FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 7, 2001Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by BOS (vs MIL) and ORL (vs WAS).

Final
MIL91
BOS94
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS -5; Q4 BOS +3
Final
HOU112
PHI87
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +25
Final
SAS107
CLE89
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +18
Final · 2OT
DAL93
NYK96
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK 0; Q3 NYK -3; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK 0; OT2 NYK +3
Final
WAS98
ORL107
Q1 ORL -5; Q2 ORL -4; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +9
Final
SAC88
MIN117
Q1 MIN +31; Q2 MIN +31; Q3 MIN +29; Q4 MIN +29
Final
SEA80
POR97
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +17
Final
LAC88
GSW89
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW -2; Q3 GSW -2; Q4 GSW +1
Final
PHX83
LAL85
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +2
Final
UTA92
VAN82
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +10
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 7, 2000: 5 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (LAL vs DEN), 35 points.
The lead · MIL @ BOS

Antoine Walker posts 36 and 13 as Boston beats Milwaukee

36 points and 13 rebounds in a 94–91 win.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6+1-5+3BOS AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL1726262291
BOS2321203094
Who led
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 47, 29, 23, 11, 29, 27, 22, 36, 17, 36BOS36 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 23, 28, 28, 18, 40, 22, 39, 27BOS27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Tim ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 0, 13, 14, 6, 15, 18, 16, 10, 5, 21MIL21 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 32, 11, 17, 19, 17, 24, 32, 20, 28, 20MIL20 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.3Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.3 in 47 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
40.4Season avg24.6Last 3

24.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 40.4 in 48 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.8Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 11.8 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Minnesota by 29.

GSW over LAC1LAL over PHX2BOS over MIL3NYK over DAL3ORL over WAS9UTA over VAN10POR over SEA17SAS over CLE18HOU over PHI25MIN over SAC29Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Kevin Garnett leads the day with 40

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: 16, 20, 14, 16, 19, 29, 21, 18, 30, 40MIN vs SAC · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high40 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 47, 29, 23, 11, 29, 27, 22, 36, 17, 36BOS vs MIL · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 22, 30, 15, 22, 19, 30, 25, 16, 28, 34UTA @ VAN · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 34, 21, 26, 33, 47, 24, 44, 26, 32LAL vs PHX · W
29.9 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 21, 9, 23, 16, 34, 22, 13, 32ORL vs WAS · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 20, 28, 22, 31, 18, 16, 29, 27GSW vs LAC · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 7 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
Donyell MarshallUTA+6.3 18.8 last 10 · 12.5 season
Chris WhitneyWAS+5.8 14.8 last 10 · 9.0 season
Ruben PattersonSEA+5.4 18.5 last 10 · 13.1 season
Tim DuncanSAS+5.0 25.6 last 10 · 20.6 season
Brent BarrySEA+4.9 14.0 last 10 · 9.1 season
Cold
Chauncey BillupsMIN−5.6 5.9 last 10 · 11.5 season
Jason KiddPHX−3.8 12.2 last 10 · 16.0 season
Rod StricklandWAS−3.8 8.4 last 10 · 12.2 season
Othella HarringtonNYK−3.7 6.6 last 10 · 10.3 season
Bryon RussellUTA−3.6 10.7 last 10 · 14.3 season