FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 17, 2001Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 1 points, by CHH (vs MIL) and ATL (vs SEA).

Final
MIA82
CHI89
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +24; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +7
Final
WAS105
DAL112
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +7
Final
CLE80
HOU92
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +12
Final
CHH103
MIL93
Q1 CHH +3; Q2 CHH -1; Q3 CHH +9; Q4 CHH +10
Final
BOS85
POR81
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +4
Final
ATL101
SEA94
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL -1; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +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 17, 2000: 5 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA vs SAC), 30 points.
The lead · ATL @ SEA

Atlanta beats Seattle, 101–94

Atlanta led 70–67 after three and won by 7. Jason Terry led Atlanta with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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+2-1+3+7ATL AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL25162931101
SEA2319252794
Who led
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 31, 22, 21, 13, 22, 22, 35, 28ATL28 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Lorenzen WrightPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 8, 17, 20, 7, 10, 22, 21, 16ATL16 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 34, 26, 24, 17, 23, 2, 11, 20, 21SEA21 PTS · 1 REB · 13 AST
Ruben PattersonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 21, 19, 18, 15, 21, 5, 10, 18SEA18 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · CHH @ MIL

Charlotte handles Milwaukee by 10

The Hornets won the third quarter 27–17. Final: 103–93. Jamal Mashburn led Charlotte with 32 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over POR4CHI over MIA7DAL over WAS7ATL over SEA7CHH over MIL10HOU over CLE12Final margin, points. Pink = CHH over MIL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.0Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.0 in 43 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.1 in 42 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.1Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 18.1 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Steve Francis leads the day with 35

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.
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 12, 29, 29, 23, 19, 29, 13, 35HOU vs CLE · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 20, 27, 13, 28, 27, 12, 7, 18, 26, 32CHH @ MIL · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 24, 32, 20, 28, 20, 27, 19, 30MIL vs CHH · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 25, 14, 14, 17, 16, 18, 14, 29CLE @ HOU · L
16.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 29, 27, 22, 36, 17, 36, 27, 30, 28BOS @ POR · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 31, 22, 21, 13, 22, 22, 35, 28ATL @ SEA · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 6 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+6.4 36.9 last 10 · 30.5 season
Donyell MarshallUTA+5.5 18.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Johnny NewmanNJN+5.0 13.9 last 10 · 8.9 season
Shaquille O'NealLAL+4.8 32.1 last 10 · 27.3 season
Darrell ArmstrongORL+4.7 21.2 last 10 · 16.5 season
Cold
Alan HendersonATL−5.9 6.1 last 10 · 12.0 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN−5.7 5.3 last 10 · 11.0 season
Othella HarringtonNYK−5.7 4.2 last 10 · 9.9 season
Eric SnowPHI−4.3 6.7 last 10 · 11.0 season
Jalen RoseIND−4.2 16.6 last 10 · 20.8 season