FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 3, 2003Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed IND by 17 at halftime and won 98–96.

Final
CLE81
TOR80
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +1
Final
POR108
BOS103
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +13; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +5
Final
LAC111
MEM116
Q1 MEM +14; Q2 MEM +25; Q3 MEM +4; Q4 MEM +5
Final
NJN100
MIA80
Q1 NJN +16; Q2 NJN +15; Q3 NJN +18; Q4 NJN +20
Final
IND96
NYK98
Q1 NYK -7; Q2 NYK -17; Q3 NYK -11; Q4 NYK +2
Final
UTA118
MIL115
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +18; Q4 UTA +3
Final
ORL89
NOH100
Q1 NOH -8; Q2 NOH +4; Q3 NOH +6; Q4 NOH +11
Final
GSW95
SAS98
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS -3; Q4 SAS +3
Final
DEN94
SEA82
Q1 DEN -8; Q2 DEN -7; Q3 DEN -5; Q4 DEN +12
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 3, 2002: 3 games. Top scorer: Steve Francis (HOU vs DET), 36 points.
The lead · IND @ NYK

New York erases 17-point lead, steals one from Indiana

Indiana led 58–41 at halftime. New York won the second half 57–38 to take it 98–96. Latrell Sprewell led New York with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-17-11+2NYK AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND2929211796
NYK2219273098
Who led
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 30, 13, 12, 13, 14, 21, 16, 12, 3, 25NYK25 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Howard EisleyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 3, 12, 13, 19, 7, 0, 8, 7, 17NYK17 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 30, 12, 24, 20, 27, 12, 14, 24IND24 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Brad MillerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 16, 26, 26, 22, 10, 8, 20, 20IND20 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New Jersey by 20.

CLE over TOR1NYK over IND2UTA over MIL3SAS over GSW3POR over BOS5MEM over LAC5NOH over ORL11DEN over SEA12NJN over MIA20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.7Season avg31.6Last 5

31.6 points a game over his last five games, against 22.7 in 32 earlier games. Today: 37 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.9Season avg23.2Last 3

23.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.9 in 29 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.5Season avg29.8Today

30 minutes today, against 7.5 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady 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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 26, 36, 21, 11, 46, 35, 25, 32, 40ORL @ NOH · L
30.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 32, 18, 23, 18, 29, 27, 28, 31, 35, 37SAS vs GSW · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 19, 35, 21, 20, 7, 28, 22, 37GSW @ SAS · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 30, 8, 2, 11, 18, 7, 17, 34LAC @ MEM · L
14.9 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 19, 13, 23, 21, 16, 9, 33, 31BOS vs POR · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Gordan GiricekPoints, last 10 games: 4, 4, 17, 18, 5, 2, 5, 18, 17, 31MEM vs LAC · W
11.0 PPG season to date · +20.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 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
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+5.0 17.4 last 10 · 12.4 season
Tim DuncanSAS+4.7 27.8 last 10 · 23.1 season
Eddie JonesMIA+4.6 22.6 last 10 · 18.0 season
Bonzi WellsPOR+4.5 20.8 last 10 · 16.3 season
Lucious HarrisNJN+4.4 17.3 last 10 · 12.9 season
Cold
James PoseyHOU−4.6 7.5 last 10 · 12.1 season
Doug ChristieSAC−3.6 7.7 last 10 · 11.3 season
Allan HoustonNYK−3.3 18.6 last 10 · 21.9 season
Stephon MarburyPHX−3.1 16.1 last 10 · 19.2 season
Allen IversonPHI−3.1 23.8 last 10 · 26.9 season