FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 8, 2002Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed PHX by 12 after the first quarter and won 98–84.

Final · Box score
LAC88
WAS96
Q1 WAS -8; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS +12; Q4 WAS +8
Final · Box score
POR92
ATL101
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +9
Final · Box score
MIA95
NJN104
Q1 NJN +2; Q2 NJN +12; Q3 NJN +6; Q4 NJN +9
Final · Box score
LAL121
DET92
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +18; Q3 LAL +30; Q4 LAL +29
Final · Box score
TOR81
MEM84
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM +4; Q4 MEM +3
Final · Box score
DEN94
DAL95
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +1
Final · Box score
NYK86
HOU88
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +4; Q4 HOU +2
Final · Box score
PHX84
UTA98
Q1 UTA -12; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +14
Final · Box score
MIL113
GSW97
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL +19; Q3 MIL +15; Q4 MIL +16
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 · 2000–01Jan 8, 2001: 6 games. Top scorer: Michael Finley (DAL @ CHI), 30 points.
The lead · PHX @ UTA

Utah fights back from 12 down against Phoenix

Final: 98–84, after trailing by 12 after one. Karl Malone led Utah with 17 points, 7 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12+12+12+14UTA AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX309242184
UTA1833242398
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 22, 31, 17, 19, 20, 15, 32, 17UTA17 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Scott PadgettPoints, last 10 games: 4, 3, 5, 4, 1, 8, 8, 3, 16, 17UTA17 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 20, 12, 30, 22, 16, 20, 14, 17PHX17 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Rodney RogersPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 7, 7, 5, 22, 9, 4, 19, 17PHX17 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Lakers rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Lakers beat Detroit by 29.

DAL over DEN1HOU over NYK2MEM over TOR3WAS over LAC8ATL over POR9NJN over MIA9UTA over PHX14MIL over GSW16LAL over DET29Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.7Season avg25.8Last 5

25.8 points a game over his last five games, against 18.7 in 34 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.1 in 32 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.4Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 19.4 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Nick Van Exel leads the day with 31

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.
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 25, 11, 13, 27, 33, 24, 25, 0, 24, 31DEN @ DAL · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 33, 27, 15, 15, 28, 34, 24, 31TOR @ MEM · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 6, 16, 28, 22, 21, 22, 20, 30ATL vs POR · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 46, 31, 37, 28, 20, 16, 26, 24, 24, 28LAL @ DET · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 16, 34, 28, 17, 19, 20, 22, 28NYK @ HOU · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 24, 8, 12, 26, 24, 35, 18, 30, 28, 27DAL vs DEN · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 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
Eddie GriffinHOU+7.2 14.4 last 10 · 7.2 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+5.7 24.5 last 10 · 18.8 season
Samaki WalkerLAL+4.5 11.6 last 10 · 7.1 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN+4.5 14.4 last 10 · 9.9 season
Jason RichardsonGSW+4.1 15.1 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cold
Anfernee HardawayPHX−5.7 10.0 last 10 · 15.7 season
Jalen RoseIND−5.4 12.2 last 10 · 17.6 season
Derek AndersonPOR−4.3 8.4 last 10 · 12.7 season
Brad MillerCHI−4.1 8.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
LaPhonso EllisMIA−3.9 4.3 last 10 · 8.2 season