FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 23, 2002Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed HOU by 7 at halftime and won 96–91.

Final
MIA72
CLE74
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE -1; Q4 CLE +2
Final
ATL97
IND112
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND +16; Q4 IND +15
Final
MIL108
ORL103
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL +3; Q3 MIL -2; Q4 MIL +5
Final
CHI83
NJN99
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN +6; Q3 NJN +24; Q4 NJN +16
Final
WAS86
DAL92
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL +6
Final
UTA96
HOU91
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA -7; Q3 UTA -1; Q4 UTA +5
Final · OT
NOH94
SAS99
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +5
Final
SEA88
PHX89
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +1; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +1
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 23, 2001: 4 games. Top scorer: Sam Cassell (MIL @ SAS), 33 points.
The lead · UTA @ HOU

Karl Malone scores 31 in Utah win over Houston

Final: 96–91. Karl Malone added 9 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-3-7-1+5UTA AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA2016312996
HOU2320252391
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 13, 11, 18, 12, 15, 16, 17, 31UTA31 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 13, 24, 21, 16, 17, 19, 17, 25UTA25 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 32, 29, 14, 21, 19, 23, 24, 26HOU26 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 17, 18, 16, 15, 29, 17, 12, 18HOU18 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.9Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.9 in 19 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−25.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.5Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.5 in 27 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.2Season avg47Today

47 minutes today, against 28.2 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · MIL @ ORL

Milwaukee handles Orlando by 5

The Bucks won the second quarter 34–28. Final: 108–103. Ray Allen led Milwaukee with 35 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHX over SEA1CLE over MIA2MIL over ORL5UTA over HOU5SAS over NOH5DAL over WAS6IND over ATL15NJN over CHI16Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over ORL.
Top performances

Al Harrington leads the day with 40

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.
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 9, 11, 2, 15, 0, 19, 18, 40IND vs ATL · W
12.0 PPG season to date · +29.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high40 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 29, 28, 26, 15, 29, 37, 14, 10, 35MIL @ ORL · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 27, 45, 22, 42, 27, 20, 20, 42, 21, 33CLE vs MIA · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 13, 11, 18, 12, 15, 16, 17, 31UTA @ HOU · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 26, 21, 35, 2, 20, 9, 28, 30DAL vs WAS · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 32, 25, 24, 19, 14, 20, 28, 30PHX vs SEA · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 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
Ricky DavisCLE+6.4 29.9 last 10 · 23.5 season
Yao MingHOU+4.6 17.6 last 10 · 13.0 season
Larry HughesWAS+4.2 16.7 last 10 · 12.5 season
Rodney RogersNJN+3.9 11.9 last 10 · 8.0 season
Bonzi WellsPOR+3.7 19.2 last 10 · 15.5 season
Cold
Erick DampierGSW−3.7 5.5 last 10 · 9.2 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
Shammond WilliamsBOS−3.1 6.2 last 10 · 9.3 season