FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 28, 2003Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed SAC by 9 after the first quarter and won 102–92.

Final
BOS83
DET86
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +3
Final
ATL98
NYK103
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +5
Final
PHI108
MIL81
Q1 PHI +18; Q2 PHI +27; Q3 PHI +21; Q4 PHI +27
Final
DEN92
POR98
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR -3; Q4 POR +6
Final
UTA102
SAC92
Q1 UTA -9; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +10
Final
GSW88
SEA91
Q1 SEA +2; Q2 SEA +16; Q3 SEA +6; Q4 SEA +3
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 28, 2002: 2 games. Top scorer: Michael Olowokandi (LAC @ MEM), 27 points.
The lead · UTA @ SAC

Utah beats Sacramento, 102–92

Utah led 76–71 after three and won by 10. Karl Malone led Utah with 29 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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+13+5+10UTA AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA23302326102
SAC328312192
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 16, 34, 12, 24, 23, 18, 20, 29UTA29 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
John StocktonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 13, 5, 4, 25, 14, 12, 11, 20UTA20 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 30, 23, 37, 16, 26, 22, 24, 10, 32SAC32 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 17, 16, 4, 15, 13, 18, 18, 30, 18SAC18 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.3Season avg34.4Last 5

34.4 points a game over his last five games, against 26.3 in 44 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.5Season avg4.7Last 3

4.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.5 in 13 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.4Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 16.4 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · DEN @ POR

Portland extends win streak to 5

98–92 over Denver. Record: 28–15. Derek Anderson led Portland with 24 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.

Streak strip · POR
Wvs SAS90–87L@ DEN81–82Wvs CLE118–94Wvs MEM100–92Lvs MIN98–104W@ MEM99–87W@ ATL112–110W@ NOH97–96W@ DAL100–93Wvs DEN98–92POR: last 10 games through Jan 28, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Peja Stojakovic leads the day with 32

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.
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 30, 23, 37, 16, 26, 22, 24, 10, 32SAC vs UTA · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 19, 17, 14, 27, 27, 11, 25, 30ATL @ NYK · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 28, 31, 15, 40, 30, 45, 27, 30BOS @ DET · L
26.4 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 16, 34, 12, 24, 23, 18, 20, 29UTA @ SAC · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 31, 14, 16, 3, 14, 7, 27, 28GSW @ SEA · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 16, 9, 27, 20, 17, 29, 27, 26ATL @ NYK · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 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+6.9 28.7 last 10 · 21.8 season
Peja StojakovicSAC+6.7 24.7 last 10 · 18.0 season
David WesleyNOH+5.9 22.5 last 10 · 16.6 season
Pau GasolMEM+4.2 22.4 last 10 · 18.2 season
Eric SnowPHI+4.1 16.3 last 10 · 12.2 season
Cold
Shammond WilliamsBOS−4.6 3.1 last 10 · 7.7 season
Brent BarrySEA−4.3 5.8 last 10 · 10.1 season
Alvin WilliamsTOR−4.0 10.5 last 10 · 14.5 season
Troy HudsonMIN−4.0 9.6 last 10 · 13.6 season
Chucky AtkinsDET−4.0 3.7 last 10 · 7.7 season