FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 5, 2003Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed NYK by 3 at halftime and won 92–89.

Final · Box score
Spurs94
Clippers86
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +8
Final · Box score
Hornets99
Raptors84
Q1 Hornets 0; Q2 NOH +4; Q3 NOH +4; Q4 NOH +15
Final · Box score
Blazers92
Knicks89
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR -3; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +3
Final · Box score
Heat70
Kings96
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +19; Q4 SAC +26
Final · Box score
Suns97
Lakers109
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +12
On this day · 2001–02Jan 5, 2002: 11 games. Top scorer: Chris Webber (Kings-Suns), 35 points.
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The lead · Blazers-Knicks

Portland holds off New York, 92–89

Shaquille O'Neal goes for 36 points

Game flow · POR margin at each break
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4-3+4+3POR AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers2323281892
Knicks1930211989
Who led
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 30, 30, 28, 32, 17, 14, 19, 22POR22 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 16, 14, 19, 30, 19, 14, 10, 18POR18 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 17, 15, 20, 15, 28, 15, 10, 29NYK29 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 13, 14, 21, 16, 12, 3, 25, 16NYK16 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Spurs-Clippers

San Antonio leads Clippers wire to wire

San Antonio was ahead at every break and won 94–86. Best quarter: the third, 30–26. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over NYK3SAS over LAC8LAL over PHX12NOH over TOR15SAC over MIA26Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over LAC.
The night in charts
Suns-Lakers combined for 206, 23 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-LakersSuns 97, Lakers 109
206
Hornets-RaptorsHornets 99, Raptors 84
183
Blazers-KnicksBlazers 92, Knicks 89
181
Spurs-ClippersSpurs 94, Clippers 86
180
Heat-KingsHeat 70, Kings 96
166
POR won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Blazers-KnicksBlazers 92, Knicks 89
+3 POR
Spurs-ClippersSpurs 94, Clippers 86
+8 SAS
Suns-LakersSuns 97, Lakers 109
+12 LAL
Hornets-RaptorsHornets 99, Raptors 84
+15 NOH
Heat-KingsHeat 70, Kings 96
+26 SAC
Shaq shot 15-of-19 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
ShaqLAL · 36 PTS, 16 REB, 4 BLK, 3 AST
79% (15-19)
BibbySAC · 22 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
60% (9-15)
WellsPOR · 22 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
56% (9-16)
MashburnNOH · 22 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 1 STL
56% (10-18)
Stephen JacksonSAS · 12 PTS, 4 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST
55% (6-11)
Final · Blazers-Knicks
Blazers 92Knicks 89
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers2323281892
Knicks1930211989
The story
Bonzi Wells had 22 points as Portland beat New York 92-89

Charlie Ward led New York with 12 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB 22 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST · 9-16 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

Down 3 after the second, the Trail Blazers took the third 28-21.

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

Allan Houston led the game in fantasy with 42.9 FPTS (29 PTS, 5 AST, 2 REB)

Final · Spurs-Clippers
Spurs 94Clippers 86
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs1720302794
Clippers1620262486
The story
San Antonio beat Los Angeles 94-86 behind 24 points and 14 rebounds from Tim Duncan

Lamar Odom paced Los Angeles: 22 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST 24 PTS, 14 REB, 6 AST, 5 BLK · 9-24 FG

The swing

A 30-26 third quarter did the most damage for the Spurs.

SAS lead by quarter
200 +1+1+5+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Suns-Lakers
Suns 97Lakers 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns2421232997
Lakers29222632109
The story
Kobe Bryant's 31 points and 12 rebounds carried Los Angeles past Phoenix, 109-97

For Phoenix, Stephon Marbury had 32 PTS, 6 AST, 2 REB 31 PTS, 12 REB, 7 AST · 13-29 FG, 1-5 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 29-24, was where the Lakers built it.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +5+6+9+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.6Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.6 in 33 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.8Season avg20.7Last 3

20.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.8 in 31 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.8Season avg33.7Today

34 minutes today, against 11.8 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 36

Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 30, 17, 19, 26, 31, 27, 22, 35, 25, 36Lakers-Suns · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 28, 8, 26, 12, 17, 12, 17, 32Suns-Lakers · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 21, 44, 31, 27, 39, 13, 37, 31Lakers-Suns · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 17, 15, 20, 15, 28, 15, 10, 29Knicks-Blazers · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 9, 21, 8, 8, 32, 13, 9, 22, 26Spurs-Clippers · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 18, 29, 27, 28, 31, 35, 37, 24Spurs-Clippers · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Bonzi WellsPOR+5.2 21.7 last 10 · 16.5 season
Eddie JonesMIA+4.6 22.6 last 10 · 18.0 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+4.4 16.9 last 10 · 12.5 season
Al HarringtonIND+4.3 16.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Lucious HarrisNJN+4.0 16.9 last 10 · 12.9 season
Cold
James PoseyHOU−5.3 6.6 last 10 · 11.9 season
Doug ChristieSAC−3.8 7.4 last 10 · 11.2 season
Todd MacCullochPHI−3.4 4.7 last 10 · 8.1 season
Nick Van ExelDAL−3.4 8.8 last 10 · 12.2 season
Drew GoodenMEM−3.1 10.1 last 10 · 13.2 season