FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 4, 2003Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed MIN by 13 after the first quarter and won 105–97.

Final
PHI83
DAL102
Q1 DAL +10; Q2 DAL +16; Q3 DAL +18; Q4 DAL +19
Final
DET90
ATL86
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +4
Final
NJN88
ORL83
Q1 NJN +4; Q2 NJN +4; Q3 NJN +18; Q4 NJN +5
Final · 2OT
IND104
WAS107
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS 0; Q3 WAS -2; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS 0; OT2 WAS +3
Final
UTA105
MIN97
Q1 UTA -13; Q2 UTA -6; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +8
Final
CLE79
CHI85
Q1 CHI +12; Q2 CHI +16; Q3 CHI +15; Q4 CHI +6
Final
GSW86
HOU84
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +2
Final
SAC87
DEN76
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC +17; Q4 SAC +11
Final
LAL93
PHX107
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +14
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 4, 2002: 10 games. Top scorer: Wally Szczerbiak (MIN vs UTA), 37 points.
The lead · UTA @ MIN

Karl Malone scores 33, Utah rallies past Minnesota

Utah trailed by 13 after one and won 105–97.

Game flow · UTA 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-6+15+8UTA AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA25253421105
MIN3818132897
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 16, 17, 31, 14, 20, 24, 19, 33UTA33 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 19, 17, 25, 20, 20, 11, 20, 17UTA17 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 23, 24, 27, 27, 25, 20, 22, 26MIN26 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Troy HudsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 7, 10, 16, 15, 23, 16, 19, 17MIN17 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.4Season avg22.0Last 5

22.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.4 in 32 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.4Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.4 in 31 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Season avg39.8Today

40 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Dallas by 19.

GSW over HOU2WAS over IND3DET over ATL4NJN over ORL5CHI over CLE6UTA over MIN8SAC over DEN11PHX over LAL14DAL over PHI19Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Michael Jordan leads the day with 41

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.
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 33, 16, 13, 17, 10, 21, 17, 10, 41WAS vs IND · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +24.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 15, 21, 44, 31, 27, 39, 13, 37LAL @ PHX · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 16, 17, 31, 14, 20, 24, 19, 33UTA @ MIN · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 0, 19, 18, 40, 23, 8, 2, 9, 33IND @ WAS · L
12.4 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 36, 21, 11, 46, 35, 25, 32, 40, 30ORL vs NJN · L
30.4 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 2, 20, 9, 28, 30, 23, 19, 40, 20, 29DAL vs PHI · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 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+4.8 17.4 last 10 · 12.6 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
Al HarringtonIND+4.3 16.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Cold
James PoseyHOU−5.3 6.6 last 10 · 11.9 season
Doug ChristieSAC−4.1 7.3 last 10 · 11.4 season
Stephon MarburyPHX−3.5 15.7 last 10 · 19.2 season
Todd MacCullochPHI−3.4 4.7 last 10 · 8.1 season
Nick Van ExelDAL−3.4 8.8 last 10 · 12.2 season