FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 31, 2002Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 10 points, by PHI (vs LAC) and IND (vs NOH).

Final
MEM89
BOS96
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +7
Final
POR87
CHI102
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +15
Final
SAS103
WAS105
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS +2; Q4 WAS +2
Final
IND89
NOH86
Q1 IND -9; Q2 IND -10; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND +3
Final
PHI83
LAC75
Q1 PHI -6; Q2 PHI -10; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +8
Final
MIL80
HOU103
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +25; Q4 HOU +23
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 31, 2001: 3 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (WAS vs NJN), 45 points.
The lead · IND @ NOH

Indiana turns it around against New Orleans

From 10 down at the half to a 3-point win: 89–86. Reggie Miller led Indiana with 21 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-9-10+1+3IND AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND1821331789
NOH2722221586
Who led
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 4, 18, 11, 8, 8, 22, 11, 17, 15, 21IND21 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Brad MillerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 19, 11, 16, 26, 26, 22, 10, 8, 20IND20 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 22, 23, 30, 16, 8, 17, 25, 24NOH24 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Jamaal MagloirePoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 15, 14, 0, 6, 10, 8, 8, 15NOH15 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Second story · PHI @ LAC

Clippers' skid reaches three

Philadelphia won 83–75; the Clippers fall to 12–19. Allen Iverson led Philadelphia with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Streak strip · LAC
L@ DAL95–122L@ SAS84–97W@ HOU94–83Wvs SAS91–79Lvs POR93–97Lvs PHX76–87Wvs DEN92–89L@ PHX95–108Lvs GSW92–99Lvs PHI75–83LAC: last 10 games through Dec 31, oldest first. Pink = win.
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
16.2Season avg24.2Last 5

24.2 points a game over his last five games, against 16.2 in 25 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.9 in 20 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.2Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 19.2 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 27 points, 18 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tim Duncan 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.
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 18, 23, 18, 29, 27, 28, 31, 35SAS @ WAS · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 33, 23, 16, 19, 13, 23, 21, 16, 9, 33BOS vs MEM · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 15, 30, 24, 20, 18, 28, 16, 22, 24, 32CHI vs POR · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Tyson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 1, 7, 14, 10, 6, 6, 10, 12, 4, 27CHI vs POR · W
8.2 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 32, 23, 41, 32, 13, 13, 23, 27PHI @ LAC · W
27.4 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 29, 14, 21, 19, 23, 24, 26, 27, 23, 26HOU vs MIL · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 9 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
Quentin RichardsonLAC+4.4 14.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Lucious HarrisNJN+4.1 16.9 last 10 · 12.8 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+4.0 16.2 last 10 · 12.2 season
Bonzi WellsPOR+3.9 20.1 last 10 · 16.2 season
Cold
James PoseyHOU−4.6 7.5 last 10 · 12.1 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
Aaron McKiePHI−2.7 7.0 last 10 · 9.7 season