FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 11, 2003Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
NOH80
ATL87
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +6; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +7
Final
GSW104
IND116
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +12
Final
MIL89
DET87
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +11; Q4 MIL +2
Final
WAS89
NYK84
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS 0; Q4 WAS +5
Final
DEN85
HOU87
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +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 11, 2002: 9 games. Top scorer: Jalen Rose (IND vs CHI), 38 points.
The lead · MIL @ DET

Milwaukee survives Detroit, 89–87

A two-point finish after it was 69–58 through three. Ray Allen led Milwaukee with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6+8+11+2MIL AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL2821202089
DET2219172987
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 10, 35, 13, 19, 15, 29, 27, 16, 11, 28MIL28 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Tim ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 12, 17, 13, 22, 20, 13, 13, 15MIL15 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 5, 21, 2, 23, 6, 19, 32, 26DET26 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Jon BarryPoints, last 10 games: 4, 12, 7, 0, 14, 5, 4, 6, 0, 14DET14 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Second story · DEN @ HOU

Houston controls Denver start to finish

Houston won 87–85, leading by as many as 13 at a break. Steve Francis led Houston with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over DET2HOU over DEN2WAS over NYK5ATL over NOH7IND over GSW12Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over DEN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.0Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.0 in 27 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.0Season avg19.8Last 3

19.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.0 in 34 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 21.9 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Antawn Jamison 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.
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 7, 28, 22, 37, 6, 22, 14, 16, 33GSW @ IND · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 10, 35, 13, 19, 15, 29, 27, 16, 11, 28MIL @ DET · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 5, 21, 2, 23, 6, 19, 32, 26DET vs MIL · L
12.5 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 27, 23, 26, 15, 14, 16, 18, 25HOU vs DEN · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 20, 27, 12, 14, 24, 26, 17, 16, 21, 23IND vs GSW · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 21, 17, 10, 41, 19, 14, 14, 23WAS @ NYK · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 10 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
Juwan HowardDEN+4.9 21.7 last 10 · 16.8 season
Al HarringtonIND+4.7 17.3 last 10 · 12.6 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−5.7 5.6 last 10 · 11.3 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