FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 17, 2003Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 8 points, by PHX (vs DAL) and GSW (vs MIN).

Final
MIL99
PHI95
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +15; Q3 MIL +13; Q4 MIL +4
Final
IND93
BOS98
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +5
Final
TOR77
NJN88
Q1 NJN +3; Q2 NJN +11; Q3 NJN +21; Q4 NJN +11
Final
NYK82
DET99
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +25; Q4 DET +17
Final
CHI83
NOH90
Q1 NOH +13; Q2 NOH +4; Q3 NOH +16; Q4 NOH +7
Final
ATL93
SAS106
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +13
Final
CLE80
DEN97
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +21; Q4 DEN +17
Final
DAL106
PHX111
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX -8; Q3 PHX -7; Q4 PHX +5
Final · OT
LAL104
HOU108
Q1 HOU -6; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +4
Final · OT
MEM97
SEA103
Q1 SEA +9; Q2 SEA +18; Q3 SEA +7; Q4 SEA 0; OT1 SEA +6
Final
MIN98
GSW107
Q1 GSW -8; Q2 GSW -2; Q3 GSW +5; Q4 GSW +9
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 17, 2002: 5 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (SAS vs UTA), 35 points.
The lead · DAL @ PHX

Stephon Marbury scores 41 as Phoenix beats Dallas

Phoenix won 111–106. Stephon Marbury: 41 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-8-7+5PHX AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL23342821106
PHX23262933111
Who led
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 32, 20, 29, 25, 38, 29, 32, 41PHX41 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 8, 12, 17, 6, 5, 4, 0, 4, 20PHX20 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 24, 16, 12, 19, 13, 24, 11, 32DAL32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 19, 40, 20, 29, 18, 30, 28, 23, 15, 20DAL20 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 11 games went past regulation.

MIL over PHI4HOU over LAL4BOS over IND5PHX over DAL5SEA over MEM6NOH over CHI7GSW over MIN9NJN over TOR11SAS over ATL13DET over NYK17DEN over CLE17Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.0Season avg33.0Last 5

33.0 points a game over his last five games, against 21.0 in 39 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.8 in 36 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.3Season avg34.5Today

35 minutes today, against 5.3 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Steve Francis leads the day with 44

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.
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 15, 14, 16, 18, 25, 26, 19, 44HOU vs LAL · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +21.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high44 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 32, 20, 29, 25, 38, 29, 32, 41PHX vs DAL · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 9, 20, 18, 17, 25, 22, 14, 34NOH vs CHI · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 24, 16, 12, 19, 13, 24, 11, 32DAL @ PHX · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 35, 25, 36, 20, 26, 15, 23, 31LAL @ HOU · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 33, 31, 17, 14, 11, 15, 23, 20, 31BOS vs IND · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 4 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
Stephon MarburyPHX+6.0 27.5 last 10 · 21.5 season
Chauncey BillupsDET+5.0 17.9 last 10 · 12.9 season
Nene HilarioDEN+4.9 14.4 last 10 · 9.5 season
Eddie JonesMIA+4.6 22.6 last 10 · 18.0 season
Tim DuncanSAS+4.3 27.6 last 10 · 23.3 season
Cold
Todd MacCullochPHI−4.2 3.4 last 10 · 7.6 season
Dajuan WagnerCLE−4.1 11.2 last 10 · 15.3 season
Jason KiddNJN−3.8 16.1 last 10 · 19.9 season
Brent BarrySEA−3.6 6.5 last 10 · 10.1 season
James PoseyHOU−3.5 7.9 last 10 · 11.4 season