FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 22, 2003Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed TOR by 10 at halftime and won 101–98.

Final
MIL106
BOS97
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +2; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +9
Final
TOR98
IND101
Q1 IND -9; Q2 IND -10; Q3 IND -3; Q4 IND +3
Final
CHI91
ORL94
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +3
Final · 2OT
POR112
ATL110
Q1 POR +17; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR -3; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR 0; OT2 POR +2
Final
PHI92
DET83
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI -3; Q3 PHI -1; Q4 PHI +9
Final
PHX85
MIA92
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +7
Final
DEN88
NYK97
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +9
Final
SEA91
MIN96
Q1 MIN +15; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +5
Final
MEM98
SAS93
Q1 MEM -2; Q2 MEM -3; Q3 MEM -3; Q4 MEM +5
Final
WAS94
NOH103
Q1 NOH +3; Q2 NOH +9; Q3 NOH +19; Q4 NOH +9
Final
LAC96
UTA89
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +15; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +7
Final
GSW114
LAL110
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW -4; Q3 GSW +2; Q4 GSW +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
On this day · 2001–02Jan 22, 2002: 8 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs DEN), 40 points.
The lead · TOR @ IND

Indiana rallies from 10 down to beat Toronto

Trailing by 10 at the half, Indiana outscored the Raptors 59–46 the rest of the way. Final: 101–98. Erick Strickland led Indiana with 19 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-9-10-3+3IND AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2824192798
IND19232633101
Who led
Erick StricklandPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 4, 7, 0, 9, 7, 10, 2, 19IND19 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 16, 21, 23, 13, 22, 17, 12, 18IND18 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 27, 17, 10, 18, 13, 2, 22, 19TOR19 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Alvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 12, 8, 3, 12, 4, 14, 13, 17TOR17 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.3points, last 2 vs 2001–02 avg
Points per game
2.22001–02 avg14.5Last 2

14.5 points a game over his last two games, against 2.2 in 2001–02 (57 games). Today: 17 points in 21 minutes.

Losing minutes
−22.8minutes, last 2 vs 2001–02 avg
Minutes per game
28.32001–02 avg5.5Last 2

5.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 28.3 in 2001–02 (66 games). Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+36.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.1Season avg52.1Today

52 minutes today, against 16.1 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Milwaukee by 9.

POR over ATL2IND over TOR3ORL over CHI3GSW over LAL4MIN over SEA5MEM over SAS5MIA over PHX7LAC over UTA7MIL over BOS9PHI over DET9NYK over DEN9NOH over WAS9Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Allan Houston leads the day with 37

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.
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 31, 22, 25, 26, 9, 24, 4, 37NYK vs DEN · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 16, 11, 28, 21, 15, 21, 13, 34MIL @ BOS · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 27, 23, 34, 20, 31, 35, 35, 31ORL vs CHI · W
30.2 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 35, 37, 24, 23, 12, 21, 38, 27, 32, 30SAS vs MEM · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 21 REB · 5 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 22, 14, 16, 33, 20, 24, 23, 7, 30GSW @ LAL · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 20, 25, 24, 28, 31, 15, 40, 30BOS vs MIL · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 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+7.2 28.6 last 10 · 21.4 season
Michael JordanWAS+4.9 23.3 last 10 · 18.4 season
Chauncey BillupsDET+4.5 17.6 last 10 · 13.1 season
David WesleyNOH+4.3 20.6 last 10 · 16.3 season
Clifford RobinsonDET+4.3 17.5 last 10 · 13.2 season
Cold
Dajuan WagnerCLE−5.0 9.8 last 10 · 14.8 season
Alvin WilliamsTOR−4.0 10.7 last 10 · 14.7 season
Chucky AtkinsDET−3.8 4.1 last 10 · 7.9 season
Todd MacCullochPHI−3.8 3.7 last 10 · 7.5 season
Antawn JamisonGSW−3.7 19.5 last 10 · 23.2 season