FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 10, 2001Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed ORL by 9 after the first quarter and won 100–92.

Final · Box score
Mavs98
Jazz107
Q1 Jazz 0; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +9
Final · Box score
Magic92
Clippers100
Q1 LAC -9; Q2 Clippers 0; Q3 LAC -1; Q4 LAC +8
On this day · 2000–01Dec 10, 2000: 5 games. Top scorer: Antonio McDyess (Nuggets-Celtics), 37 points.
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The lead · Magic-Clippers

Clippers rally from 9 down to beat Orlando

Tracy McGrady goes for 47 points

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-90-1+8LAC AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic2724251692
Clippers18332425100
Who led
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 2, 17, 8, 8, 4, 13, 8, 14, 15, 21LAC21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 16, 6, 10, 2, 13, 15, 14, 19LAC19 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 24, 22, 26, 22, 14, 32, 40, 47ORL47 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 22, 12, 17, 13, 10, 8, 10, 15ORL15 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Second story · Mavs-Jazz

Utah makes it four straight

Utah beat Dallas 107–98 and moved to 10–11. Karl Malone led Utah with 30 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists.

Streak strip · UTA
Lvs NJN89–90Wvs LAC106–101Lvs PHX104–111Wvs SEA112–88L@ PHX76–98Lvs IND97–100Wvs CHH104–100W@ LAC102–86Wvs GSW111–101Wvs DAL107–98
The night in charts
Mavs-Jazz combined for 205, 13 more than any other game
Points by game
Mavs-JazzMavs 98, Jazz 107
205
Magic-ClippersMagic 92, Clippers 100
192
LAC won the closest game by 8
Closest finishes
Magic-ClippersMagic 92, Clippers 100
+8 LAC
Mavs-JazzMavs 98, Jazz 107
+9 UTA
Odom shot 7-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
OdomLAC · 19 PTS, 10 AST, 4 REB, 2 BLK
64% (7-11)
MaggetteLAC · 21 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
58% (7-12)
DirkDAL · 27 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST
56% (10-18)
NashDAL · 25 PTS, 8 AST, 4 REB
53% (8-15)
StocktonUTA · 21 PTS, 12 AST, 1 REB
53% (8-15)
Final · Magic-Clippers
Magic 92Clippers 100
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic2724251692
Clippers18332425100
The story
Lamar Odom had 19 points and 10 assists as Los Angeles beat Orlando 100-92

Darrell Armstrong led Orlando with 15 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST 19 PTS, 10 AST, 4 REB · 7-11 FG, 1-1 3PT

The swing

Down 9 after the first, the Clippers took the second 33-24.

LAC lead by quarter
200 −90−1+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Mavs-Jazz
Mavs 98Jazz 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2530232098
Jazz25362026107
The story
Karl Malone's 30 points and 12 rebounds carried Utah past Dallas, 107-98

For Dallas, Dirk Nowitzki had 27 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST 30 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST · 9-17 FG

The swing

The second quarter, 36-30, was where the Jazz built it.

UTA lead by quarter
200 0+6+3+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.2Season avg31.0Last 5

31.0 points a game over his last five games, against 25.2 in 21 earlier games. Today: 47 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.6Season avg23.7Last 3

23.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.6 in 20 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 34 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.8Season avg30.5Today

30 minutes today, against 16.8 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 47

Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 24, 22, 26, 22, 14, 32, 40, 47Magic-Clippers · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +21.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high47 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 34, 24, 27, 19, 15, 18, 22, 29, 39, 30Jazz-Mavs · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 33, 32, 33, 29, 21, 32, 33, 27Mavs-Jazz · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 29, 12, 9, 13, 31, 13, 10, 25Mavs-Jazz · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
John StocktonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 18, 18, 6, 13, 19, 13, 15, 21Jazz-Mavs · W
12.7 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high21 PTS · 1 REB · 12 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 2, 17, 8, 8, 4, 13, 8, 14, 15, 21Clippers-Magic · W
11.0 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Moochie NorrisHOU+4.0 11.5 last 10 · 7.5 season
Lee NailonCHH+4.0 14.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
Rodney RogersPHX+3.7 15.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
John StocktonUTA+2.7 15.4 last 10 · 12.7 season
Latrell SprewellNYK+2.4 21.7 last 10 · 19.2 season
Cold
Jalen RoseIND−3.6 16.6 last 10 · 20.2 season
Morris PetersonTOR−3.3 8.7 last 10 · 12.0 season
Kevin WillisHOU−2.8 5.5 last 10 · 8.3 season
Gary PaytonSEA−2.4 19.6 last 10 · 22.0 season
Shandon AndersonNYK−2.1 3.7 last 10 · 5.8 season