FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 17, 2002Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed NJN by 5 at halftime and won 101–99.

Final
WAS109
ATL99
Q1 WAS +12; Q2 WAS +11; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +10
Final
NJN99
NYK101
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK -5; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +2
Final · OT
TOR122
MIL117
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR -2; Q3 TOR -4; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +5
Final
LAL80
MIN96
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +16; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +16
Final
IND97
DAL118
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +21; Q4 DAL +21
Final
NOH93
POR102
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR +1; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +9
Final
PHX86
SAC95
Q1 SAC +12; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +9
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 17, 2001: 1 game. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs BOS), 37 points.
The lead · NJN @ NYK

New York holds off New Jersey, 101–99

New York led 76–75 after three and held on to win by two. Allan Houston led New York with 29 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Jason Kidd scored 39 for New Jersey in the loss.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-5+1+2NYK AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN2826212499
NYK26232725101
Who led
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 29, 31, 7, 17, 25, 13, 24, 29NYK29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kurt ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 18, 6, 22, 11, 4, 17, 22, 10, 12, 17NYK17 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 35, 28, 27, 7, 15, 20, 27, 11, 15, 39NJN39 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 9, 18, 10, 11, 10, 19, 13, 18NJN18 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Dallas by 21.

NYK over NJN2TOR over MIL5POR over NOH9SAC over PHX9WAS over ATL10MIN over LAL16DAL over IND21Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.0Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 20.0 in 22 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
38.1Season avg27.5Last 3

27.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 38.1 in 21 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.4Season avg32.5Today

32 minutes today, against 14.4 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Jason Kidd leads the day with 39

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.
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 35, 28, 27, 7, 15, 20, 27, 11, 15, 39NJN @ NYK · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 4, 16, 29, 28, 26, 15, 29, 37MIL vs TOR · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 15, 15, 11, 12, 24, 36, 22, 33DAL vs IND · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 13, 8, 23, 23, 12, 21, 12, 33ATL vs WAS · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 20, 8, 17, 29, 12, 13, 10, 15, 30POR vs NOH · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 25, 21, 16, 20, 14, 12, 2, 30WAS @ ATL · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 2 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
Tim ThomasMIL+3.6 16.8 last 10 · 13.2 season
Sam CassellMIL+3.5 23.6 last 10 · 20.1 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyORL−4.0 26.1 last 10 · 30.1 season
Erick DampierGSW−3.1 6.8 last 10 · 9.9 season
Kobe BryantLAL−3.0 23.1 last 10 · 26.1 season
Glenn RobinsonATL−3.0 18.4 last 10 · 21.4 season
Aaron McKiePHI−2.5 7.4 last 10 · 9.9 season