FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 1, 2003Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed ATL by 3 after the first quarter and won 107–73.

Final
MIA107
ATL73
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +23; Q4 MIA +34
Final
TOR75
NYK95
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK +13; Q3 NYK +10; Q4 NYK +20
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 · 2001–02Jan 1, 2002: 1 game. Top scorer: Damon Stoudamire (POR @ LAC), 25 points.
The lead · MIA @ ATL

Miami routs Atlanta by 34

Miami led by 13 at halftime and won 107–73. Caron Butler led Miami with 25 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-40-30-20-100+10+20+30+40TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+13+23+34MIA AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA22332824107
ATL2517181373
Who led
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 18, 14, 25, 11, 14, 10, 21, 25MIA25 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 38, 32, 21, 17, 22, 18, 28, 23, 20MIA20 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 9, 10, 12, 25, 15, 22, 9, 17ATL17 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 20, 20, 28, 19, 27, 18, 16, 12ATL12 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Second story · TOR @ NYK

New York rolls past Toronto, 95–75

The Raptors were held to 13 points in the fourth quarter. Kurt Thomas led New York with 26 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · NYK vs TOR
Kurt Thomas · NYKAlvin Williams · TORPTS2615REB143AST25Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.5Season avg18.6Last 3

18.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.5 in 29 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 21.2 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 15 rebounds, 1 assists.

Cooling off
−6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.8Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 20.8 in 29 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 33 minutes.

Top performances

Kurt Thomas leads the day with 26

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.
Kurt ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 12, 17, 16, 16, 8, 6, 2, 26NYK vs TOR · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 18, 14, 25, 11, 14, 10, 21, 25MIA @ ATL · W
13.3 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high25 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 38, 32, 21, 17, 22, 18, 28, 23, 20MIA @ ATL · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 9, 10, 12, 25, 15, 22, 9, 17ATL vs MIA · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Vladimir StepaniaPoints, last 10 games: 4, 8, 6, 6, 6, 1, 0, 14, 4, 16MIA @ ATL · W
5.6 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high16 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Alvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 2, 17, 16, 12, 17, 14, 16, 15TOR @ NYK · L
15.6 PPG season to date · −0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
15 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+5.9 24.3 last 10 · 18.4 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