FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 20, 2003Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed PHI by 20 at halftime and won 100–99.

Final
CHI115
ATL102
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI -6; Q3 CHI -9; Q4 CHI +13
Final
MIA65
NYK72
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK -3; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +7
Final
DEN74
WAS89
Q1 WAS -3; Q2 WAS -3; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +15
Final
IND78
DET88
Q1 DET -4; Q2 DET -7; Q3 DET 0; Q4 DET +10
Final
PHX102
NOH114
Q1 NOH -2; Q2 NOH +8; Q3 NOH +11; Q4 NOH +12
Final
SAC102
GSW80
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +23; Q4 SAC +22
Final
POR99
MEM87
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR -1; Q4 POR +12
Final
TOR81
MIN89
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN +2; Q3 MIN +8; Q4 MIN +8
Final
HOU82
SAS87
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +5
Final
BOS100
PHI99
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS -20; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +1
Final · OT
NJN103
UTA106
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA -3; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +3
Final
LAC92
LAL96
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL +4
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · BOS @ PHI

Paul Pierce scores 40 as Boston wins in Philadelphia

Final: 100–99. Paul Pierce made 13 of 26 shots from the field.

Game flow · BOS 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-200+1BOS AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS20183923100
PHI2731192299
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 25, 30, 28, 20, 25, 24, 28, 31, 15, 40BOS40 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 14, 11, 15, 23, 20, 31, 25, 33BOS33 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 32, 25, 30, 32, 34, 17, 26, 29PHI29 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Eric SnowPoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 11, 19, 19, 19, 16, 18, 19, 17PHI17 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Kings rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Sacramento beat Golden State by 22.

BOS over PHI1UTA over NJN3LAL over LAC4SAS over HOU5NYK over MIA7MIN over TOR8DET over IND10NOH over PHX12POR over MEM12CHI over ATL13WAS over DEN15SAC over GSW22Final 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
+10.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.5Season avg32.4Last 5

32.4 points a game over his last five games, against 21.5 in 40 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.9Season avg20.5Last 3

20.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.9 in 30 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.7Season avg35.8Today

36 minutes today, against 12.7 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 40

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 25, 30, 28, 20, 25, 24, 28, 31, 15, 40BOS @ PHI · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 31, 10, 19, 28, 23, 21, 30, 37CHI @ ATL · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high37 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 13, 15, 21, 10, 25, 9, 18, 33NJN @ UTA · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 14, 11, 15, 23, 20, 31, 25, 33BOS @ PHI · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 35, 25, 36, 20, 26, 15, 23, 31, 32LAL vs LAC · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 31, 35, 37, 24, 23, 12, 21, 38, 27, 32SAS vs HOU · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 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+7.0 28.5 last 10 · 21.5 season
Chauncey BillupsDET+5.6 18.7 last 10 · 13.1 season
Tim DuncanSAS+4.5 28.0 last 10 · 23.5 season
Clifford RobinsonDET+4.3 17.5 last 10 · 13.2 season
Michael JordanWAS+4.1 22.5 last 10 · 18.4 season
Cold
Dajuan WagnerCLE−4.2 10.6 last 10 · 14.8 season
Todd MacCullochPHI−4.2 3.4 last 10 · 7.6 season
Shammond WilliamsBOS−3.6 4.3 last 10 · 7.9 season
Brent BarrySEA−3.6 6.6 last 10 · 10.2 season
Chucky AtkinsDET−3.4 4.7 last 10 · 8.1 season