORL84
LAL107
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +23
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 15, 2001: 10 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ CLE), 40 points.
The lead · NJN @ DET

Detroit fights back from 11 down against New Jersey

Final: 101–91, after trailing by 11 after one. Zeljko Rebraca led Detroit with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-11-1+10+10DET AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN2425172591
DET13352825101
Who led
Zeljko RebracaPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 9, 2, 4, 8, 1, 8, 4, 21DET21 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 12, 10, 4, 11, 16, 14, 15, 17DET17 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Lucious HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 4, 17, 5, 23, 4, 15, 12, 21, 12, 18NJN18 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 17, 35, 28, 27, 7, 15, 20, 27, 11, 15NJN15 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Second story · WAS @ TOR

Washington takes care of Toronto

A 13-point win, 95–82. Jerry Stackhouse led Washington with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
IND over PHI10DET over NJN10WAS over TOR13SAC over NOH15LAL over ORL23Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over TOR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.9Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.9 in 21 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.2Season avg22.3Last 3

22.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.2 in 22 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 40 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.1Season avg35.0Today

35 minutes today, against 16.1 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 32

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 36, 29, 35, 27, 21, 11, 26, 22, 32PHI @ IND · L
28.2 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 28, 33, 31, 28, 23, 26, 32, 36, 28, 30LAL vs ORL · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 19, 22, 31, 17, 23, 30, 27, 28SAC vs NOH · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 6, 24, 38, 12, 21, 23, 22, 14, 14, 28WAS @ TOR · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 9, 25, 30, 25, 26, 30, 12, 24IND vs PHI · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 10, 18, 14, 20, 33, 10, 18, 23NOH @ SAC · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 5 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−4.0 26.1 last 10 · 30.1 season
Tyronn LueWAS−2.7 4.4 last 10 · 7.1 season
Eddie GriffinHOU−2.7 5.4 last 10 · 8.1 season
Aaron McKiePHI−2.6 7.4 last 10 · 10.0 season
Steve FrancisHOU−2.6 21.3 last 10 · 23.9 season