FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 24, 2003Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed LAC by 9 after three quarters and won 88–85.

Final
SEA80
IND93
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +13
Final
DAL101
NYK90
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL -7; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL +11
Final
PHX110
ORL107
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +15; Q3 PHX -2; Q4 PHX +3
Final
SAC104
ATL115
Q1 ATL -8; Q2 ATL -8; Q3 ATL -1; Q4 ATL +11
Final
DEN58
BOS77
Q1 BOS +13; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +19
Final
WAS97
CHI104
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +7
Final
LAC85
MIN88
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN -8; Q3 MIN -9; Q4 MIN +3
Final
DET98
HOU74
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +18; Q4 DET +24
Final · OT
POR97
NOH96
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +1
Final
SAS91
UTA90
Q1 SAS -2; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS -7; Q4 SAS +1
Final
NJN89
LAL83
Q1 NJN +4; Q2 NJN -3; Q3 NJN -3; Q4 NJN +6
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 24, 2002: 8 games. Top scorer: Cuttino Mobley (HOU vs NJN), 41 points.
The lead · LAC @ MIN

Minnesota fights back late to top Clippers

Clippers led 68–59 after three. Minnesota won the fourth 29–17 and the game 88–85. Wally Szczerbiak led Minnesota with 18 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0+5-8-9+3MIN AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC2027211785
MIN2514202988
Who led
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 13, 10, 6, 13, 16, 10, 16, 18MIN18 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Rasho NesterovicPoints, last 10 games: 5, 15, 2, 6, 12, 2, 10, 10, 18, 14MIN14 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 30, 6, 19, 12, 34, 11, 24, 20LAC20 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Marko JaricPoints, last 10 games: 6, 13, 8, 5, 18, 22, 5, 1, 0, 19LAC19 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 3 vs 2001–02 avg
Points per game
2.22001–02 avg13.0Last 3

13.0 points a game over his last three games, against 2.2 in 2001–02 (57 games). Today: 10 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.6minutes, last 3 vs 2001–02 avg
Minutes per game
28.32001–02 avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.3 in 2001–02 (66 games). Today: 2 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.9Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 12.9 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · SAC @ ATL

Atlanta climbs back to beat Sacramento

Sacramento led by 8 after one. Atlanta won it 115–104. Glenn Robinson led Atlanta with 29 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · ATL vs SAC
Glenn Robinson · ATLChris Webber · SACPTS2932REB713AST26Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 45

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: 28, 20, 25, 24, 28, 31, 15, 40, 30, 45BOS vs DEN · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
45 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 23, 34, 20, 31, 35, 35, 31, 33ORL vs PHX · L
30.2 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 30, 22, 29, 22, 16, 36, 26, 32SAC @ ATL · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 28, 23, 15, 20, 15, 26, 30, 30DAL @ NYK · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 37, 24, 23, 12, 21, 38, 27, 32, 30, 29SAS @ UTA · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 17 REB · 6 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 20, 31, 23, 25, 16, 25, 27, 29PHX @ ORL · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 1 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+6.2 27.6 last 10 · 21.4 season
David WesleyNOH+5.9 22.5 last 10 · 16.6 season
Peja StojakovicSAC+5.3 23.2 last 10 · 17.9 season
Chauncey BillupsDET+5.1 18.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Marcus FizerCHI+4.5 16.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cold
Dajuan WagnerCLE−5.0 9.8 last 10 · 14.8 season
Brent BarrySEA−4.3 5.8 last 10 · 10.1 season
Alvin WilliamsTOR−4.0 10.7 last 10 · 14.7 season
Tony DelkBOS−3.8 7.3 last 10 · 11.1 season
Shammond WilliamsBOS−3.7 4.1 last 10 · 7.8 season