FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 13, 2003Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed DEN by 8 after the first quarter and won 89–75.

Final
DET101
ORL86
Q1 DET -7; Q2 DET -1; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +15
Final
DEN75
MIN89
Q1 MIN -8; Q2 MIN -4; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +14
Final
NYK94
CHI101
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +7
Final
BOS92
HOU101
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +9
Final
CLE94
POR118
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +23; Q3 POR +28; Q4 POR +24
Final
MEM110
GSW108
Q1 MEM -3; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM +6; Q4 MEM +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 13, 2002: 3 games. Top scorer: Stephon Marbury (PHX @ SAC), 33 points.
The lead · DEN @ MIN

Minnesota rallies from 8 down to beat Denver

Trailing by 8 after one, Minnesota outscored the Nuggets 72–50 the rest of the way. Final: 89–75. Anthony Peeler led Minnesota with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-8-4+5+14MIN AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2522181075
MIN1726271989
Who led
Anthony PeelerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 2, 2, 7, 5, 8, 2, 4, 20MIN20 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 20, 22, 26, 25, 21, 24, 26, 14MIN14 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 19, 20, 20, 22, 28, 19, 19, 19DEN19 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Ryan BowenPoints, last 10 games: 4, 4, 2, 2, 7, 0, 12, 9, 0, 14DEN14 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Portland by 24.

MEM over GSW2CHI over NYK7HOU over BOS9MIN over DEN14DET over ORL15POR over CLE24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.5Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.5 in 28 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.9Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.9 in 27 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.2Season avg37.8Today

38 minutes today, against 7.2 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 1 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Gilbert Arenas leads the day with 31

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.
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 11, 7, 11, 22, 5, 22, 16, 31GSW vs MEM · L
16.0 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 24, 32, 26, 19, 31, 10, 19, 28CHI vs NYK · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 24, 22, 18, 16, 29, 22, 12, 27DET @ ORL · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 23, 26, 15, 14, 16, 18, 25, 26HOU vs BOS · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 15, 10, 29, 15, 10, 31, 22, 25NYK @ CHI · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 24, 19, 27, 19, 14, 13, 16, 24HOU vs BOS · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 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
Juwan HowardDEN+4.7 21.6 last 10 · 16.9 season
Kobe BryantLAL+4.7 32.4 last 10 · 27.7 season
Al HarringtonIND+4.7 17.3 last 10 · 12.6 season
Eddie JonesMIA+4.6 22.6 last 10 · 18.0 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+4.5 17.0 last 10 · 12.5 season
Cold
James PoseyHOU−4.6 6.8 last 10 · 11.4 season
Brent BarrySEA−4.4 5.8 last 10 · 10.2 season
Todd MacCullochPHI−4.2 3.4 last 10 · 7.6 season
Tyrone HillCLE−4.0 2.8 last 10 · 6.8 season
Allen IversonPHI−4.0 23.2 last 10 · 27.2 season