FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 2, 2003Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed PHI by 1 at halftime and won 96–78.

Final
WAS107
CHI82
Q1 WAS +12; Q2 WAS +18; Q3 WAS +26; Q4 WAS +25
Final
LAC92
DAL102
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +16; Q3 DAL +19; Q4 DAL +10
Final
PHI78
PHX96
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +18
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 2, 2002: 10 games. Top scorer: Lamond Murray (CLE vs GSW), 40 points.
The lead · PHI @ PHX

Phoenix beats Philadelphia, 96–78

Phoenix led 73–63 after three and won by 18. Shawn Marion led Phoenix with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+7-1+10+18PHX AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI1627201578
PHX2319312396
Who led
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 19, 14, 20, 28, 30, 14, 26, 24PHX24 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 4, 18, 16, 11, 16, 19, 38, 20PHX20 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Kenny ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 9, 6, 11, 0, 10, 12, 6, 20PHI20 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Aaron McKiePoints, last 10 games: 0, 4, 8, 8, 14, 13, 2, 10, 7, 13PHI13 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · LAC @ DAL

Dallas never trails at a break against Clippers

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 102–92. Steve Nash led Dallas with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over LAC10PHX over PHI18WAS over CHI25Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over LAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.2Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.2 in 31 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.6Season avg24.3Last 3

24.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.6 in 30 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.7Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 16.7 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Jerry Stackhouse leads the day with 28

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.
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 28, 23, 25, 19, 28, 24, 29, 18, 25, 28WAS @ CHI · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 20, 18, 28, 16, 22, 24, 32, 26CHI vs WAS · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 13, 18, 25, 16, 15, 19, 17, 24DAL vs LAC · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 19, 14, 20, 28, 30, 14, 26, 24PHX vs PHI · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kenny ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 9, 6, 11, 0, 10, 12, 6, 20PHI @ PHX · L
9.8 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 4, 18, 16, 11, 16, 19, 38, 20PHX vs PHI · W
12.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 11 REB · 1 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
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+5.0 17.4 last 10 · 12.4 season
Lucious HarrisNJN+4.1 16.9 last 10 · 12.8 season
Quentin RichardsonLAC+4.0 13.8 last 10 · 9.8 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
Stephon MarburyPHX−3.1 16.1 last 10 · 19.2 season
Allen IversonPHI−3.1 23.8 last 10 · 26.9 season