FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 29, 2001Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: VAN trailed NJN by 21 after the first quarter and won 97–86.

Final · Box score
Pistons87
Celtics99
Q1 BOS -10; Q2 BOS -13; Q3 BOS -6; Q4 BOS +12
Final · Box score
Cavs89
Wizards95
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +19; Q3 WAS +18; Q4 WAS +6
Final · Box score
Suns95
Hawks82
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +13
Final · Box score
Bucks96
Wolves99
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN -3; Q4 MIN +3
Final · Box score
Jazz97
Nuggets91
Q1 UTA +13; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +6
Final · Box score
Nets86
Grizzlies97
Q1 VAN -21; Q2 VAN -19; Q3 VAN -7; Q4 VAN +11
Final · Box score
Hornets93
Warriors85
Q1 CHH +4; Q2 CHH +12; Q3 CHH +8; Q4 CHH +8
Final · Box score
Spurs96
Clippers67
Q1 SAS +15; Q2 SAS +21; Q3 SAS +28; Q4 SAS +29
On this day · 1999–00Jan 29, 2000: 11 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (Jazz-Wolves), 35 points.
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The lead · Nets-Grizzlies

Vancouver storms back from 21 down to beat New Jersey

Kevin Garnett goes for 29 points

Game flow · VAN margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-21-19-7+11VAN AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets3524131486
Grizzlies1426253297
Who led
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 32, 24, 11, 24, 12, 13, 17, 24VAN24 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Michael DickersonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 32, 26, 18, 14, 24, 16, 11, 25, 24VAN24 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 22, 26, 33, 15, 11, 33, 29, 19NJN19 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 14, 4, 10, 4, 4, 12, 6, 9, 16, 19NJN19 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
The night in charts
Bucks-Wolves combined for 195, 7 more than any other game
Points by game
Bucks-WolvesBucks 96, Wolves 99
195
Jazz-NuggetsJazz 97, Nuggets 91
188
Pistons-CelticsPistons 87, Celtics 99
186
Cavs-WizardsCavs 89, Wizards 95
184
Nets-GrizzliesNets 86, Grizzlies 97
183
Hornets-WarriorsHornets 93, Warriors 85
178
Suns-HawksSuns 95, Hawks 82
177
Spurs-ClippersSpurs 96, Clippers 67
163
MIN won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Bucks-WolvesBucks 96, Wolves 99
+3 MIN
Jazz-NuggetsJazz 97, Nuggets 91
+6 UTA
Cavs-WizardsCavs 89, Wizards 95
+6 WAS
Hornets-WarriorsHornets 93, Warriors 85
+8 CHH
Nets-GrizzliesNets 86, Grizzlies 97
+11 VAN
Pistons-CelticsPistons 87, Celtics 99
+12 BOS
Suns-HawksSuns 95, Hawks 82
+13 PHX
Spurs-ClippersSpurs 96, Clippers 67
+29 SAS
VAN erased a 21-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Nets-GrizzliesVAN won · Nets 86, Grizzlies 97
21 pts
Pistons-CelticsBOS won · Pistons 87, Celtics 99
13 pts
Bucks-WolvesMIN won · Bucks 96, Wolves 99
3 pts
Brandon shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BrandonMIN · 20 PTS, 16 AST, 3 REB, 2 STL
73% (8-11)
MashburnCHH · 27 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 1 STL
67% (12-18)
Kenyon MartinNJN · 19 PTS, 9 REB, 4 BLK, 2 AST
64% (9-14)
McDyessDEN · 18 PTS, 13 REB, 7 BLK, 3 AST
64% (9-14)
Abdur-RahimVAN · 24 PTS, 11 REB, 2 BLK, 1 AST
63% (10-16)
Final · Bucks-Wolves
Bucks 96Wolves 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks2224252596
Wolves2716253199
The story
Terrell Brandon's 20 points and 16 assists carried Minnesota past Milwaukee, 99-96

For Milwaukee, Ray Allen had 24 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST 20 PTS, 16 AST, 3 REB · 8-11 FG, 1-1 3PT

The swing

The Timberwolves trailed by 3 going into the fourth, then won it 31-25.

MIN lead by quarter
200 +5−3−3+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nets-Grizzlies
Nets 86Grizzlies 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets3524131486
Grizzlies1426253297
The story
Shareef Abdur-Rahim had 24 points and 11 rebounds as Vancouver beat New Jersey 97-86

Stephon Marbury led New Jersey with 19 PTS, 11 AST, 2 REB 24 PTS, 11 REB, 1 AST · 10-16 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

Down 7 after the third, the Grizzlies took the fourth 32-14.

VAN lead by quarter
200 −21−19−7+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Kenyon Martin led the game in fantasy with 44.8 FPTS (19 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST)

Final · Pistons-Celtics
Pistons 87Celtics 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons2921221587
Celtics1918293399
The story
Boston beat Detroit 99-87 behind 27 points and 9 assists from Antoine Walker

Chucky Atkins paced Detroit: 20 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB 27 PTS, 9 AST, 6 REB · 10-24 FG, 6-11 3PT

The swing

A 33-15 fourth quarter erased a 6-point hole for the Celtics.

BOS lead by quarter
200 −10−13−6+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.3Season avg27.4Last 5

27.4 points a game over his last five games, against 20.3 in 41 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.6Season avg11.2Last 3

11.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.6 in 40 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.1Season avg34.9Today

35 minutes today, against 14.1 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · Pistons-Celtics

Boston fights back from 13 down against Detroit

Final: 99–87, after trailing by 13 at the half. Paul Pierce led Boston with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Celtics-Pistons
Paul Pierce · BOSChucky Atkins · DETPTS2820REB83AST24Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Antawn Jamison leads the day with 31

Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 26, 43, 24, 31, 20, 28, 22, 31Warriors-Hornets · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 14, 35, 20, 29, 22, 30, 15, 22, 19, 30Jazz-Nuggets · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 26, 17, 23, 23, 16, 20, 14, 16, 19, 29Wolves-Bucks · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 18 REB · 6 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 18, 42, 18, 23, 28, 23, 28, 28Celtics-Pistons · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 23, 20, 47, 29, 23, 11, 29, 27Celtics-Pistons · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 21, 11, 22, 26, 20, 31, 20, 27Hornets-Warriors · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Donyell MarshallUTA+7.4 19.2 last 10 · 11.8 season
Ruben PattersonSEA+7.4 20.6 last 10 · 13.2 season
Chris WhitneyWAS+7.1 15.6 last 10 · 8.5 season
Allen IversonPHI+5.4 34.3 last 10 · 28.9 season
Johnny NewmanNJN+4.9 13.0 last 10 · 8.1 season
Cold
John AmaechiORL−4.5 4.8 last 10 · 9.3 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN−4.0 8.1 last 10 · 12.1 season
Alan HendersonATL−4.0 9.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Antonio McDyessDEN−3.7 17.9 last 10 · 21.6 season
Rod StricklandWAS−3.6 8.9 last 10 · 12.5 season