FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 9, 2003Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
SAC118
NJN82
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC +28; Q3 SAC +38; Q4 SAC +36
Final
SAS87
POR90
Q1 POR +12; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +3
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 9, 2002: 6 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ IND), 31 points.
The lead · SAS @ POR

Portland edges San Antonio by three

San Antonio won the fourth 32–26, but Portland held on, 90–87. Scottie Pippen led Portland with 19 points, 4 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+12+6+9+3POR AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS1223203287
POR2417232690
Who led
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 9, 3, 23, 20, 8, 15, 17, 12, 11, 19POR19 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 15, 27, 7, 12, 14, 10, 12, 19POR19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 4, 9, 16, 19, 7, 6, 12, 18, 18SAS18 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 8, 8, 32, 13, 9, 22, 26, 19, 17SAS17 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Second story · SAC @ NJN

Sacramento never trails at a break against New Jersey

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 118–82. Peja Stojakovic led Sacramento with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · SAC vs NJN
Peja Stojakovic · SACJason Collins · NJNPTS2411REB65AST21Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 33 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.4Season avg8.9Last 3

8.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.4 in 21 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+9.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 21.0 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Peja Stojakovic leads the day with 24

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.
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 8, 5, 16, 20, 26, 19, 14, 11, 3, 24SAC @ NJN · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 9 games: 17, 19, 13, 14, 22, 24, 22, 20, 23SAC @ NJN · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 27, 28, 27, 23, 29, 20, 25, 20, 18, 19SAC @ NJN · W
22.6 PPG season to date · −3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 9, 3, 23, 20, 8, 15, 17, 12, 11, 19POR vs SAS · W
10.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 15, 27, 7, 12, 14, 10, 12, 19POR vs SAS · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 4, 9, 16, 19, 7, 6, 12, 18, 18SAS @ POR · L
12.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 3 REB · 2 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
Al HarringtonIND+5.9 18.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Bonzi WellsPOR+5.6 21.9 last 10 · 16.3 season
Eddie JonesMIA+4.6 22.6 last 10 · 18.0 season
Juwan HowardDEN+4.6 21.2 last 10 · 16.6 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+4.1 16.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
Cold
James PoseyHOU−6.6 4.9 last 10 · 11.5 season
Todd MacCullochPHI−4.9 2.8 last 10 · 7.7 season
Doug ChristieSAC−4.3 6.9 last 10 · 11.2 season
Allan HoustonNYK−4.1 17.4 last 10 · 21.5 season
Nick Van ExelDAL−3.9 8.1 last 10 · 12.0 season