FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 29, 2003Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed POR by 10 at halftime and won 95–71.

Final
SAS106
IND97
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +9
Final
CLE108
ORL113
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL -3; Q3 ORL +2; Q4 ORL +5
Final
ATL97
PHI83
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +22; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +14
Final
NYK80
MIA82
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +2
Final
WAS78
NJN86
Q1 NJN -2; Q2 NJN -4; Q3 NJN +6; Q4 NJN +8
Final
TOR83
NOH104
Q1 NOH +4; Q2 NOH +9; Q3 NOH +10; Q4 NOH +21
Final
DAL104
HOU81
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL -7; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +23
Final
LAL99
PHX90
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +9
Final
POR71
UTA95
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA -10; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +24
Final
CHI75
LAC77
Q1 LAC -7; Q2 LAC -7; Q3 LAC -5; Q4 LAC +2
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 29, 2002: 11 games. Top scorer: Eddie Jones (MIA @ DEN), 37 points.
The lead · POR @ UTA

Utah rallies from 10 down to beat Portland

Trailing by 10 at the half, Utah outscored the Trail Blazers 58–24 the rest of the way. Final: 95–71. Matt Harpring led Utah with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 3 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-10+4+24UTA AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR202715971
UTA1720292995
Who led
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 26, 22, 23, 22, 14, 20, 11, 21UTA21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 26, 16, 34, 12, 24, 23, 18, 20, 29, 20UTA20 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 4, 4, 10, 20, 15, 16, 4, 15POR15 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Jeff McInnisPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 6, 2, 15, 11, 6, 7, 11, 11POR11 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.1Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.1 in 46 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.2Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.2 in 30 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.7Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 15.7 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Utah by 24.

MIA over NYK2LAC over CHI2ORL over CLE5NJN over WAS8SAS over IND9LAL over PHX9ATL over PHI14NOH over TOR21DAL over HOU23UTA over POR24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 45, 21, 36, 36, 22, 26, 23, 11, 40LAL @ PHX · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 34, 17, 26, 29, 21, 25, 25, 20, 37PHI vs ATL · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 28, 23, 15, 20, 15, 26, 30, 30, 13, 34DAL @ HOU · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 38, 29, 32, 41, 22, 18, 22, 31, 29, 33PHX vs LAL · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 9, 27, 20, 17, 29, 27, 26, 33ATL @ PHI · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 34, 20, 31, 35, 35, 31, 33, 31ORL vs CLE · W
30.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 6 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+7.5 29.5 last 10 · 22.0 season
Peja StojakovicSAC+6.7 24.7 last 10 · 18.0 season
David WesleyNOH+6.4 23.2 last 10 · 16.8 season
Joe JohnsonPHX+4.7 12.9 last 10 · 8.2 season
Pau GasolMEM+4.2 22.4 last 10 · 18.2 season
Cold
Dajuan WagnerCLE−4.6 10.1 last 10 · 14.7 season
Shammond WilliamsBOS−4.6 3.1 last 10 · 7.7 season
Brent BarrySEA−4.3 5.8 last 10 · 10.1 season
Alvin WilliamsTOR−4.2 10.3 last 10 · 14.5 season
Troy HudsonMIN−4.0 9.6 last 10 · 13.6 season