FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 5, 2003Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed NYK by 3 at halftime and won 92–89.

Final
SAS94
LAC86
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +8
Final
NOH99
TOR84
Q1 NOH 0; Q2 NOH +4; Q3 NOH +4; Q4 NOH +15
Final
POR92
NYK89
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR -3; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +3
Final
MIA70
SAC96
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +19; Q4 SAC +26
Final
PHX97
LAL109
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +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 5, 2002: 11 games. Top scorer: Chris Webber (SAC @ PHX), 35 points.
The lead · POR @ NYK

Portland holds off New York, 92–89

Portland led 74–70 after three and held on to win by three. Bonzi Wells led Portland with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4-3+4+3POR AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2323281892
NYK1930211989
Who led
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 30, 30, 28, 32, 17, 14, 19, 22POR22 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 16, 14, 19, 30, 19, 14, 10, 18POR18 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 17, 15, 20, 15, 28, 15, 10, 29NYK29 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 13, 14, 21, 16, 12, 3, 25, 16NYK16 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SAS @ LAC

San Antonio leads Clippers wire to wire

San Antonio was ahead at every break and won 94–86. Best quarter: the third, 30–26. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over NYK3SAS over LAC8LAL over PHX12NOH over TOR15SAC over MIA26Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over LAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.6Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.6 in 33 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.8Season avg20.7Last 3

20.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.8 in 31 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.8Season avg33.7Today

34 minutes today, against 11.8 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 36

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 30, 17, 19, 26, 31, 27, 22, 35, 25, 36LAL vs PHX · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 28, 8, 26, 12, 17, 12, 17, 32PHX @ LAL · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 21, 44, 31, 27, 39, 13, 37, 31LAL vs PHX · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 17, 15, 20, 15, 28, 15, 10, 29NYK vs POR · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 9, 21, 8, 8, 32, 13, 9, 22, 26SAS @ LAC · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 18, 29, 27, 28, 31, 35, 37, 24SAS @ LAC · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 14 REB · 6 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
Bonzi WellsPOR+5.2 21.7 last 10 · 16.5 season
Eddie JonesMIA+4.6 22.6 last 10 · 18.0 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+4.4 16.9 last 10 · 12.5 season
Al HarringtonIND+4.3 16.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Lucious HarrisNJN+4.0 16.9 last 10 · 12.9 season
Cold
James PoseyHOU−5.3 6.6 last 10 · 11.9 season
Doug ChristieSAC−3.8 7.4 last 10 · 11.2 season
Todd MacCullochPHI−3.4 4.7 last 10 · 8.1 season
Nick Van ExelDAL−3.4 8.8 last 10 · 12.2 season
Drew GoodenMEM−3.1 10.1 last 10 · 13.2 season