FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 28, 2001Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed IND by 2 after three quarters and won 86–81.

Final · Box score
Sixers86
Pacers81
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI -2; Q4 PHI +5
Final · Box score
Lakers81
Knicks91
Q1 NYK +14; Q2 NYK +14; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +10
On this day · 1999–00Jan 28, 2000: 6 games. Top scorer: Clifford Robinson (Suns-Celtics), 37 points.
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The lead · Sixers-Pacers

Philadelphia makes it four straight

Kobe Bryant goes for 33 points

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1+3-2+5PHI AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers1918183186
Pacers1816232481
Who led
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 29, 40, 35, 43, 51, 30, 32, 44, 27PHI27 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Tyrone HillPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 7, 2, 4, 9, 6, 6, 5, 18PHI18 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 30, 24, 12, 11, 15, 16, 18, 18IND18 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 21, 9, 21, 20, 29, 24, 8, 14IND14 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Lakers-Knicks

New York leads Lakers wire to wire

New York was ahead at every break and won 91–81. Best quarter: the first, 33–19. Allan Houston led New York with 33 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Knicks-Lakers
Allan Houston · NYKKobe Bryant · LALPTS3333REB511AST23Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
The night in charts
Lakers-Knicks combined for 172, 5 more than any other game
Points by game
Lakers-KnicksLakers 81, Knicks 91
172
Sixers-PacersSixers 86, Pacers 81
167
PHI won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Sixers-PacersSixers 86, Pacers 81
+5 PHI
Lakers-KnicksLakers 81, Knicks 91
+10 NYK
Tyrone Hill shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Tyrone HillPHI · 18 PTS, 11 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
80% (8-10)
HorryLAL · 18 PTS, 11 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
O'NealIND · 13 REB, 12 PTS, 5 BLK, 1 AST
60% (6-10)
HoustonNYK · 33 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST
52% (14-27)
RatliffPHI · 12 PTS, 9 REB, 2 STL, 1 BLK
45% (5-11)
Final · Sixers-Pacers
Sixers 86Pacers 81
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers1918183186
Pacers1816232481
The story
Allen Iverson had 27 points and 8 assists as Philadelphia beat Indiana 86-81

Jermaine O'Neal led Indiana with 13 REB, 12 PTS 27 PTS, 8 AST, 1 REB · 6-25 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

Down 2 after the third, the 76ers took the fourth 31-24.

PHI lead by quarter
200 +1+3−2+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Lakers-Knicks
Lakers 81Knicks 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers1914212781
Knicks3314202491
The story
Allan Houston's 33 points carried New York past Los Angeles, 91-81

For Los Angeles, Robert Horry had 18 PTS, 11 REB 33 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST · 14-27 FG, 3-7 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 33-19, was where the Knicks built it.

NYK lead by quarter
200 +14+14+13+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.0Season avg36.8Last 5

36.8 points a game over his last five games, against 29.0 in 41 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.9Season avg25.7Last 3

25.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.9 in 38 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.6Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 14.6 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 33

Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 27, 32, 27, 26, 29, 34, 21, 26, 33Lakers-Knicks · L
29.4 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 13, 12, 31, 34, 12, 21, 18, 33Knicks-Lakers · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 5, 12, 19, 13, 18, 21, 22, 28Knicks-Lakers · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 29, 40, 35, 43, 51, 30, 32, 44, 27Sixers-Pacers · W
28.9 PPG season to date · −2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Reggie MillerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 30, 24, 12, 11, 15, 16, 18, 18Pacers-Sixers · L
19.1 PPG season to date · −1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Robert HorryPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 2, 8, 3, 3, 2, 0, 4, 18Lakers-Knicks · L
5.7 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high18 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Chris WhitneyWAS+7.6 16.1 last 10 · 8.5 season
Ruben PattersonSEA+7.4 20.6 last 10 · 13.2 season
Donyell MarshallUTA+7.2 18.9 last 10 · 11.7 season
Allen IversonPHI+5.4 34.3 last 10 · 28.9 season
Johnny NewmanNJN+4.9 12.9 last 10 · 8.0 season
Cold
John AmaechiORL−4.5 4.8 last 10 · 9.3 season
Rod StricklandWAS−3.9 8.7 last 10 · 12.6 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN−3.9 8.5 last 10 · 12.4 season
Chucky AtkinsDET−3.9 7.8 last 10 · 11.7 season
Bryant StithBOS−3.7 6.6 last 10 · 10.3 season