FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 23, 2001Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed SAS by 3 at halftime and won 101–91.

Final · Box score
Heat76
Raptors83
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +9; Q3 TOR +14; Q4 TOR +7
Final · Box score
Grizzlies80
Celtics85
Q1 BOS +14; Q2 BOS +12; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +5
Final · Box score
Bucks101
Spurs91
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL -3; Q4 MIL +10
Final · Box score
Suns101
Kings133
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +19; Q3 SAC +27; Q4 SAC +32
On this day · 2000–01Dec 23, 2000: 12 games. Top scorer: Stephon Marbury (Nets-Heat), 37 points.
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The lead · Bucks-Spurs

Sam Cassell scores 33 as Milwaukee wins in San Antonio

Tim Duncan goes for 22 points

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-3-3+10MIL AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks23242331101
Spurs2525231891
Who led
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 28, 18, 29, 19, 20, 12, 28, 33MIL33 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 13, 12, 34, 22, 23, 21, 29, 30MIL30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 18, 28, 32, 26, 24, 26, 21, 22SAS22 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
David RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 12, 9, 10, 9, 13, 11, 14, 21SAS21 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Grizzlies-Celtics

Boston never trails at a break against Memphis

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 85–80. Antoine Walker led Boston with 24 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over MEM5TOR over MIA7MIL over SAS10SAC over PHX32Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over MEM.
The night in charts
Suns-Kings combined for 234, 42 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-KingsSuns 101, Kings 133
234
Bucks-SpursBucks 101, Spurs 91
192
Grizzlies-CelticsGrizzlies 80, Celtics 85
165
Heat-RaptorsHeat 76, Raptors 83
159
BOS won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Grizzlies-CelticsGrizzlies 80, Celtics 85
+5 BOS
Heat-RaptorsHeat 76, Raptors 83
+7 TOR
Bucks-SpursBucks 101, Spurs 91
+10 MIL
Suns-KingsSuns 101, Kings 133
+32 SAC
Robinson shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
RobinsonSAS · 21 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
73% (8-11)
CassellMIL · 33 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 3 STL
68% (13-19)
TurkogluSAC · 21 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST
58% (7-12)
Glenn RobinsonMIL · 30 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
58% (15-26)
ReddMIL · 16 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
55% (6-11)
Final · Grizzlies-Celtics
Grizzlies 80Celtics 85
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies1618252180
Celtics3016201985
The story
Antoine Walker had 24 points and 11 rebounds as Boston beat Memphis 85-80

Shane Battier led Memphis with 22 PTS, 6 REB 24 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST · 8-22 FG, 3-10 3PT

The swing

The Celtics won the first 30-16, their biggest quarter edge.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +14+12+7+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Heat-Raptors
Heat 76Raptors 83
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat2014172576
Raptors2122221883
The story
Toronto beat Miami 83-76 behind 27 points and 10 rebounds from Vince Carter

Jim Jackson paced Miami: 12 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST 27 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST · 11-25 FG, 1-6 3PT

The swing

A 22-14 second quarter did the most damage for the Raptors.

TOR lead by quarter
200 +1+9+14+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bucks-Spurs
Bucks 101Spurs 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks23242331101
Spurs2525231891
The story
Glenn Robinson's 30 points carried Milwaukee past San Antonio, 101-91

For San Antonio, Tony Parker had 16 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB 30 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST · 15-26 FG

The swing

The Bucks trailed by 3 going into the fourth, then won it 31-18.

MIL lead by quarter
200 −2−3−3+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 20 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.1Season avg21.8Last 3

21.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.1 in 24 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.4Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 21.4 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Sam Cassell leads the day with 33

Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 28, 18, 29, 19, 20, 12, 28, 33Bucks-Spurs · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 13, 12, 34, 22, 23, 21, 29, 30Bucks-Spurs · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 42, 42, 6, 31, 23, 23, 33, 27Raptors-Heat · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 25, 23, 23, 6, 20, 19, 7, 26Kings-Suns · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 27, 42, 20, 18, 15, 33, 19, 24Celtics-Grizzlies · W
24.4 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Tony DelkPoints, last 10 games: 2, 14, 20, 3, 21, 4, 13, 12, 27, 24Suns-Kings · L
12.3 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Steve NashDAL+4.3 23.1 last 10 · 18.8 season
Oscar TorresHOU+3.6 12.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Richard HamiltonWAS+3.4 23.2 last 10 · 19.8 season
Marcus FizerCHI+3.4 15.5 last 10 · 12.1 season
Moochie NorrisHOU+3.4 12.2 last 10 · 8.8 season
Cold
Jalen RoseIND−4.5 14.1 last 10 · 18.6 season
Clifford RobinsonDET−4.3 11.6 last 10 · 15.9 season
Nick Van ExelDEN−4.2 19.4 last 10 · 23.6 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimATL−3.6 15.7 last 10 · 19.3 season
Michael JordanWAS−3.5 19.6 last 10 · 23.1 season