FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, December 28, 2002Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed SAC by 2 at halftime and won 119–113.

Final
NOH84
IND91
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +7
Final
BOS95
ORL101
Q1 ORL +13; Q2 ORL +18; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +6
Final
ATL76
WAS84
Q1 WAS +6; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS +4; Q4 WAS +8
Final
MIN82
DET106
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +18; Q4 DET +24
Final
SAS109
CHI95
Q1 SAS +14; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +18; Q4 SAS +14
Final
NYK82
DAL107
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +13; Q3 DAL +27; Q4 DAL +25
Final
NJN104
MIL96
Q1 NJN +16; Q2 NJN +6; Q3 NJN +11; Q4 NJN +8
Final
LAL112
DEN93
Q1 LAL +13; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +19
Final
PHI69
UTA98
Q1 UTA +10; Q2 UTA +15; Q3 UTA +35; Q4 UTA +29
Final · OT
POR119
SAC113
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +6
Final
GSW99
LAC92
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +7
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 28, 2001: 8 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ DEN), 38 points.
The lead · POR @ SAC

Bonzi Wells scores 32, Portland wins in overtime

Tied 102–102 after regulation. Final: 119–113.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final00-2+60+6POR AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
POR2927271917119
SAC2929192511113
Who led
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 29, 12, 13, 10, 15, 30, 30, 28, 32POR32 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 8, 18, 22, 19, 16, 14, 19, 30POR30 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 5 games: 17, 19, 13, 14, 22SAC22 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 27, 28, 27, 23, 29, 20, 25, 20SAC20 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.5Season avg27.0Last 5

27.0 points a game over his last five games, against 15.5 in 23 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.9 in 18 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.6Season avg32.2Today

32 minutes today, against 10.6 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Utah posts the night's biggest win

Utah beat Philadelphia by 29, the widest margin of 11 games.

ORL over BOS6POR over SAC6IND over NOH7GSW over LAC7WAS over ATL8NJN over MIL8SAS over CHI14LAL over DEN19DET over MIN24DAL over NYK25UTA over PHI29Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 39

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: 25, 19, 16, 21, 15, 21, 44, 31, 27, 39LAL @ DEN · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 29, 37, 18, 42, 26, 27, 19, 34BOS @ ORL · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 32, 22, 12, 22, 9, 21, 8, 8, 32SAS @ CHI · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 29, 12, 13, 10, 15, 30, 30, 28, 32POR @ SAC · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 8, 18, 22, 19, 16, 14, 19, 30POR @ SAC · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 14, 28, 23, 25, 19, 28, 24, 29WAS vs ATL · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 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
Bonzi WellsPOR+5.4 21.6 last 10 · 16.2 season
Lucious HarrisNJN+4.8 17.5 last 10 · 12.7 season
Yao MingHOU+4.5 17.7 last 10 · 13.2 season
Cold
Allen IversonPHI−4.2 23.4 last 10 · 27.6 season
Allan HoustonNYK−4.1 18.2 last 10 · 22.3 season
Doug ChristieSAC−3.6 7.7 last 10 · 11.3 season
James PoseyHOU−3.6 9.0 last 10 · 12.6 season
Erick DampierGSW−3.5 5.7 last 10 · 9.2 season