FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 19, 2002Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed SAC by 4 after the first quarter and won 83–81.

Final
LAL71
NJN98
Q1 NJN +3; Q2 NJN +9; Q3 NJN +9; Q4 NJN +27
Final
SAS83
SAC81
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +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 19, 2001: 9 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs CHH), 38 points.
The lead · SAS @ SAC

San Antonio edges Sacramento by two

Sacramento won the fourth 20–19, but San Antonio held on, 83–81. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 23 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-4+5+3+2SAS AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS1727201983
SAC2118222081
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 31, 14, 25, 29, 16, 22, 25, 32, 18, 23SAS23 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 17, 2, 24, 14, 17, 10, 5, 9, 18SAS18 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 31, 17, 23, 30, 27, 28, 27, 23SAC23 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Bobby JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 24, 20, 21, 18, 27, 21, 19, 21SAC21 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · LAL @ NJN

New Jersey leads Lakers wire to wire

New Jersey was ahead at every break and won 98–71. Best quarter: the fourth, 30–12. Jason Kidd led New Jersey with 27 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · NJN vs LAL
Jason Kidd · NJNKobe Bryant · LALPTS2721REB115AST85Top 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
+6.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.3Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.3 in 25 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.5Season avg24.0Last 3

24.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.5 in 20 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg40.1Today

40 minutes today, against 23.6 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Jason Kidd leads the day with 27

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: 28, 27, 7, 15, 20, 27, 11, 15, 39, 27NJN vs LAL · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 31, 14, 25, 29, 16, 22, 25, 32, 18, 23SAS @ SAC · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 31, 17, 23, 30, 27, 28, 27, 23SAC vs SAS · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 17, 27, 25, 19, 16, 21, 15, 21LAL @ NJN · L
25.9 PPG season to date · −5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Bobby JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 24, 20, 21, 18, 27, 21, 19, 21SAC vs SAS · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Lucious HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 5, 23, 4, 15, 12, 21, 12, 18, 10, 19NJN vs LAL · W
11.5 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 6 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+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
Kobe BryantLAL−5.2 20.7 last 10 · 25.9 season
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
Glenn RobinsonATL−3.0 18.4 last 10 · 21.4 season