FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 14, 2003Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed DET by 8 at halftime and won 88–85.

Final · Box score
Raptors84
Wizards75
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR -5; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +9
Final · Box score
Pistons85
Heat88
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA -8; Q3 Heat 0; Q4 MIA +3
Final · Box score
Bulls86
Knicks98
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +17; Q4 NYK +12
Final · Box score
Hawks88
Bucks97
Q1 Bucks 0; Q2 MIL +2; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +9
Final · OT · Box score
Suns100
Spurs108
Q1 SAS -6; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 Spurs 0; OT1 SAS +8
On this day · 2001–02Jan 14, 2002: 5 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (Lakers-Grizzlies), 56 points.
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The lead · Pistons-Heat

Miami climbs back to beat Detroit

Tim Duncan goes for 38 points

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-80+3MIA AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons2625142085
Heat2914222388
Who led
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 25, 11, 16, 13, 20, 19, 23, 22MIA22 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Rasual ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 0, 11, 12, 7, 10, 18, 16, 16MIA16 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 22, 18, 16, 29, 22, 12, 27, 24DET24 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 21, 2, 23, 6, 19, 32, 26, 16, 18DET18 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Suns-Spurs

San Antonio flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Phoenix led 44–43 at the break. Tied 94–94 after regulation, San Antonio won the extra time 14–6. Final: 108–100. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 38 points, 16 rebounds and 9 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Spurs-Suns
Tim Duncan · SASStephon Marbury · PHXPTS3829REB168AST97Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
The night in charts
Suns-Spurs combined for 208, 23 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-SpursSuns 100, Spurs 108
208
Hawks-BucksHawks 88, Bucks 97
185
Bulls-KnicksBulls 86, Knicks 98
184
Pistons-HeatPistons 85, Heat 88
173
Raptors-WizardsRaptors 84, Wizards 75
159
MIA won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Pistons-HeatPistons 85, Heat 88
+3 MIA
Suns-SpursSuns 100, Spurs 108
+8 SAS
Hawks-BucksHawks 88, Bucks 97
+9 MIL
Raptors-WizardsRaptors 84, Wizards 75
+9 TOR
Bulls-KnicksBulls 86, Knicks 98
+12 NYK
MIA rallied from 8 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Pistons-HeatMIA won · Pistons 85, Heat 88
8 pts
Suns-SpursSAS won · Suns 100, Spurs 108
6 pts
Raptors-WizardsTOR won · Raptors 84, Wizards 75
5 pts
Duncan shot 16-of-25 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DuncanSAS · 38 PTS, 16 REB, 9 AST, 4 BLK
64% (16-25)
Damone BrownTOR · 13 PTS, 1 REB
60% (6-10)
CrawfordCHI · 15 PTS, 3 AST, 2 BLK
60% (6-10)
SprewellNYK · 16 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST
58% (7-12)
Kurt ThomasNYK · 24 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
57% (12-21)
Final · Pistons-Heat
Pistons 85Heat 88
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons2625142085
Heat2914222388
The story
Caron Butler's 22 points carried Miami past Detroit, 88-85

For Detroit, Chauncey Billups had 18 PTS, 5 REB 22 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 4 STL · 8-14 FG

The swing

The Heat trailed by 8 going into the third, then won it 22-14.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +3−80+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Suns-Spurs
Suns 100Spurs 108
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Suns261821296100
Spurs2023282314108
The story
David Robinson had 14 rebounds and 11 points as San Antonio beat Phoenix 108-100 in OT

Stephon Marbury led Phoenix with 29 PTS, 8 REB, 7 AST 14 REB, 11 PTS, 5 BLK, 1 AST · 4-11 FG

The swing

The Spurs won the overtime 14-6.

SAS lead by quarter
200 −6−1+60+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Bulls-Knicks
Bulls 86Knicks 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls2127152386
Knicks2729241898
The story
New York beat Chicago 98-86 behind 24 points and 13 rebounds from Kurt Thomas

Jalen Rose paced Chicago: 23 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST 24 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST · 12-21 FG

The swing

A 24-15 third quarter did the most damage for the Knicks.

NYK lead by quarter
200 +6+8+17+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Donyell Marshall topped the game at 50.8 FPTS: 22 PTS, 14 REB, 4 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.3points, last 3 vs 2001–02 avg
Points per game
3.72001–02 avg14.0Last 3

14.0 points a game over his last three games, against 3.7 in 2001–02 (48 games). Today: 13 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg13.1Last 3

13.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 35 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.5Season avg37.0Today

37 minutes today, against 17.5 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tim Duncan leads the day with 38

Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 27, 28, 31, 35, 37, 24, 23, 12, 21, 38Spurs-Suns · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 16 REB · 9 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 12, 17, 32, 20, 29, 25, 38, 29Suns-Spurs · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 10, 29, 15, 10, 31, 22, 25, 26Knicks-Bulls · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 19, 38, 20, 17, 10, 4, 13, 16, 17, 24Suns-Spurs · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Kurt ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 2, 26, 5, 3, 14, 24, 15, 6, 19, 24Knicks-Bulls · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 22, 18, 16, 29, 22, 12, 27, 24Pistons-Heat · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+5.0 17.8 last 10 · 12.8 season
Juwan HowardDEN+4.7 21.6 last 10 · 16.9 season
Kobe BryantLAL+4.7 32.4 last 10 · 27.7 season
Al HarringtonIND+4.7 17.3 last 10 · 12.6 season
Eddie JonesMIA+4.6 22.6 last 10 · 18.0 season
Cold
James PoseyHOU−4.6 6.8 last 10 · 11.4 season
Brent BarrySEA−4.4 5.8 last 10 · 10.2 season
Todd MacCullochPHI−4.2 3.4 last 10 · 7.6 season
Tyrone HillCLE−4.0 2.8 last 10 · 6.8 season
Allen IversonPHI−4.0 23.2 last 10 · 27.2 season