FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 31, 2003Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed LAC by 6 after the first quarter and won 98–92.

Final
MIA99
PHI104
Q1 PHI +11; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +5
Final
IND90
TOR102
Q1 TOR -4; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR +12
Final
CLE91
ATL96
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +5
Final
DET118
BOS66
Q1 DET +12; Q2 DET +27; Q3 DET +35; Q4 DET +52
Final
NOH72
NJN89
Q1 NJN +8; Q2 NJN +7; Q3 NJN +18; Q4 NJN +17
Final
NYK108
MEM102
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK +14; Q4 NYK +6
Final
SAS109
ORL108
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +1
Final
MIN101
HOU121
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +16; Q4 HOU +20
Final
GSW94
UTA102
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +8
Final
CHI94
POR107
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +13
Final
PHX98
LAC92
Q1 PHX -6; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 PHX +6
Final
LAL124
SAC113
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +11
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 31, 2002: 7 games. Top scorer: Steve Nash (DAL vs HOU), 33 points.
The lead · PHX @ LAC

Phoenix takes care of Clippers

A 6-point win, 98–92. Stephon Marbury led Phoenix with 19 points, 4 rebounds and 15 assists.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-1-1+6PHX AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX1824263098
LAC2419262392
Who led
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 32, 41, 22, 18, 22, 31, 29, 33, 19PHX19 PTS · 4 REB · 15 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 8, 22, 9, 16, 3, 11, 7, 17PHX17 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Sean RooksPoints, last 10 games: 0, 4, 0, 2, 10, 2, 4, 2, 9, 16LAC16 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Eric PiatkowskiPoints, last 10 games: 9, 18, 19, 3, 4, 2, 10, 9, 3, 15LAC15 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.2Season avg27.0Last 5

27.0 points a game over his last five games, against 18.2 in 44 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.9Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.9 in 37 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+33.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.6Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 8.6 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · SAS @ ORL

San Antonio holds off Orlando, 109–108

San Antonio led 85–81 after three and held on to win by one. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 23 points, 17 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over ORL1PHI over MIA5ATL over CLE5NYK over MEM6PHX over LAC6UTA over GSW8LAL over SAC11TOR over IND12POR over CHI13NJN over NOH17HOU over MIN20DET over BOS52Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over ORL.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 38

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: 45, 21, 36, 36, 22, 26, 23, 11, 40, 38LAL @ SAC · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 15, 23, 31, 32, 28, 27, 25, 36LAL @ SAC · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 37, 16, 26, 22, 24, 10, 32, 17, 36SAC vs LAL · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 34, 20, 31, 35, 35, 31, 33, 31, 35ORL vs SAS · L
30.4 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 17, 11, 16, 25, 26, 24, 14, 33PHI vs MIA · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 19, 21, 10, 28, 24, 25, 26, 32MEM vs NYK · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 9 REB · 3 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
David WesleyNOH+6.0 22.7 last 10 · 16.7 season
Peja StojakovicSAC+5.8 24.3 last 10 · 18.5 season
Stephon MarburyPHX+5.6 27.6 last 10 · 22.0 season
Pau GasolMEM+4.9 23.4 last 10 · 18.5 season
Joe JohnsonPHX+4.6 12.7 last 10 · 8.1 season
Cold
Dajuan WagnerCLE−4.9 9.6 last 10 · 14.5 season
Shammond WilliamsBOS−4.8 2.8 last 10 · 7.6 season
Alvin WilliamsTOR−4.3 10.1 last 10 · 14.4 season
Brent BarrySEA−4.3 5.8 last 10 · 10.1 season
Predrag DrobnjakSEA−3.8 5.0 last 10 · 8.8 season