FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 16, 2003Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed SEA by 15 at halftime and won 92–85.

Final
ORL93
WAS108
Q1 WAS +16; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS +15
Final
SEA85
UTA92
Q1 UTA -6; Q2 UTA -15; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +7
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 16, 2002: 9 games. Top scorer: Ray Allen (MIL vs IND), 36 points.
The lead · SEA @ UTA

Karl Malone drops 34 in 15-point comeback win over Seattle

Seattle led by 15 at the half. Final: 92–85.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-15+8+7UTA AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA2228112485
UTA1619342392
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 19, 33, 16, 24, 19, 26, 16, 34UTA34 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 20, 17, 18, 22, 31, 26, 17, 26UTA26 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 35, 21, 25, 14, 18, 17, 21, 27SEA27 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Desmond MasonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 5, 23, 21, 19, 18, 12, 7, 11SEA11 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · ORL @ WAS

Washington leads Orlando wire to wire

Washington was ahead at every break and won 108–93. Best quarter: the first, 38–22. Michael Jordan led Washington with 32 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · WAS vs ORL
Michael Jordan · WASTracy McGrady · ORLPTS3231REB66AST85Top 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
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.2Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 18.2 in 37 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.7Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.7 in 28 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 20.5 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Karl Malone leads the day with 34

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.
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 19, 33, 16, 24, 19, 26, 16, 34UTA vs SEA · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 10, 41, 19, 14, 14, 23, 22, 32WAS vs ORL · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 40, 30, 28, 27, 23, 34, 20, 31ORL @ WAS · L
29.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 35, 21, 25, 14, 18, 17, 21, 27SEA @ UTA · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 20, 17, 18, 22, 31, 26, 17, 26UTA vs SEA · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 11, 23, 16, 22, 16, 11, 12, 22WAS vs ORL · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 REB · 8 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
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+5.2 18.3 last 10 · 13.1 season
Nene HilarioDEN+4.7 14.3 last 10 · 9.6 season
Eddie JonesMIA+4.6 22.6 last 10 · 18.0 season
Tim DuncanSAS+4.4 27.6 last 10 · 23.2 season
Bonzi WellsPOR+4.2 20.4 last 10 · 16.2 season
Cold
Dajuan WagnerCLE−4.2 11.4 last 10 · 15.6 season
Brent BarrySEA−4.2 6.0 last 10 · 10.2 season
Todd MacCullochPHI−4.2 3.4 last 10 · 7.6 season
Jason KiddNJN−4.1 15.9 last 10 · 20.0 season
James PoseyHOU−3.8 7.6 last 10 · 11.4 season