FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 21, 2003Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
ORL103
CLE94
Q1 ORL +15; Q2 ORL +13; Q3 ORL +21; Q4 ORL +9
Final
HOU86
DAL107
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +19; Q3 DAL +16; Q4 DAL +21
Final
NJN102
SAC109
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +14; Q4 SAC +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 21, 2002: 12 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL vs NJN), 39 points.
The lead · NJN @ SAC

Chris Webber goes for 36 in Sacramento win over New Jersey

Sacramento won 109–102.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+11+9+14+7SAC AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN18272532102
SAC29253025109
Who led
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 18, 19, 30, 22, 29, 22, 16, 36SAC36 PTS · 15 REB · 8 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 3, 24, 27, 30, 23, 37, 16, 26SAC26 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 15, 21, 10, 25, 9, 18, 33, 27NJN27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 13, 17, 9, 12, 20, 15, 18, 19NJN19 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.3Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 17.3 in 31 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.4Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.4 in 38 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+33.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.6Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 11.6 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · ORL @ CLE

Orlando controls Cleveland start to finish

Orlando won 103–94, leading by as many as 21 at a break. Tracy McGrady led Orlando with 35 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over NJN7ORL over CLE9DAL over HOU21Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over CLE.
Top performances

Chris Webber leads the day with 36

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.
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 18, 19, 30, 22, 29, 22, 16, 36SAC vs NJN · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 15 REB · 8 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 40, 30, 28, 27, 23, 34, 20, 31, 35, 35ORL @ CLE · W
30.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 20, 20, 14, 9, 14, 26, 21, 35CLE vs ORL · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 15, 21, 10, 25, 9, 18, 33, 27NJN @ SAC · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 16, 18, 25, 26, 19, 44, 4, 26HOU @ DAL · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 18, 30, 28, 23, 15, 20, 15, 26DAL vs HOU · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 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−5.0 9.8 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