FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 4, 2002Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
SAC83
NJN117
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN +3; Q3 NJN +17; Q4 NJN +34
Final
TOR100
PHI93
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +13; Q4 TOR +7
Final
UTA97
HOU104
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +4; Q4 HOU +7
Final
MIN83
SAS113
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +27; Q3 SAS +19; Q4 SAS +30
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 · 2000–01Feb 4, 2001: 5 games. Top scorer: Antoine Walker (BOS vs CLE), 36 points.
The lead · TOR @ PHI

Toronto beats Philadelphia, 100–93

Toronto led 84–71 after three and won by 7. Vince Carter led Toronto with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists. Allen Iverson scored 36 for Philadelphia in the loss.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00+4+13+7TOR AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR33193216100
PHI3315232293
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 34, 26, 18, 19, 32, 27, 26, 28TOR28 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Alvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 11, 4, 23, 8, 9, 12, 18, 17TOR17 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 34, 38, 34, 47, 29, 15, 38, 25, 36PHI36 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Derrick ColemanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 17, 4, 11, 18, 12, 18, 19, 13PHI13 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Second story · UTA @ HOU

Houston leads Utah wire to wire

Houston was ahead at every break and won 104–97. Best quarter: the first, 32–21. Steve Francis led Houston with 33 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over PHI7HOU over UTA7SAS over MIN30NJN over SAC34Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over UTA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.1Season avg29.8Last 5

29.8 points a game over his last five games, against 22.1 in 27 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.7Season avg16.5Last 3

16.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.7 in 37 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.0Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 14.0 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 36

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 34, 38, 34, 47, 29, 15, 38, 25, 36PHI vs TOR · L
30.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 26, 25, 25, 23, 30, 33, 30, 33HOU vs UTA · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 37, 23, 14, 17, 19, 18, 24, 31UTA @ HOU · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 26, 35, 41, 27, 13, 15, 23, 30HOU vs UTA · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 34, 26, 18, 19, 32, 27, 26, 28TOR @ PHI · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 22, 13, 17, 10, 9, 8, 9, 25NJN vs SAC · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 1 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
Michael OlowokandiLAC+7.8 16.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Erick StricklandBOS+5.6 13.8 last 10 · 8.2 season
Brevin KnightMEM+5.2 12.0 last 10 · 6.8 season
Horace GrantORL+4.8 12.9 last 10 · 8.1 season
Cuttino MobleyHOU+4.5 24.7 last 10 · 20.2 season
Cold
Nick Van ExelDEN−6.1 15.6 last 10 · 21.7 season
Donyell MarshallUTA−6.0 10.4 last 10 · 16.4 season
Ruben PattersonPOR−4.5 7.4 last 10 · 11.9 season
Joe JohnsonBOS−4.5 2.2 last 10 · 6.7 season
Tracy McGradyORL−3.9 20.3 last 10 · 24.2 season