FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 21, 2002Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed CLE by 11 at halftime and won 89–82.

Final
PHI77
ATL79
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL +3; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +2
Final
BOS89
CLE82
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS -11; Q3 BOS -10; Q4 BOS +7
Final
HOU86
MIN98
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +12
Final
DET92
NJN100
Q1 NJN +2; Q2 NJN +9; Q3 NJN +12; Q4 NJN +8
Final
IND103
CHI110
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI -1; Q4 CHI +7
Final
NYK90
MIL94
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL +4
Final
WAS81
SAS92
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS -10; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS +11
Final
SAC101
PHX110
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +9
Final
SEA80
POR81
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR -4; Q3 POR -7; Q4 POR +1
Final
DEN89
LAC92
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +3
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 21, 2001: 10 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ MEM), 36 points.
The lead · BOS @ CLE

Boston rallies from 11 down to beat Cleveland

Trailing by 11 at the half, Boston outscored the Cavaliers 47–29 the rest of the way. Final: 89–82. Paul Pierce led Boston with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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+7-11-10+7BOS AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS2517212689
CLE183520982
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 34, 19, 30, 16, 21, 29, 37, 18, 42, 26BOS26 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 28, 31, 33, 23, 16, 19, 13, 23BOS23 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Dajuan WagnerPoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 7, 33, 3, 29, 10, 4, 14, 25CLE25 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 45, 22, 42, 27, 20, 20, 42, 21CLE21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
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
9.5Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 18 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−23.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.6Season avg10.6Last 3

10.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.6 in 26 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.3Season avg45.5Today

46 minutes today, against 18.3 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Minnesota by 12.

POR over SEA1ATL over PHI2LAC over DEN3MIL over NYK4BOS over CLE7CHI over IND7NJN over DET8PHX over SAC9SAS over WAS11MIN over HOU12Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Juwan Howard leads the day with 30

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.
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 20, 22, 10, 11, 12, 21, 20, 30DEN @ LAC · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 17, 23, 30, 27, 28, 27, 23, 29SAC @ PHX · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 15 REB · 11 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 37, 15, 27, 28, 15, 30, 24, 20, 18, 28CHI vs IND · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 12, 32, 25, 24, 19, 14, 20, 28PHX vs SAC · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 35, 16, 18, 28, 21, 12, 9, 16, 28PHX vs SAC · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 14, 23, 21, 16, 16, 20, 20, 28ATL vs PHI · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 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
Ricky DavisCLE+6.1 29.2 last 10 · 23.1 season
Yao MingHOU+5.7 18.5 last 10 · 12.8 season
Rodney RogersNJN+3.7 11.8 last 10 · 8.1 season
Bonzi WellsPOR+3.7 19.2 last 10 · 15.5 season
Carlos BoozerCLE+3.7 12.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−3.7 22.9 last 10 · 26.6 season
Jason TerryATL−3.6 13.1 last 10 · 16.7 season
Tracy McGradyORL−3.4 25.9 last 10 · 29.3 season
Allen IversonPHI−3.3 24.8 last 10 · 28.1 season
Erick DampierGSW−3.2 6.2 last 10 · 9.4 season