FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 10, 2003Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, 4 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed NOH by 11 after three quarters and won 101–99.

Final · OT
IND101
ORL97
Q1 IND -7; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND -6; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +4
Final
NYK114
PHI112
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK -1; Q3 NYK -1; Q4 NYK +2
Final
NJN94
TOR79
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN +11; Q3 NJN +11; Q4 NJN +15
Final
GSW104
WAS99
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW -2; Q3 GSW -1; Q4 GSW +5
Final
HOU75
ATL84
Q1 ATL +11; Q2 ATL +14; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +9
Final
BOS78
DAL103
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +19; Q3 DAL +32; Q4 DAL +25
Final · OT
SAC109
MIN115
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +12; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +6
Final · OT
CHI85
MIL93
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +8
Final · OT
DET101
NOH99
Q1 DET -4; Q2 DET -8; Q3 DET -11; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +2
Final
POR81
DEN82
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +3; Q4 DEN +1
Final
MEM90
PHX96
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +6
Final
MIA76
UTA92
Q1 UTA +14; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +16
Final
CLE99
LAL115
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +16; Q3 LAL +23; Q4 LAL +16
Final
LAC90
SEA88
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +2
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 10, 2002: 6 games. Top scorer: Pau Gasol (MEM @ PHX), 31 points.
The lead · DET @ NOH

Chauncey Billups scores 32, Detroit wins in overtime

Tied 88–88 after regulation. Final: 101–99.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-4-8-110+2DET AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DET2122182713101
NOH252621161199
Who led
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 10, 5, 21, 2, 23, 6, 19, 32DET32 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 22, 22, 24, 22, 18, 16, 29, 22DET22 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 16, 8, 17, 25, 24, 29, 22, 30, 21, 26NOH26 PTS · 15 REB · 9 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 10, 13, 11, 9, 20, 18, 17, 25NOH25 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Five close finishes and one Mavericks rout

Five of 14 games were decided by four points or fewer. Dallas beat Boston by 25.

DEN over POR1NYK over PHI2DET over NOH2LAC over SEA2IND over ORL4GSW over WAS5MIN over SAC6PHX over MEM6MIL over CHI8ATL over HOU9NJN over TOR15UTA over MIA16LAL over CLE16DAL over BOS25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.3points, today vs 2001–02 avg
Points per game
3.72001–02 avg17Today

17 points today in 31 minutes, against 3.7 a game in 2001–02 (48 games).

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.8 in 35 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.2Season avg49.5Today

49 minutes today, against 19.2 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Jason Terry leads the day with 33

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 TerryPoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 15, 22, 9, 17, 15, 27, 27, 33ATL vs HOU · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 10, 5, 21, 2, 23, 6, 19, 32DET @ NOH · W
12.0 PPG season to date · +20.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 16, 12, 3, 25, 16, 28, 20, 31NYK @ PHI · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 17, 25, 20, 20, 11, 20, 17, 18, 22, 31UTA vs MIA · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 15, 28, 15, 10, 29, 15, 10, 31NYK @ PHI · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 13, 13, 23, 27, 12, 25, 32, 25, 30PHI vs NYK · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 9 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+5.5 18.3 last 10 · 12.8 season
Juwan HowardDEN+5.2 21.9 last 10 · 16.7 season
Eddie JonesMIA+4.6 22.6 last 10 · 18.0 season
Bonzi WellsPOR+4.2 20.4 last 10 · 16.2 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+4.0 16.4 last 10 · 12.4 season
Cold
James PoseyHOU−7.3 3.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Todd MacCullochPHI−4.7 3.0 last 10 · 7.7 season
Brent BarrySEA−4.3 6.0 last 10 · 10.3 season
Nick Van ExelDAL−4.2 7.5 last 10 · 11.7 season
Tyrone HillCLE−4.0 2.8 last 10 · 6.8 season