FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 4, 2001Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed CHH by 10 after three quarters and won 104–100.

Final · Box score
DET88
CLE100
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +12
Final · Box score
DEN96
IND104
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +12; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +8
Final · Box score
NYK85
MIL71
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +4; Q4 NYK +14
Final · Box score
SEA83
MIN108
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +11; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +25
Final · Box score
PHI84
SAC94
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +10
Final · Box score
HOU75
CHI103
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +21; Q3 CHI +18; Q4 CHI +28
Final · Box score
WAS88
SAS103
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +23; Q4 SAS +15
Final · Box score
CHH100
UTA104
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA -3; Q3 UTA -10; Q4 UTA +4
Final · Box score
MIA83
LAC87
Q1 LAC +2; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC -3; Q4 LAC +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 · 2000–01Dec 4, 2000: 2 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ DEN), 37 points.
The lead · CHH @ UTA

Utah fights back late to top Charlotte

Charlotte led 86–76 after three. Utah won the fourth 28–14 and the game 104–100. Karl Malone led Utah with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 4 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 Q3Final0-2-3-10+4UTA AHEAD ↑CHH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHH29322514100
UTA27311828104
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 7, 30, 30, 34, 24, 27, 19, 15, 18, 22UTA22 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 9, 6, 10, 2, 4, 5, 15, 8, 13, 19UTA19 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 32, 13, 27, 18, 38, 23, 11, 21CHH21 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Jamaal MagloirePoints, last 10 games: 4, 2, 2, 4, 13, 0, 2, 6, 2, 19CHH19 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Chicago posts the night's biggest win

Chicago beat Houston by 28, the widest margin of 9 games.

UTA over CHH4LAC over MIA4IND over DEN8SAC over PHI10CLE over DET12NYK over MIL14SAS over WAS15MIN over SEA25CHI over HOU28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
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
10.9Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.9 in 13 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
39.7Season avg30.5Last 3

30.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 39.7 in 19 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.2Season avg26.4Today

26 minutes today, against 4.2 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Andre Miller leads the day with 34

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.
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 16, 13, 15, 7, 21, 14, 12, 19, 34CLE vs DET · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 38, 30, 21, 29, 34, 20, 18, 30DEN @ IND · L
26.4 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 0 REB · 10 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 29, 5, 5, 29, 25, 26, 23, 28NYK @ MIL · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 15, 17, 11, 16, 16, 25, 8, 25IND vs DEN · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 19, 28, 38, 27, 18, 40, 30, 30, 24PHI @ SAC · L
27.5 PPG season to date · −3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 34, 22, 19, 17, 12, 16, 23, 24MIL vs NYK · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST