FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 22, 2002Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed NYK by 8 after the first quarter and won 92–84.

Final
UTA103
MEM74
Q1 UTA +10; Q2 UTA +23; Q3 UTA +33; Q4 UTA +29
Final · OT
LAL109
TOR107
Q1 LAL +11; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +2
Final
MIA92
NYK84
Q1 MIA -8; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +8
Final
GSW88
SAC103
Q1 SAC +12; Q2 SAC +13; Q3 SAC +20; Q4 SAC +15
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 22, 2001: 11 games. Top scorer: Cuttino Mobley (HOU vs MIL), 39 points.
The lead · MIA @ NYK

Miami fights back from 8 down against New York

Final: 92–84, after trailing by 8 after one. Eddie Jones led Miami with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-5+2+8MIA AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2321232592
NYK3118161984
Who led
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 6, 1, 5, 33, 24, 38, 32, 21, 17, 22MIA22 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Malik AllenPoints, last 10 games: 0, 12, 14, 2, 8, 17, 11, 10, 8, 17MIA17 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Howard EisleyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 16, 3, 2, 12, 8, 3, 12, 13, 19NYK19 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Kurt ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 4, 17, 22, 10, 12, 17, 16, 16NYK16 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Second story · LAL @ TOR

Lakers go to overtime again, beat Toronto

Back-to-back games past regulation for the Lakers. 102–102 after 48 minutes, 109–107 final. Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers with 31 points, 15 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAL vs TOR
Shaquille O'Neal · LALMorris Peterson · TORPTS3127REB152AST63Top 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
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.7Season avg26.0Last 5

26.0 points a game over his last five games, against 17.7 in 26 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 20 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.4Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 19.4 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 15 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 31

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 32, 36, 28, 30, 17, 19, 26, 31LAL @ TOR · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 25, 19, 16, 21, 15, 21, 44, 31LAL @ TOR · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 22, 15, 18, 9, 21, 22, 5, 27TOR vs LAL · L
15.1 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 6, 1, 5, 33, 24, 38, 32, 21, 17, 22MIA @ NYK · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 23, 30, 27, 28, 27, 23, 29, 20SAC vs GSW · W
22.9 PPG season to date · −3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 14, 5, 18, 17, 8, 5, 16, 20SAC vs GSW · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 3 REB · 5 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
Erick DampierGSW−3.7 5.5 last 10 · 9.2 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
Kobe BryantLAL−3.1 23.6 last 10 · 26.7 season