FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, December 27, 2002Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed ORL by 10 at halftime and won 99–86.

Final
SAS79
ATL81
Q1 ATL -3; Q2 ATL +10; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +2
Final
IND113
CLE89
Q1 IND +10; Q2 IND +19; Q3 IND +26; Q4 IND +24
Final
ORL86
MEM99
Q1 MEM -7; Q2 MEM -10; Q3 MEM +1; Q4 MEM +13
Final
BOS70
MIA90
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +14; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +20
Final
MIL90
NJN110
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN +7; Q3 NJN +16; Q4 NJN +20
Final
MIN113
CHI100
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN +16; Q4 MIN +13
Final
NYK99
HOU83
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +16
Final
LAC95
PHX108
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +18; Q4 PHX +13
Final
TOR96
GSW101
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW -1; Q4 GSW +5
Final
UTA98
POR103
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +5
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 27, 2001: 7 games. Top scorer: Gary Payton (SEA vs LAC), 43 points.
The lead · ORL @ MEM

Memphis climbs back to beat Orlando

Orlando led by 10 at the half. Memphis won it 99–86. Gordan Giricek led Memphis with 18 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. Tracy McGrady scored 35 for Orlando in the loss.

Game flow · MEM 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 Q3Final0-7-10+1+13MEM AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL3225151486
MEM2522262699
Who led
Gordan GiricekPoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 4, 4, 17, 18, 5, 2, 5, 18MEM18 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Mike BatistePoints, last 10 games: 14, 0, 0, 4, 4, 4, 2, 4, 10, 13MEM13 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 16, 31, 26, 36, 21, 11, 46, 35ORL35 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 7, 29, 16, 0, 16, 15, 29, 15, 15ORL15 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.0Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.0 in 28 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.9Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.9 in 28 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.2Season avg27.9Today

28 minutes today, against 11.2 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Indiana by 24.

ATL over SAS2GSW over TOR5POR over UTA5MEM over ORL13MIN over CHI13PHX over LAC13NYK over HOU16MIA over BOS20NJN over MIL20IND over CLE24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 35

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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 16, 31, 26, 36, 21, 11, 46, 35ORL @ MEM · L
30.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 26, 29, 20, 16, 27, 16, 10, 29LAC @ PHX · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 5, 33, 24, 38, 32, 21, 17, 22, 18, 28MIA vs BOS · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 16, 22, 25, 32, 18, 23, 18, 29, 27SAS @ ATL · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 21, 16, 16, 20, 20, 28, 19, 27ATL vs SAS · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 32, 29, 14, 21, 19, 23, 24, 26, 27HOU vs NYK · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 3 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+5.7 28.9 last 10 · 23.2 season
Eddie JonesMIA+5.6 23.8 last 10 · 18.2 season
Yao MingHOU+4.5 17.7 last 10 · 13.2 season
Lucious HarrisNJN+4.4 17.0 last 10 · 12.6 season
Bonzi WellsPOR+3.7 19.2 last 10 · 15.5 season
Cold
James PoseyHOU−3.6 9.0 last 10 · 12.6 season
Desmond MasonSEA−3.3 10.1 last 10 · 13.4 season
Allen IversonPHI−3.3 24.8 last 10 · 28.1 season
Courtney AlexanderNOH−3.0 5.8 last 10 · 8.8 season
Erick DampierGSW−2.9 6.5 last 10 · 9.4 season