FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 19, 2002Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed SAC by 4 after the first quarter and won 83–81.

Final · Box score
Lakers71
Nets98
Q1 NJN +3; Q2 NJN +9; Q3 NJN +9; Q4 NJN +27
Final · Box score
Spurs83
Kings81
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +2
On this day · 2001–02Dec 19, 2001: 9 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (Sixers-Hornets), 38 points.
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The lead · Spurs-Kings

San Antonio edges Sacramento by two

Jason Kidd goes for 27 points

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+5+3+2SAS AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs1727201983
Kings2118222081
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 31, 14, 25, 29, 16, 22, 25, 32, 18, 23SAS23 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 17, 2, 24, 14, 17, 10, 5, 9, 18SAS18 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 31, 17, 23, 30, 27, 28, 27, 23SAC23 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Bobby JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 24, 20, 21, 18, 27, 21, 19, 21SAC21 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Lakers-Nets

New Jersey leads Lakers wire to wire

New Jersey was ahead at every break and won 98–71. Best quarter: the fourth, 30–12. Jason Kidd led New Jersey with 27 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Nets-Lakers
Jason Kidd · NJNKobe Bryant · LALPTS2721REB115AST85Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
The night in charts
Lakers-Nets combined for 169, 5 more than any other game
Points by game
Lakers-NetsLakers 71, Nets 98
169
Spurs-KingsSpurs 83, Kings 81
164
SAS won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Spurs-KingsSpurs 83, Kings 81
+2 SAS
Lakers-NetsLakers 71, Nets 98
+27 NJN
Kidd shot 12-of-20 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
KiddNJN · 27 PTS, 11 REB, 8 AST, 3 STL
60% (12-20)
RogersNJN · 16 PTS, 4 REB, 2 BLK, 1 AST
60% (6-10)
BibbySAC · 17 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB
58% (7-12)
ShaqLAL · 19 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
54% (7-13)
Lucious HarrisNJN · 19 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
53% (9-17)
Final · Spurs-Kings
Spurs 83Kings 81
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs1727201983
Kings2118222081
The story
Tim Duncan had 23 points and 14 rebounds as San Antonio beat Sacramento 83-81

Bobby Jackson led Sacramento with 21 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB 23 PTS, 14 REB, 5 AST · 9-21 FG

The swing

Down 4 after the first, the Spurs took the second 27-18.

SAS lead by quarter
200 −4+5+3+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Chris Webber led the game in fantasy with 57.4 FPTS (23 PTS, 12 REB, 6 AST)

Final · Lakers-Nets
Lakers 71Nets 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers1819221271
Nets2125223098
The story
Lucious Harris' 19 points carried New Jersey past Los Angeles, 98-71

For Los Angeles, Shaquille O'Neal had 19 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST 19 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST · 9-17 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 30-12, was where the Nets built it.

NJN lead by quarter
300 +3+9+9+27 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.3Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.3 in 25 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.5Season avg24.0Last 3

24.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.5 in 20 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg40.1Today

40 minutes today, against 23.6 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Jason Kidd leads the day with 27

Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 7, 15, 20, 27, 11, 15, 39, 27Nets-Lakers · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 31, 14, 25, 29, 16, 22, 25, 32, 18, 23Spurs-Kings · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 31, 17, 23, 30, 27, 28, 27, 23Kings-Spurs · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 17, 27, 25, 19, 16, 21, 15, 21Lakers-Nets · L
25.9 PPG season to date · −5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Bobby JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 24, 20, 21, 18, 27, 21, 19, 21Kings-Spurs · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Lucious HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 5, 23, 4, 15, 12, 21, 12, 18, 10, 19Nets-Lakers · W
11.5 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Carlos BoozerCLE+4.7 13.7 last 10 · 9.0 season
Yao MingHOU+4.3 17.0 last 10 · 12.7 season
Ricky DavisCLE+3.6 26.0 last 10 · 22.4 season
Tim ThomasMIL+3.6 16.8 last 10 · 13.2 season
Sam CassellMIL+3.5 23.6 last 10 · 20.1 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−5.2 20.7 last 10 · 25.9 season
Tracy McGradyORL−3.4 25.9 last 10 · 29.3 season
Erick DampierGSW−3.1 6.6 last 10 · 9.7 season
Aaron McKiePHI−3.0 6.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Glenn RobinsonATL−3.0 18.4 last 10 · 21.4 season