FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 16, 2002Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed ORL by 10 after the first quarter and won 87–84.

Final
SEA111
CLE98
Q1 SEA +10; Q2 SEA +16; Q3 SEA +14; Q4 SEA +13
Final
DEN71
PHI93
Q1 PHI +11; Q2 PHI +19; Q3 PHI +21; Q4 PHI +22
Final · OT
HOU105
MIA100
Q1 HOU -7; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +5
Final
GSW91
MEM104
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +3; Q4 MEM +13
Final
BOS83
CHI94
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +11
Final
ORL84
PHX87
Q1 PHX -10; Q2 PHX -8; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +3
Final
SAS79
LAC91
Q1 LAC -5; Q2 LAC +6; Q3 LAC +16; Q4 LAC +12
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 16, 2001: 6 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs GSW), 28 points.
The lead · ORL @ PHX

Phoenix climbs out of a 10-point hole against Orlando

Down 10 after one, the Suns won the third quarter 28–17 and the game 87–84. Shawn Marion led Phoenix with 19 points, 11 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 Q3Final0-10-8+3+3PHX AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL2823171684
PHX1825281687
Who led
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 14, 30, 32, 16, 23, 12, 32, 25, 24, 19PHX19 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Anfernee HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 8, 18, 17, 2, 9, 15, 9, 16PHX16 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Pat GarrityPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 11, 3, 6, 6, 17, 12, 10, 21ORL21 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Jeryl SasserPoints, last 10 games: 4, 0, 8, 0, 4, 3, 0, 1, 5, 14ORL14 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.9Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.9 in 23 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 51 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.1Season avg19.9Last 3

19.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.1 in 23 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.3Season avg35.1Today

35 minutes today, against 9.3 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · HOU @ MIA

Houston needs overtime to survive Miami

Tied 91–91 after regulation. Houston won the final period 14–9 for a 105–100 win. Cuttino Mobley led Houston with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · HOU vs MIA
Cuttino Mobley · HOUEddie Jones · MIAPTS2732REB510AST17Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 37

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 27, 34, 19, 30, 16, 21, 29, 37BOS @ CHI · L
25.4 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 21, 6, 1, 5, 33, 24, 38, 32MIA vs HOU · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 31, 14, 25, 29, 16, 22, 25, 32SAS @ LAC · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 18, 14, 8, 13, 20, 12, 20, 29SEA @ CLE · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 13, 15, 19, 3, 16, 14, 25, 19, 27HOU @ MIA · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 14, 31, 19, 37, 15, 27, 28, 15, 30, 24CHI vs BOS · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 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
Carlos BoozerCLE+5.0 13.7 last 10 · 8.7 season
Marko JaricLAC+3.8 10.9 last 10 · 7.1 season
Ricky DavisCLE+3.7 26.2 last 10 · 22.5 season
Sam CassellMIL+3.7 23.7 last 10 · 20.0 season
Tim ThomasMIL+3.6 16.9 last 10 · 13.3 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyORL−4.0 26.1 last 10 · 30.1 season
Erick DampierGSW−3.1 6.8 last 10 · 9.9 season
Tyronn LueWAS−2.7 4.4 last 10 · 7.1 season
Aaron McKiePHI−2.5 7.4 last 10 · 9.9 season
Shammond WilliamsBOS−2.5 6.7 last 10 · 9.2 season