FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 16, 2001Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed TOR by 11 after the first quarter and won 93–88.

Final · Box score
Wizards93
Raptors88
Q1 WAS -11; Q2 WAS -6; Q3 WAS +5; Q4 WAS +5
Final · Box score
Pistons77
Clippers82
Q1 LAC -5; Q2 LAC -1; Q3 LAC -10; Q4 LAC +5
Final · Box score
Nets114
Knicks96
Q1 Nets 0; Q2 NJN -2; Q3 NJN +4; Q4 NJN +18
Final · Box score
Grizzlies87
Kings104
Q1 SAC +15; Q2 SAC +16; Q3 SAC +18; Q4 SAC +17
Final · Box score
Magic91
Sonics114
Q1 SEA +16; Q2 SEA +7; Q3 SEA +11; Q4 SEA +23
Final · Box score
Warriors85
Lakers101
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +16
On this day · 2000–01Dec 16, 2000: 8 games. Top scorer: Kevin Garnett (Wolves-Pacers), 34 points.
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The lead · Wizards-Raptors

Washington climbs back to beat Toronto

Ben Wallace goes for 14 rebounds

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-6+5+5WAS AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards2323272093
Raptors3418162088
Who led
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 21, 24, 26, 19, 30, 23, 34, 27WAS27 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 22, 15, 18, 21, 16, 25, 19, 21WAS21 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 19, 17, 26, 42, 42, 6, 31, 23TOR23 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Alvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 10, 13, 16, 17, 2, 16, 21, 17TOR17 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Second story · Pistons-Clippers

Clippers fight back late to top Detroit

Detroit led 66–56 after three. Clippers won the fourth 26–11 and the game 82–77. Lamar Odom led Clippers with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Clippers-Pistons
Lamar Odom · LACJerry Stackhouse · DETPTS2526REB72AST62Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
The night in charts
Nets-Knicks combined for 210, 5 more than any other game
Points by game
Nets-KnicksNets 114, Knicks 96
210
Magic-SonicsMagic 91, Sonics 114
205
Grizzlies-KingsGrizzlies 87, Kings 104
191
Warriors-LakersWarriors 85, Lakers 101
186
Wizards-RaptorsWizards 93, Raptors 88
181
Pistons-ClippersPistons 77, Clippers 82
159
2 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Pistons-ClippersPistons 77, Clippers 82
+5 LAC
Wizards-RaptorsWizards 93, Raptors 88
+5 WAS
Warriors-LakersWarriors 85, Lakers 101
+16 LAL
Grizzlies-KingsGrizzlies 87, Kings 104
+17 SAC
Nets-KnicksNets 114, Knicks 96
+18 NJN
Magic-SonicsMagic 91, Sonics 114
+23 SEA
WAS erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Wizards-RaptorsWAS won · Wizards 93, Raptors 88
11 pts
Pistons-ClippersLAC won · Pistons 77, Clippers 82
10 pts
Nets-KnicksNJN won · Nets 114, Knicks 96
2 pts
Warriors-LakersLAL won · Warriors 85, Lakers 101
2 pts
Kobe shot 10-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
KobeLAL · 28 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
83% (10-12)
KittlesNJN · 27 PTS, 8 REB, 4 STL, 1 AST
64% (9-14)
BarrySEA · 22 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 2 STL
62% (8-13)
RichardsonGSW · 16 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB
60% (6-10)
Kenyon MartinNJN · 21 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 3 BLK
58% (7-12)
Final · Pistons-Clippers
Pistons 77Clippers 82
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons2122231177
Clippers1626142682
The story
Lamar Odom had 25 points as Los Angeles beat Detroit 82-77

Jerry Stackhouse led Detroit with 26 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST 25 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST · 10-19 FG, 2-5 3PT

The swing

Down 10 after the third, the Clippers took the fourth 26-11.

LAC lead by quarter
200 −5−1−10+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wizards-Raptors
Wizards 93Raptors 88
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards2323272093
Raptors3418162088
The story
Richard Hamilton's 27 points carried Washington past Toronto, 93-88

For Toronto, Alvin Williams had 17 PTS, 8 AST, 2 REB 27 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST · 9-20 FG

The swing

The Wizards trailed by 6 going into the third, then won it 27-16.

WAS lead by quarter
200 −11−6+5+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Vince Carter was the fantasy play: 43.5 FPTS on 23 PTS, 5 REB

Final · Nets-Knicks
Nets 114Knicks 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets27213432114
Knicks2723281896
The story
New Jersey beat New York 114-96 behind 27 points from Kerry Kittles

Marcus Camby paced New York: 14 PTS, 6 REB 27 PTS, 8 REB, 4 STL, 1 AST · 9-14 FG, 5-7 3PT

The swing

A 32-18 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Nets.

NJN lead by quarter
200 0−2+4+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.0Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 20.0 in 22 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg13.8Last 3

13.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.8 in 14 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.6Season avg25.2Today

25 minutes today, against 6.6 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 28

Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 33, 30, 18, 19, 23, 16, 25, 28Lakers-Warriors · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 14, 17, 24, 23, 5, 8, 27, 27Nets-Knicks · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 21, 24, 26, 19, 30, 23, 34, 27Wizards-Raptors · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 21, 15, 21, 25, 21, 29, 14, 26Sonics-Magic · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 4, 26, 31, 25, 14, 19, 19, 26Pistons-Clippers · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 2, 13, 15, 14, 19, 15, 17, 25Clippers-Pistons · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Latrell SprewellNYK+5.2 25.2 last 10 · 20.0 season
Richard HamiltonWAS+4.8 25.1 last 10 · 20.3 season
Oscar TorresHOU+4.7 13.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
Lee NailonCHH+4.4 15.7 last 10 · 11.3 season
Hedo TurkogluSAC+4.1 16.0 last 10 · 11.9 season
Cold
Elton BrandLAC−4.0 15.4 last 10 · 19.4 season
Jalen RoseIND−3.4 16.4 last 10 · 19.8 season
Michael JordanWAS−3.0 20.5 last 10 · 23.5 season
Nick Van ExelDEN−2.8 21.7 last 10 · 24.5 season
Juwan HowardDAL−2.8 9.0 last 10 · 11.8 season