FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 3, 2001Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 8 points, by ORL (vs ATL) and DEN (vs WAS).

Final
MIN108
TOR105
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +8; Q4 MIN +3
Final
DEN105
WAS100
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN -8; Q4 DEN +5
Final · OT
DET88
CLE81
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET 0; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +7
Final
ATL84
ORL96
Q1 ORL -4; Q2 ORL -8; Q3 ORL +2; Q4 ORL +12
Final
GSW95
DAL101
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +6
Final
IND85
MIL104
Q1 MIL +12; Q2 MIL +16; Q3 MIL +30; Q4 MIL +19
Final
HOU88
SAS90
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS +2
Final
SEA91
UTA111
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +20
Final
CHI84
VAN91
Q1 VAN +7; Q2 VAN +4; Q3 VAN +5; Q4 VAN +7
Final
POR89
LAC90
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC -6; Q3 LAC -1; Q4 LAC +1
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 1999–00Feb 3, 2000: 5 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ HOU), 40 points.
The lead · DEN @ WAS

Denver rallies from 8 down to beat Washington

Trailing by 8 after three, Denver outscored the Wizards 27–14 the rest of the way. Final: 105–100. Antonio McDyess led Denver with 24 points, 16 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-8+5DEN AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN29252427105
WAS30243214100
Who led
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 8, 18, 24, 11, 18, 26, 25, 24DEN24 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 16, 30, 19, 18, 21, 19, 19, 23DEN23 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Chris WhitneyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 14, 9, 18, 18, 13, 8, 15, 24WAS24 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 14, 25, 22, 21, 21, 24, 17, 18WAS18 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.8Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 5.8 in 39 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 16 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
39.5Season avg21.9Last 3

21.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 39.5 in 39 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 31 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.2Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 23.2 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Jazz rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Utah beat Seattle by 20.

LAC over POR1SAS over HOU2MIN over TOR3DEN over WAS5DAL over GSW6DET over CLE7VAN over CHI7ORL over ATL12MIL over IND19UTA over SEA20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kevin Garnett leads the day with 30

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 20, 14, 16, 19, 29, 21, 18, 30MIN @ TOR · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 27, 26, 24, 13, 20, 21, 12, 29HOU @ SAS · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 14, 22, 29, 23, 36, 33, 16, 22, 28SAS vs HOU · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 41, 18, 19, 22, 23, 23, 22, 13, 28HOU @ SAS · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 30, 15, 22, 19, 30, 25, 16, 28UTA vs SEA · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Bob SuraPoints, last 10 games: 16, 31, 18, 13, 8, 6, 16, 4, 7, 28GSW @ DAL · L
10.8 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Allen IversonPHI+8.2 37.8 last 10 · 29.6 season
Donyell MarshallUTA+6.7 19.0 last 10 · 12.3 season
Chris WhitneyWAS+6.4 15.4 last 10 · 9.0 season
Johnny NewmanNJN+5.5 13.9 last 10 · 8.4 season
Ruben PattersonSEA+5.4 18.5 last 10 · 13.1 season
Cold
Chauncey BillupsMIN−5.1 6.6 last 10 · 11.7 season
Rod StricklandWAS−3.8 8.4 last 10 · 12.2 season
Rashard LewisSEA−3.5 11.1 last 10 · 14.6 season
Alan HendersonATL−3.3 9.7 last 10 · 13.0 season
John AmaechiORL−3.0 6.2 last 10 · 9.2 season