FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 23, 2002Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed LAL by 14 at halftime and won 95–90.

Final · Box score
Pacers94
Celtics98
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +4
Final · Box score
Sonics101
Hornets111
Q1 CHH +2; Q2 CHH +25; Q3 CHH +14; Q4 CHH +10
Final · Box score
Wolves83
Pistons104
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +15; Q3 DET +24; Q4 DET +21
Final · Box score
Knicks96
Raptors92
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +5; Q4 NYK +4
Final · Box score
Spurs98
Jazz92
Q1 SAS -7; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +6
Final · Box score
Grizzlies95
Warriors107
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW +2; Q4 GSW +12
Final · Box score
Lakers90
Clippers95
Q1 LAC -6; Q2 LAC -14; Q3 Clippers 0; Q4 LAC +5
On this day · 2000–01Jan 23, 2001: 12 games. Top scorer: Ron Mercer (Bulls-Blazers), 39 points.
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The lead · Lakers-Clippers

Clippers rally from 14 down to beat Lakers

Elton Brand goes for 25 points

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-140+5LAC AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers2524212090
Clippers1916352595
Who led
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 10, 5, 5, 6, 4, 11, 0, 28LAC28 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 9, 17, 13, 22, 12, 17, 24, 9, 31, 25LAC25 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 31, 23, 26, 56, 29, 28, 15, 27LAL27 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 24, 24, 28, 20, 29, 19, 40, 24LAL24 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Spurs-Jazz

San Antonio gets past Utah

98–92, with San Antonio ahead 51–45 at halftime. Steven Smith led San Antonio with 29 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over IND4NYK over TOR4LAC over LAL5SAS over UTA6CHH over SEA10GSW over MEM12DET over MIN21Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over UTA.
The night in charts
Sonics-Hornets combined for 212, 10 more than any other game
Points by game
Sonics-HornetsSonics 101, Hornets 111
212
Grizzlies-WarriorsGrizzlies 95, Warriors 107
202
Pacers-CelticsPacers 94, Celtics 98
192
Spurs-JazzSpurs 98, Jazz 92
190
Knicks-RaptorsKnicks 96, Raptors 92
188
Wolves-PistonsWolves 83, Pistons 104
187
Lakers-ClippersLakers 90, Clippers 95
185
3 of 7 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Pacers-CelticsPacers 94, Celtics 98
+4 BOS
Knicks-RaptorsKnicks 96, Raptors 92
+4 NYK
Lakers-ClippersLakers 90, Clippers 95
+5 LAC
Spurs-JazzSpurs 98, Jazz 92
+6 SAS
Sonics-HornetsSonics 101, Hornets 111
+10 CHH
Grizzlies-WarriorsGrizzlies 95, Warriors 107
+12 GSW
Wolves-PistonsWolves 83, Pistons 104
+21 DET
LAC erased a 14-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Lakers-ClippersLAC won · Lakers 90, Clippers 95
14 pts
Spurs-JazzSAS won · Spurs 98, Jazz 92
7 pts
Billups shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BillupsMIN · 19 PTS, 1 REB, 1 AST
80% (8-10)
AmaechiUTA · 18 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
75% (9-12)
PaytonSEA · 24 PTS, 9 AST, 7 REB, 3 STL
67% (12-18)
DuncanSAS · 26 PTS, 9 REB, 4 BLK, 3 AST
61% (11-18)
StackhouseDET · 40 PTS, 3 AST, 2 STL, 1 REB
61% (17-28)
Final · Lakers-Clippers
Lakers 90Clippers 95
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers2524212090
Clippers1916352595
The story
Corey Maggette had 28 points as Los Angeles beat Los Angeles 95-90

Kobe Bryant led Los Angeles with 27 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB 28 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB · 9-16 FG, 4-6 3PT

The swing

Down 14 after the second, the Clippers took the third 35-21.

LAC lead by quarter
200 −6−140+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Grizzlies-Warriors
Grizzlies 95Warriors 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Grizzlies2927192095
Warriors32261930107
The story
Antawn Jamison's 30 points carried Golden State past Memphis, 107-95

For Memphis, Stromile Swift had 21 PTS, 9 REB 30 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST · 12-20 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 30-20, was where the Warriors built it.

GSW lead by quarter
200 +3+2+2+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Pau Gasol was the fantasy play: 50.0 FPTS on 27 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST

Final · Wolves-Pistons
Wolves 83Pistons 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wolves2217182683
Pistons24302723104
The story
Detroit beat Minnesota 104-83 behind 20 points from Clifford Robinson

Chauncey Billups paced Minnesota: 19 PTS 20 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB · 8-14 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

A 30-17 second quarter did the most damage for the Pistons.

DET lead by quarter
300 +2+15+24+21 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.3Season avg31.4Last 5

31.4 points a game over his last five games, against 23.3 in 35 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.5Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.5 in 14 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.7Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 26.7 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Jerry Stackhouse leads the day with 40

Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 27, 21, 27, 38, 32, 28, 19, 40Pistons-Wolves · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 17, 8, 10, 13, 17, 32, 0, 35Knicks-Raptors · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 31, 23, 15, 18, 24, 23, 25, 30Warriors-Grizzlies · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Steven SmithPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 19, 6, 8, 18, 10, 11, 2, 29Spurs-Jazz · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 10, 5, 5, 6, 4, 11, 0, 28Clippers-Lakers · W
11.0 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high28 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 6, 16, 20, 31, 18, 25, 26, 26, 16, 27Grizzlies-Warriors · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Eddie GriffinHOU+6.0 14.8 last 10 · 8.8 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN+5.7 17.1 last 10 · 11.4 season
Horace GrantORL+5.1 13.0 last 10 · 7.9 season
Jerry StackhouseDET+4.8 28.5 last 10 · 23.7 season
Chris WhitneyWAS+4.7 13.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
Cold
Anfernee HardawayPHX−6.8 8.1 last 10 · 14.9 season
Donyell MarshallUTA−6.0 10.4 last 10 · 16.4 season
Ruben PattersonPOR−4.9 7.5 last 10 · 12.4 season
Trenton HassellCHI−4.7 3.1 last 10 · 7.8 season
Nick Van ExelDEN−4.4 18.2 last 10 · 22.6 season