FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 20, 2002Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed SEA by 14 after the first quarter and won 88–86.

Final
CHI86
IND101
Q1 IND +10; Q2 IND +24; Q3 IND +20; Q4 IND +15
Final
MIA97
TOR77
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +16; Q3 MIA +26; Q4 MIA +20
Final
MIN99
BOS108
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +9
Final · OT
CLE107
DET109
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET -1; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +2
Final
MIL84
MEM95
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM -6; Q3 MEM -6; Q4 MEM +11
Final · OT
LAL104
PHI107
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI -5; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +3
Final
UTA93
DAL81
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +17; Q4 UTA +12
Final
ATL82
HOU101
Q1 HOU -8; Q2 HOU -11; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +19
Final
ORL89
DEN80
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL -1; Q4 ORL +9
Final · OT
NOH88
SEA86
Q1 NOH -14; Q2 NOH -3; Q3 NOH +2; Q4 NOH 0; OT1 NOH +2
Final
POR113
GSW111
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR -3; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR +2
Final
PHX87
LAC76
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +15; Q3 PHX +19; Q4 PHX +11
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 20, 2001: 4 games. Top scorer: Michael Finley (DAL vs MIL), 33 points.
The lead · NOH @ SEA

Jamal Mashburn scores 30, New Orleans rallies past Seattle

New Orleans trailed by 14 after one and won 88–86.

Game flow · NOH margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-14-3+20+2NOH AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NOH17261721788
SEA31151223586
Who led
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 10, 25, 23, 15, 19, 21, 12, 22, 23, 30NOH30 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 20, 33, 10, 18, 23, 21, 23, 20NOH20 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 8, 13, 20, 12, 20, 29, 15, 26SEA26 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 40, 18, 20, 20, 21, 24, 23, 25, 15SEA15 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Heat rout

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Miami beat Toronto by 20.

DET over CLE2NOH over SEA2POR over GSW2PHI over LAL3BOS over MIN9ORL over DEN9MEM over MIL11PHX over LAC11UTA over DAL12IND over CHI15HOU over ATL19MIA over TOR20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.7Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 17.7 in 25 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.9Season avg23.9Last 3

23.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.9 in 25 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.5Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 16.5 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 44

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 27, 25, 19, 16, 21, 15, 21, 44LAL @ PHI · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
44 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 27, 34, 19, 30, 16, 21, 29, 37, 18, 42BOS vs MIN · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 26, 27, 45, 22, 42, 27, 20, 20, 42CLE @ DET · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 27, 21, 11, 26, 22, 32, 23, 41, 32PHI vs LAL · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 10, 25, 23, 15, 19, 21, 12, 22, 23, 30NOH @ SEA · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 23, 26, 21, 35, 2, 20, 9, 28DAL vs UTA · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 17 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
Yao MingHOU+5.2 18.1 last 10 · 12.9 season
Ricky DavisCLE+4.7 27.9 last 10 · 23.2 season
Carlos BoozerCLE+4.4 13.5 last 10 · 9.1 season
Tim ThomasMIL+4.1 17.5 last 10 · 13.4 season
Bonzi WellsPOR+3.7 19.2 last 10 · 15.5 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−3.7 22.9 last 10 · 26.6 season
Tracy McGradyORL−3.4 25.9 last 10 · 29.3 season
Erick DampierGSW−3.2 6.2 last 10 · 9.4 season
Desmond MasonSEA−2.9 11.1 last 10 · 14.0 season
Shammond WilliamsBOS−2.8 6.6 last 10 · 9.4 season