FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 12, 2002Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed UTA by 12 after the first quarter and won 93–88.

Final · Box score
Pistons86
Bulls76
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +10
Final · Box score
Hawks95
Wolves113
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +18
Final · Box score
Hornets93
Jazz88
Q1 NOH -12; Q2 NOH -3; Q3 NOH +4; Q4 NOH +5
On this day · 2001–02Dec 12, 2001: 5 games. Top scorer: Tim Duncan (Spurs-Raptors), 28 points.
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The lead · Hornets-Jazz

David Wesley scores 33, New Orleans rallies past Utah

Kevin Garnett goes for 21 points

Game flow · NOH margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-3+4+5NOH AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Hornets1223362293
Jazz2414292188
Who led
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 16, 12, 18, 25, 0, 19, 10, 16, 33NOH33 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 20, 33, 21, 10, 25, 23, 15, 19NOH19 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 30, 33, 10, 15, 14, 13, 24, 21UTA21 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 17, 20, 7, 21, 29, 13, 11, 18UTA18 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Second story · Hawks-Wolves

Minnesota handles Atlanta by 18

The Timberwolves won the second quarter 34–26. Final: 113–95. Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOH over UTA5DET over CHI10MIN over ATL18Final margin, points. Pink = MIN over ATL.
The night in charts
Hawks-Wolves combined for 208, 27 more than any other game
Points by game
Hawks-WolvesHawks 95, Wolves 113
208
Hornets-JazzHornets 93, Jazz 88
181
Pistons-BullsPistons 86, Bulls 76
162
NOH won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Hornets-JazzHornets 93, Jazz 88
+5 NOH
Pistons-BullsPistons 86, Bulls 76
+10 DET
Hawks-WolvesHawks 95, Wolves 113
+18 MIN
NOH erased a 12-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Hornets-JazzNOH won · Hornets 93, Jazz 88
12 pts
Hawks-WolvesMIN won · Hawks 95, Wolves 113
1 pt
Nesterovic shot 9-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
NesterovicMIN · 18 PTS, 6 REB, 1 BLK
69% (9-13)
CheaneyUTA · 16 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
67% (8-12)
MarshallCHI · 14 PTS, 7 REB, 2 BLK, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
MagloireNOH · 13 PTS, 7 REB, 3 STL
60% (6-10)
WesleyNOH · 33 PTS, 1 REB
59% (10-17)
Final · Hornets-Jazz
Hornets 93Jazz 88
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hornets1223362293
Jazz2414292188
The story
Jamal Mashburn had 19 points as New Orleans beat Utah 93-88

Karl Malone led Utah with 18 PTS, 13 REB, 7 AST 19 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST · 8-21 FG, 2-2 3PT

The swing

Down 12 after the first, the Hornets took the second 23-14.

NOH lead by quarter
200 −12−3+4+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Andrei Kirilenko led the game in fantasy with 50.9 FPTS (14 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST)

Final · Pistons-Bulls
Pistons 86Bulls 76
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons2318182786
Bulls1616232176
The story
Detroit beat Chicago 86-76 behind 20 points and 9 assists from Richard Hamilton

Jalen Rose paced Chicago: 15 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB 20 PTS, 9 AST, 6 REB · 4-18 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

A 23-16 first quarter did the most damage for the Pistons.

DET lead by quarter
200 +7+9+4+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Hawks-Wolves
Hawks 95Wolves 113
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hawks3026172295
Wolves29342426113
The story
Troy Hudson's 18 points carried Minnesota past Atlanta, 113-95

For Atlanta, Shareef Abdur-Rahim had 16 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST 18 PTS, 5 AST, 2 REB · 5-11 FG, 3-4 3PT

The swing

The Timberwolves trailed by 1 going into the second, then won it 34-26.

MIN lead by quarter
200 −1+7+14+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+3.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.4Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 19 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 2 vs 2001–02 avg
Minutes per game
26.52001–02 avg12.0Last 2

12.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 26.5 in 2001–02 (82 games). Today: 4 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.0Season avg36.5Today

37 minutes today, against 17.0 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

David Wesley leads the day with 33

David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 16, 12, 18, 25, 0, 19, 10, 16, 33Hornets-Jazz · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 20, 21, 23, 18, 21, 19, 20, 21Wolves-Hawks · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 30, 33, 10, 15, 14, 13, 24, 21Jazz-Hornets · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 37, 15, 24, 13, 8, 23, 23, 12, 21Hawks-Wolves · L
21.3 PPG season to date · −0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 21, 2, 17, 3, 0, 1, 9, 7, 21Pistons-Bulls · W
9.2 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high21 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 17, 22, 19, 20, 15, 16, 25, 32, 20Pistons-Bulls · W
20.8 PPG season to date · −0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Wesley PersonMEM+3.6 13.0 last 10 · 9.4 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+3.5 13.8 last 10 · 10.3 season
Mike MillerORL+3.5 19.7 last 10 · 16.2 season
Marko JaricLAC+3.4 10.3 last 10 · 6.9 season
Elton BrandLAC+3.2 22.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
Cold
Aaron McKiePHI−2.9 7.4 last 10 · 10.3 season
Tracy McGradyORL−2.5 27.8 last 10 · 30.3 season
Steve FrancisHOU−2.4 21.7 last 10 · 24.1 season
Jerry StackhouseWAS−2.3 19.5 last 10 · 21.8 season
Kwame BrownWAS−2.2 5.7 last 10 · 8.0 season