FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 8, 2001Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed DEN by 11 at halftime and won 99–92.

Final
ATL84
CHH101
Q1 CHH +7; Q2 CHH +15; Q3 CHH +13; Q4 CHH +17
Final
HOU103
DET90
Q1 HOU +16; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +13
Final
SAS97
NJN99
Q1 NJN +5; Q2 NJN +11; Q3 NJN +7; Q4 NJN +2
Final
DEN92
TOR99
Q1 TOR -9; Q2 TOR -11; Q3 TOR -3; Q4 TOR +7
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 8, 2000: 6 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (TOR vs ATL), 36 points.
The lead · DEN @ TOR

Vince Carter scores 31, Toronto rallies past Denver

Toronto trailed by 11 at the half and won 99–92.

Game flow · TOR 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-11-3+7TOR AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN3028171792
TOR2126252799
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 25, 39, 33, 21, 0, 19, 29, 31TOR31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Antonio DavisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 19, 10, 15, 11, 15, 25, 13, 21TOR21 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 30, 19, 18, 21, 19, 19, 23, 8, 22, 25DEN25 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 11, 18, 26, 25, 24, 28, 22, 19DEN19 PTS · 20 REB · 4 AST
Second story · SAS @ NJN

New Jersey leads San Antonio wire to wire

New Jersey was ahead at every break and won 99–97. Best quarter: the first, 28–23. Stephon Marbury led New Jersey with 38 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NJN over SAS2TOR over DEN7HOU over DET13CHH over ATL17Final margin, points. Pink = NJN over SAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.0Season avg13.8Last 5

13.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 41 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 21 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.0Season avg12.2Last 3

12.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.0 in 49 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.2Season avg36.8Today

37 minutes today, against 16.2 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Stephon Marbury leads the day with 38

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.
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 33, 29, 19, 18, 14, 34, 16, 38NJN vs SAS · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 36, 33, 16, 22, 28, 24, 23, 35SAS @ NJN · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 21 REB · 5 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 25, 39, 33, 21, 0, 19, 29, 31TOR vs DEN · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 23, 23, 22, 13, 28, 21, 23, 29HOU @ DET · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 18, 25, 12, 15, 18, 11, 6, 27CHH vs ATL · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 37, 19, 34, 32, 12, 30, 40, 21, 24, 26DET vs HOU · L
29.4 PPG season to date · −3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 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
Donyell MarshallUTA+6.3 18.8 last 10 · 12.5 season
Tim DuncanSAS+6.0 26.9 last 10 · 20.9 season
Chris WhitneyWAS+5.8 14.8 last 10 · 9.0 season
Ruben PattersonSEA+5.4 18.5 last 10 · 13.1 season
Johnny NewmanNJN+5.3 14.1 last 10 · 8.8 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
Roshown McLeodATL−3.7 6.5 last 10 · 10.2 season