FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 28, 2001Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed CHI by 10 after the first quarter and won 95–78.

Final
MIL86
IND99
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +15; Q3 IND +23; Q4 IND +13
Final
TOR95
ATL88
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +3; Q4 TOR +7
Final
NJN88
CHH91
Q1 CHH +3; Q2 CHH -8; Q3 CHH -1; Q4 CHH +3
Final
DET100
MIN111
Q1 MIN +14; Q2 MIN -2; Q3 MIN +11; Q4 MIN +11
Final
MIA69
PHI79
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI +8; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +10
Final
HOU95
CHI78
Q1 HOU -10; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +17
Final
ORL97
PHX91
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL +6; Q4 ORL +6
Final
VAN83
UTA101
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +18
Final
LAL101
DEN107
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN -6; Q3 DEN -4; Q4 DEN +6
Final
SAC122
GSW101
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +13; Q4 SAC +21
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 28, 2000: 6 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA vs NJN), 35 points.
The lead · HOU @ CHI

Houston climbs back to beat Chicago

Chicago led by 10 after one. Houston won it 95–78. Steve Francis led Houston with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10+4+11+17HOU AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU1928262295
CHI2914191678
Who led
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 29, 13, 35, 19, 12, 17, 14, 21HOU21 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Hakeem OlajuwonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 15, 16, 9, 13, 13, 16, 16, 17HOU17 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 17, 17, 15, 22, 17, 22, 24, 21CHI21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 6, 9, 18, 17, 16, 11, 4, 19, 8, 13CHI13 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.8Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.8 in 55 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.5Season avg2.3Last 3

2.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.5 in 47 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.8Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 7.8 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 11 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Sacramento by 21.

CHH over NJN3ORL over PHX6DEN over LAL6TOR over ATL7PHI over MIA10MIN over DET11IND over MIL13HOU over CHI17UTA over VAN18SAC over GSW21Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 44, 26, 32, 38, 18, 25, 33, 19, 38LAL @ DEN · L
29.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 21, 37, 31, 28, 14, 26, 24, 36GSW vs SAC · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 31, 33, 28, 6, 33, 39, 38, 19, 32, 32TOR @ ATL · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 26, 30, 40, 28, 32, 22, 35, 28DET @ MIN · L
29.6 PPG season to date · −1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 24, 5, 16, 13, 8, 18, 12, 27DEN vs LAL · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 49, 40, 42, 26, 36, 43, 47, 26, 27PHI vs MIA · W
30.9 PPG season to date · −4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 3 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
Vlade DivacSAC+6.5 18.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
Jason TerryATL+5.8 25.2 last 10 · 19.4 season
Shawn MarionPHX+5.3 21.9 last 10 · 16.6 season
Allen IversonPHI+5.3 36.2 last 10 · 30.9 season
Donyell MarshallUTA+4.8 18.1 last 10 · 13.3 season
Cold
Othella HarringtonNYK−6.6 3.1 last 10 · 9.7 season
Chauncey BillupsMIN−5.6 5.0 last 10 · 10.6 season
Alan HendersonATL−5.5 5.8 last 10 · 11.3 season
Eric SnowPHI−4.9 4.9 last 10 · 9.8 season
Lamond MurrayCLE−4.8 8.2 last 10 · 13.0 season