FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 25, 2001Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed PHI by 10 at halftime and won 88–82.

Final · Box score
Raptors94
Knicks102
Q1 NYK +15; Q2 NYK +12; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +8
Final · Box score
Sixers82
Lakers88
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL -10; Q3 LAL -6; Q4 LAL +6
On this day · 2000–01Dec 25, 2000: 2 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (Magic-Pacers), 43 points.
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The lead · Sixers-Lakers

Lakers climb out of a 10-point hole against Philadelphia

Allen Iverson goes for 31 points

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-10-6+6LAL AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers2128171682
Lakers1821212888
Who led
Samaki WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 8, 9, 8, 18LAL18 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Brian ShawPoints, last 10 games: 6, 0, 0, 3, 2, 4, 2, 6, 0, 13LAL13 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 23, 34, 17, 40, 37, 38, 24, 31PHI31 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Dikembe MutomboPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 11, 8, 5, 2, 17, 6, 11, 12PHI12 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Raptors-Knicks

New York controls Toronto start to finish

New York won 102–94, leading by as many as 15 at a break. Allan Houston led New York with 34 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Knicks-Raptors
Allan Houston · NYKMorris Peterson · TORPTS3422REB22AST30Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
The night in charts
Raptors-Knicks combined for 196, 26 more than any other game
Points by game
Raptors-KnicksRaptors 94, Knicks 102
196
Sixers-LakersSixers 82, Lakers 88
170
LAL won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Sixers-LakersSixers 82, Lakers 88
+6 LAL
Raptors-KnicksRaptors 94, Knicks 102
+8 NYK
Alvin Williams shot 7-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Alvin WilliamsTOR · 18 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST
64% (7-11)
HoustonNYK · 34 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB
59% (13-22)
PetersonTOR · 22 PTS, 2 REB, 1 STL
47% (7-15)
HarringtonNYK · 16 PTS, 3 REB, 2 BLK
47% (7-15)
SprewellNYK · 21 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST
42% (8-19)
Final · Sixers-Lakers
Sixers 82Lakers 88
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sixers2128171682
Lakers1821212888
The story
Samaki Walker had 18 points and 10 rebounds as Los Angeles beat Philadelphia 88-82

Dikembe Mutombo led Philadelphia with 13 REB, 12 PTS 18 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST · 7-9 FG

The swing

Down 6 after the third, the Lakers took the fourth 28-16.

LAL lead by quarter
200 −3−10−6+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Raptors-Knicks
Raptors 94Knicks 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors1527223094
Knicks30241830102
The story
Mark Jackson's 13 points and 11 assists carried New York past Toronto, 102-94

For Toronto, Alvin Williams had 18 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST 13 PTS, 11 AST, 9 REB · 3-5 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 30-15, was where the Knicks built it.

NYK lead by quarter
200 +15+12+8+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.6Season avg34.0Last 5

34.0 points a game over his last five games, against 28.6 in 19 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.0Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.0 in 23 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 22.9 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Allan Houston leads the day with 34

Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 24, 19, 13, 23, 21, 25, 16, 34Knicks-Raptors · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 23, 34, 17, 40, 37, 38, 24, 31Sixers-Lakers · L
28.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 1, 10, 12, 2, 16, 29, 7, 10, 22Raptors-Knicks · L
12.5 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 49, 22, 13, 12, 30, 27, 6, 21Knicks-Raptors · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Alvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 2, 16, 21, 17, 24, 10, 11, 18Raptors-Knicks · L
11.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Samaki WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 8, 9, 8, 18Lakers-Sixers · W
5.8 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high18 PTS · 10 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