FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 18, 2002Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed LAC by 10 after three quarters and won 97–93.

Final
MIA91
BOS81
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +20; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +10
Final · OT
DET111
CLE106
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +5
Final
MIN94
PHI99
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +19; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +5
Final
MEM100
WAS118
Q1 WAS +10; Q2 WAS +21; Q3 WAS +17; Q4 WAS +18
Final
TOR83
CHI96
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +13
Final
DAL80
DEN75
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +5
Final
IND83
HOU95
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +12
Final
ORL97
UTA90
Q1 ORL -4; Q2 ORL -8; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +7
Final
SAS91
SEA88
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +3
Final
NOH106
GSW111
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +1; Q4 GSW +5
Final
POR97
LAC93
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR -6; Q3 POR -10; Q4 POR +4
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 18, 2001: 10 games. Top scorer: Jerry Stackhouse (DET @ SAC), 35 points.
The lead · POR @ LAC

Bonzi Wells scores 30 as Portland wins in Los Angeles

Final: 97–93. Bonzi Wells made 12 of 23 shots from the field.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-3-6-10+4POR AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2323213097
LAC2626251693
Who led
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 17, 29, 12, 13, 10, 15, 30, 30POR30 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 10, 34, 7, 20, 13, 7, 8, 18, 22, 19POR19 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 37, 13, 13, 10, 18, 9, 7, 27, 12, 25LAC25 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 12, 8, 0, 16, 16, 19, 8, 21, 24LAC24 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · ORL @ UTA

Orlando climbs back to beat Utah

Utah led by 8 at the half. Orlando won it 97–90. Pat Garrity led Orlando with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · ORL vs UTA
Pat Garrity · ORLAndrei Kirilenko · UTAPTS2417REB35AST13Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.5Season avg29.6Last 5

29.6 points a game over his last five games, against 17.5 in 24 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.6Season avg23.1Last 3

23.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.6 in 22 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 32 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.5Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 10.5 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 41

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, 35, 27, 21, 11, 26, 22, 32, 23, 41PHI vs MIN · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 37, 34, 32, 26, 17, 25, 25, 19, 35GSW vs NOH · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 21, 16, 20, 14, 12, 2, 30, 33WAS vs MEM · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 15, 11, 12, 24, 36, 22, 33, 31DAL @ DEN · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 17, 29, 12, 13, 10, 15, 30, 30POR @ LAC · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 27, 16, 18, 17, 18, 16, 15, 29HOU vs IND · W
12.7 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 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+4.7 13.7 last 10 · 9.0 season
Yao MingHOU+4.3 17.0 last 10 · 12.7 season
Ricky DavisCLE+3.6 26.0 last 10 · 22.4 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−3.4 25.9 last 10 · 29.3 season
Erick DampierGSW−3.1 6.6 last 10 · 9.7 season
Aaron McKiePHI−3.0 6.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Kobe BryantLAL−3.0 23.1 last 10 · 26.1 season
Glenn RobinsonATL−3.0 18.4 last 10 · 21.4 season