FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, December 17, 2001Regular season · 1 game
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1 game, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Celtics83
Sixers99
Q1 Sixers +9; Q2 Sixers +16; Q3 Sixers +21; Q4 Sixers +16
On this day · 2000–01Dec 17, 2000: 6 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (Lakers-Raptors), 40 points.
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The lead · Celtics-Sixers

Allen Iverson goes for 37 in Philadelphia win over Boston

Paul Pierce goes for 24 points

Game flow · Sixers margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+9+16+21+16Sixers AHEAD ↑Celtics AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics2114222683
Sixers3021272199
Who led
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 40, 30, 30, 24, 23, 34, 17, 40, 37Sixers37 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Dikembe MutomboPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 10, 12, 14, 11, 8, 5, 2, 17Sixers17 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 26, 48, 9, 35, 26, 12, 18, 38, 30, 24Celtics24 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 17, 28, 17, 27, 42, 20, 18, 15Celtics15 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Final · Celtics-Sixers
Celtics 83Sixers 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics2114222683
Sixers3021272199
The story
Dikembe Mutombo had 17 points and 14 rebounds as Philadelphia beat Boston 99-83

Antoine Walker led Boston with 15 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST 17 PTS, 14 REB · 5-7 FG

The swing

The 76ers won the first 30-21, their biggest quarter edge.

Sixers lead by quarter
300 +9+16+21+16 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+2.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.8Season avg30.2Last 5

30.2 points a game over his last five games, against 27.8 in 16 earlier games. Today: 37 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.1Season avg28.7Last 3

28.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.1 in 23 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+4.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.2Season avg31.6Today

32 minutes today, against 27.2 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 37

Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 40, 30, 30, 24, 23, 34, 17, 40, 37Sixers-Celtics · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 26, 48, 9, 35, 26, 12, 18, 38, 30, 24Celtics-Sixers · L
26.8 PPG season to date · −2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Dikembe MutomboPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 10, 12, 14, 11, 8, 5, 2, 17Sixers-Celtics · W
11.0 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Aaron McKiePoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 5, 3, 7, 11, 16, 16, 10, 17Sixers-Celtics · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 17, 28, 17, 27, 42, 20, 18, 15Celtics-Sixers · L
24.2 PPG season to date · −9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
15 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Vitaly PotapenkoPoints, last 10 games: 0, 4, 11, 4, 2, 0, 8, 4, 10, 14Celtics-Sixers · L
4.5 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high14 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Latrell SprewellKnicks+5.2 25.2 last 10 · 20.0 season
Richard HamiltonWizards+4.8 25.1 last 10 · 20.3 season
Oscar TorresRockets+4.7 13.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
Lee NailonHornets+4.4 15.7 last 10 · 11.3 season
Hedo TurkogluKings+4.1 16.0 last 10 · 11.9 season
Cold
Elton BrandClippers−4.0 15.4 last 10 · 19.4 season
Jalen RosePacers−3.4 16.4 last 10 · 19.8 season
Michael JordanWizards−3.0 20.5 last 10 · 23.5 season
Nick Van ExelNuggets−2.8 21.7 last 10 · 24.5 season
Juwan HowardMavs−2.8 9.0 last 10 · 11.8 season