FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 8, 2003Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed CHI by 11 at halftime and won 101–98.

Final
NYK87
IND89
Q1 IND -6; Q2 IND -7; Q3 IND +2; Q4 IND +2
Final
HOU91
ORL81
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +10
Final · OT
DET103
PHI94
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +9
Final
CHI98
WAS101
Q1 WAS -1; Q2 WAS -11; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +3
Final
DAL117
ATL99
Q1 DAL +15; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +18
Final
GSW95
MIN102
Q1 MIN +6; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +13; Q4 MIN +7
Final
MIA76
DEN86
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN +10
Final
BOS93
NOH83
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS -1; Q4 BOS +10
Final
PHX93
UTA99
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA -3; Q4 UTA +6
Final
SAS106
SEA95
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +11
Final
MEM95
LAC103
Q1 LAC +15; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +8
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 8, 2002: 9 games. Top scorer: Nick Van Exel (DEN @ DAL), 31 points.
The lead · CHI @ WAS

Washington fights back from 11 down against Chicago

Final: 101–98, after trailing by 11 at the half. Larry Hughes led Washington with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · WAS 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-11+11+3WAS AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI2732142598
WAS26223617101
Who led
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 5, 24, 9, 11, 15, 22, 11, 23, 16, 22WAS22 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Christian LaettnerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 8, 8, 8, 11, 5, 7, 6, 6, 18WAS18 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 2, 5, 10, 12, 8, 13, 17, 24CHI24 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 4, 9, 9, 9, 20, 8, 7, 5, 12, 15CHI15 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.1Season avg30.0Last 5

30.0 points a game over his last five games, against 23.1 in 34 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.1Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.1 in 33 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.0Season avg32.1Today

32 minutes today, against 5.0 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 2 rebounds, 10 assists.

Second story · NYK @ IND

Indiana wins a tight one over New York

89–87. Neither team led by more than 7 at any break. Ron Mercer led Indiana with 19 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
IND over NYK2WAS over CHI3UTA over PHX6MIN over GSW7LAC over MEM8DET over PHI9HOU over ORL10DEN over MIA10BOS over NOH10SAS over SEA11DAL over ATL18Final margin, points. Pink = IND over NYK.
Top performances

Jason Richardson leads the day with 32

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.
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 23, 18, 11, 20, 26, 4, 8, 10, 32GSW @ MIN · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 9, 28, 30, 23, 19, 40, 20, 29, 18, 30DAL @ ATL · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 10, 29, 2, 21, 13, 25, 15, 30LAC vs MEM · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 27, 13, 22, 22, 24, 22, 18, 16, 29DET @ PHI · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 8, 26, 12, 17, 12, 17, 32, 20, 29PHX @ UTA · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 20, 30, 20, 19, 20, 20, 22, 28DEN vs MIA · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 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+6.0 22.5 last 10 · 16.5 season
Al HarringtonIND+5.9 18.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Lucious HarrisNJN+4.8 18.0 last 10 · 13.2 season
Eddie JonesMIA+4.6 22.6 last 10 · 18.0 season
Juwan HowardDEN+4.6 21.2 last 10 · 16.6 season
Cold
James PoseyHOU−6.6 4.9 last 10 · 11.5 season
Todd MacCullochPHI−4.9 2.8 last 10 · 7.7 season
Allan HoustonNYK−4.1 17.4 last 10 · 21.5 season
Nick Van ExelDAL−3.9 8.1 last 10 · 12.0 season
Dajuan WagnerCLE−3.7 13.2 last 10 · 16.9 season