FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 27, 2002Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed LAL by 4 after three quarters and won 93–87.

Final · Box score
Lakers87
Sixers93
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI -3; Q3 PHI -4; Q4 PHI +6
Final · Box score
Magic97
Raptors106
Q1 TOR +18; Q2 TOR +15; Q3 TOR +14; Q4 TOR +9
On this day · 2000–01Jan 27, 2001: 11 games. Top scorer: Glenn Robinson (Bucks-Pistons), 34 points.
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The lead · Lakers-Sixers

Philadelphia makes it three straight

Tracy McGrady goes for 27 points

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-3-4+6PHI AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers2223222087
Sixers2418213093
Who led
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 37, 58, 33, 34, 38, 34, 47, 29PHI29 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 12, 4, 14, 21, 13, 13, 17, 4, 11, 18PHI18 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 28, 20, 29, 19, 40, 24, 25, 26LAL26 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 26, 56, 29, 28, 15, 27, 27, 20LAL20 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Magic-Raptors

Toronto never trails at a break against Orlando

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 106–97. Vince Carter led Toronto with 32 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Raptors-Magic
Vince Carter · TORTracy McGrady · ORLPTS3227REB710AST42Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
The night in charts
Magic-Raptors combined for 203, 23 more than any other game
Points by game
Magic-RaptorsMagic 97, Raptors 106
203
Lakers-SixersLakers 87, Sixers 93
180
PHI won the closest game by 6
Closest finishes
Lakers-SixersLakers 87, Sixers 93
+6 PHI
Magic-RaptorsMagic 97, Raptors 106
+9 TOR
Clark shot 10-of-16 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
ClarkTOR · 20 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
63% (10-16)
Horace GrantORL · 15 PTS, 5 REB, 1 STL
58% (7-12)
VinceTOR · 32 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
57% (13-23)
ShaqLAL · 26 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
50% (11-22)
ArmstrongORL · 20 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB, 3 STL
50% (6-12)
Final · Lakers-Sixers
Lakers 87Sixers 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers2223222087
Sixers2418213093
The story
Allen Iverson had 29 points as Philadelphia beat Los Angeles 93-87

Kobe Bryant led Los Angeles with 20 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB 29 PTS, 3 AST, 1 REB · 10-29 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

Down 4 after the third, the 76ers took the fourth 30-20.

PHI lead by quarter
200 +2−3−4+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Shaquille O'Neal led the game in fantasy with 45.2 FPTS (26 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST)

Final · Magic-Raptors
Magic 97Raptors 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic1630213097
Raptors34272025106
The story
Antonio Davis' 17 points and 10 rebounds carried Toronto past Orlando, 106-97

For Orlando, Horace Grant had 15 PTS, 5 REB 17 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST · 5-10 FG

The swing

The first quarter, 34-16, was where the Raptors built it.

TOR lead by quarter
200 +18+15+14+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
30.4Season avg36.4Last 5

36.4 points a game over his last five games, against 30.4 in 35 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.2 in 35 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.4Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 22.4 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 32

Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 16, 31, 24, 29, 23, 34, 26, 18, 19, 32Raptors-Magic · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 37, 58, 33, 34, 38, 34, 47, 29Sixers-Lakers · W
30.3 PPG season to date · −1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 17, 17, 26, 22, 25, 9, 17, 27Magic-Raptors · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 28, 20, 29, 19, 40, 24, 25, 26Lakers-Sixers · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 16, 2, 11, 18, 9, 15, 18, 20Magic-Raptors · L
12.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Keon ClarkPoints, last 10 games: 4, 2, 15, 12, 10, 7, 13, 7, 16, 20Raptors-Magic · W
10.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high20 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Allen IversonPHI+6.4 36.7 last 10 · 30.3 season
Pau GasolMEM+6.1 23.3 last 10 · 17.2 season
Eddie GriffinHOU+5.3 14.2 last 10 · 8.9 season
Glenn RobinsonMIL+5.0 27.4 last 10 · 22.4 season
Horace GrantORL+4.8 12.9 last 10 · 8.1 season
Cold
Donyell MarshallUTA−6.0 10.4 last 10 · 16.4 season
Ruben PattersonPOR−4.7 7.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
Anfernee HardawayPHX−4.3 10.7 last 10 · 15.0 season
Trenton HassellCHI−4.1 3.6 last 10 · 7.7 season
Tracy McGradyORL−3.8 20.7 last 10 · 24.5 season