FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 30, 2002Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed DAL by 9 after the first quarter and won 110–107.

Final
WAS95
ORL112
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +17
Final
POR85
DET74
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +11
Final
ATL84
MIA93
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +9
Final
CLE88
NJN102
Q1 NJN +6; Q2 NJN +12; Q3 NJN +17; Q4 NJN +14
Final
SAS95
NYK96
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +4; Q4 NYK +1
Final
PHX98
MIN104
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +18; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +6
Final
MIL110
DAL107
Q1 MIL -9; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL -6; Q4 MIL +3
Final
SEA79
DEN77
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA -5; Q3 SEA +9; Q4 SEA +2
Final
TOR85
UTA107
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA +15; Q3 UTA +16; Q4 UTA +22
Final
PHI98
GSW104
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW +2; Q4 GSW +6
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 30, 2001: 6 games. Top scorer: Chris Webber (SAC vs BOS), 30 points.
The lead · MIL @ DAL

Milwaukee fights back from 9 down against Dallas

Final: 110–107, after trailing by 9 after one. Sam Cassell led Milwaukee with 28 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists. Dirk Nowitzki scored 40 for Dallas in the loss.

Game flow · MIL 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 Q3Final0-9-3-6+3MIL AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL19312733110
DAL28253024107
Who led
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 29, 21, 19, 25, 19, 25, 20, 28MIL28 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Tim ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 13, 11, 18, 14, 8, 12, 12, 17MIL17 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 21, 35, 2, 20, 9, 28, 30, 23, 19, 40DAL40 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 26, 13, 18, 25, 16, 15, 19, 17DAL17 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Jazz rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Utah beat Toronto by 22.

NYK over SAS1SEA over DEN2MIL over DAL3MIN over PHX6GSW over PHI6MIA over ATL9POR over DET11NJN over CLE14ORL over WAS17UTA over TOR22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.2Season avg27.4Last 5

27.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.2 in 24 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 19 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.4Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 11.4 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki 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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 21, 35, 2, 20, 9, 28, 30, 23, 19, 40DAL vs MIL · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 15, 4, 18, 16, 11, 16, 19, 38PHX @ MIN · L
12.2 PPG season to date · +26.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 31, 26, 36, 21, 11, 46, 35, 25, 32ORL vs WAS · W
30.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 32, 18, 23, 18, 29, 27, 28, 31SAS @ NYK · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 18, 16, 12, 12, 16, 21, 24, 28NJN vs CLE · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 29, 21, 19, 25, 19, 25, 20, 28MIL @ DAL · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 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
Eddie JonesMIA+7.3 25.6 last 10 · 18.3 season
Bonzi WellsPOR+5.4 21.6 last 10 · 16.2 season
Tony ParkerSAS+4.2 17.9 last 10 · 13.7 season
Lucious HarrisNJN+4.1 16.9 last 10 · 12.8 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+4.0 16.2 last 10 · 12.2 season
Cold
James PoseyHOU−4.6 7.7 last 10 · 12.3 season
Allen IversonPHI−3.8 23.6 last 10 · 27.4 season
Doug ChristieSAC−3.6 7.7 last 10 · 11.3 season
Erick DampierGSW−3.2 5.9 last 10 · 9.1 season
Brent BarrySEA−3.0 7.5 last 10 · 10.5 season