FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 17, 2002Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed POR by 10 at halftime and won 92–90.

Final · Box score
Sixers93
Hornets88
Q1 PHI -7; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +5
Final · Box score
Bulls94
Hawks91
Q1 CHI -4; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +3
Final · Box score
Mavs108
Grizzlies97
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +11
Final · Box score
Jazz98
Spurs102
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS -4; Q3 Spurs 0; Q4 SAS +4
Final · OT · Box score
Heat92
Blazers90
Q1 MIA -7; Q2 MIA -10; Q3 MIA -7; Q4 Heat 0; OT1 MIA +2
On this day · 2000–01Jan 17, 2001: 8 games. Top scorer: Antoine Walker (Celtics-Kings), 47 points.
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The lead · Heat-Blazers

Miami rallies from ten down at the half, wins in overtime

Tim Duncan goes for 35 points

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7-10-70+2MIA AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Heat13242128692
Blazers20271821490
Who led
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 29, 23, 22, 9, 25, 3, 28, 10, 25MIA25 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Alonzo MourningPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 14, 21, 26, 16, 10, 15, 28, 19MIA19 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 2, 6, 7, 11, 9, 9, 11, 17, 19POR19 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 30, 12, 14, 23, 19, 11, 19, 17POR17 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Sixers-Hornets

Philadelphia makes it three straight

Philadelphia beat Charlotte 93–88 and moved to 18–20. Allen Iverson led Philadelphia with 33 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Streak strip · PHI
L@ DEN90–93L@ UTA81–89W@ PHX102–81W@ SEA87–77L@ POR88–96Wvs LAC116–92Lvs ORL91–102Wvs SAS101–84Wvs HOU112–106W@ CHH93–88
The night in charts
Mavs-Grizzlies combined for 205, 5 more than any other game
Points by game
Mavs-GrizzliesMavs 108, Grizzlies 97
205
Jazz-SpursJazz 98, Spurs 102
200
Bulls-HawksBulls 94, Hawks 91
185
Heat-BlazersHeat 92, Blazers 90
182
Sixers-HornetsSixers 93, Hornets 88
181
4 of 5 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Heat-BlazersHeat 92, Blazers 90
+2 MIA
Bulls-HawksBulls 94, Hawks 91
+3 CHI
Jazz-SpursJazz 98, Spurs 102
+4 SAS
Sixers-HornetsSixers 93, Hornets 88
+5 PHI
Mavs-GrizzliesMavs 108, Grizzlies 97
+11 DAL
MIA erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Heat-BlazersMIA won · Heat 92, Blazers 90
10 pts
Sixers-HornetsPHI won · Sixers 93, Hornets 88
7 pts
Bulls-HawksCHI won · Bulls 94, Hawks 91
4 pts
Jazz-SpursSAS won · Jazz 98, Spurs 102
4 pts
Eddie Robinson shot 8-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Eddie RobinsonCHI · 16 PTS, 3 REB, 2 BLK
67% (8-12)
McKiePHI · 22 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
67% (8-12)
MaloneUTA · 30 PTS, 14 REB, 6 AST, 1 STL
65% (11-17)
NailonCHH · 27 PTS, 6 REB, 5 STL, 2 AST
63% (12-19)
KirilenkoUTA · 24 PTS, 8 REB, 6 STL, 3 AST
62% (8-13)
Final · Heat-Blazers
Heat 92Blazers 90
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Heat13242128692
Blazers20271821490
The story
Alonzo Mourning had 19 points and 12 rebounds as Miami beat Portland 92-90 in OT

Rasheed Wallace led Portland with 17 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST 19 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST · 6-14 FG

The swing

Down 7 after the third, the Heat took the fourth 28-21.

MIA lead by quarter
200 −7−10−70+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Bulls-Hawks
Bulls 94Hawks 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls2123242694
Hawks2522182691
The story
Brad Miller's 12 points and 12 rebounds carried Chicago past Atlanta, 94-91

For Atlanta, Jason Terry had 25 PTS, 10 AST, 2 REB 12 PTS, 12 REB, 6 AST, 3 STL · 4-4 FG

The swing

The Bulls trailed by 3 going into the third, then won it 24-18.

CHI lead by quarter
200 −4−3+3+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Shareef Abdur-Rahim was the fantasy play: 48.2 FPTS on 22 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST

Final · Jazz-Spurs
Jazz 98Spurs 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Jazz3121212598
Spurs27212529102
The story
San Antonio beat Utah 102-98 behind 19 points from Charles Smith

Karl Malone paced Utah: 30 PTS, 14 REB, 6 AST 19 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST · 8-16 FG, 1-6 3PT

The swing

A 25-21 third quarter erased a 4-point hole for the Spurs.

SAS lead by quarter
200 −4−40+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.2Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.2 in 37 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.7Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.7 in 35 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.8Season avg40.6Today

41 minutes today, against 17.8 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 35

Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 22, 29, 21, 25, 22, 27, 22, 35Spurs-Jazz · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 38, 21, 29, 22, 18, 30, 27, 37, 58, 33Sixers-Hornets · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 35, 18, 30, 28, 27, 29, 31, 4, 40, 32Mavs-Grizzlies · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 15, 32, 17, 30, 23, 26, 17, 30Jazz-Spurs · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Lee NailonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 12, 2, 16, 10, 14, 6, 7, 27Hornets-Sixers · L
12.0 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high27 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 11, 24, 14, 6, 16, 20, 31, 18, 25, 26Grizzlies-Mavs · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Eddie GriffinHOU+6.4 14.5 last 10 · 8.1 season
Tim ThomasMIL+5.4 19.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Antawn JamisonGSW+5.0 23.7 last 10 · 18.7 season
Allan HoustonNYK+4.9 25.2 last 10 · 20.3 season
Jason TerryATL+4.6 23.1 last 10 · 18.5 season
Cold
Anfernee HardawayPHX−5.8 9.3 last 10 · 15.1 season
Elton BrandLAC−4.8 13.5 last 10 · 18.3 season
Ruben PattersonPOR−4.8 7.8 last 10 · 12.6 season
Brad MillerCHI−4.6 7.7 last 10 · 12.3 season
Andre MillerCLE−4.4 11.3 last 10 · 15.7 season