FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 5, 2002Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed NYK by 11 at halftime and won 112–110.

Final
BOS82
CHH79
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +3
Final
PHI82
DET86
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET -6; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +4
Final
ATL76
MIA73
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +3
Final
LAC112
NYK110
Q1 LAC -10; Q2 LAC -11; Q3 LAC -6; Q4 LAC +2
Final
CLE98
ORL106
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +8
Final · 2OT
DAL141
IND140
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL -4; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL 0; OT2 DAL +1
Final
UTA79
MEM86
Q1 MEM +11; Q2 MEM +19; Q3 MEM +22; Q4 MEM +7
Final
TOR94
WAS99
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS -5; Q3 WAS 0; Q4 WAS +5
Final
POR96
DEN97
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +2; Q3 DEN -1; Q4 DEN +1
Final
SEA113
GSW87
Q1 SEA +16; Q2 SEA +22; Q3 SEA +26; Q4 SEA +26
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 5, 2001: 7 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS @ TOR), 39 points.
The lead · LAC @ NYK

Quentin Richardson scores 30, Clippers rally past New York

Clippers trailed by 11 at the half and won 112–110. Allan Houston scored 40 for New York in the loss.

Game flow · LAC 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 Q3Final0-10-11-6+2LAC AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC25242736112
NYK35252228110
Who led
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 3, 31, 15, 15, 18, 9, 14, 30LAC30 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 11, 0, 28, 0, 2, 15, 12, 25LAC25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 11, 9, 29, 34, 9, 27, 28, 40NYK40 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Kurt ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 17, 6, 16, 13, 27, 18, 10, 12, 21, 17NYK17 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.5Season avg27.6Last 5

27.6 points a game over his last five games, against 20.5 in 45 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg6.3Last 3

6.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 16 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.2Season avg41.7Today

42 minutes today, against 15.2 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six close finishes and one SuperSonics rout

Six of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Seattle beat Golden State by 26.

DAL over IND1DEN over POR1LAC over NYK2BOS over CHH3ATL over MIA3DET over PHI4WAS over TOR5MEM over UTA7ORL over CLE8SEA over GSW26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Allan Houston 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.
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 11, 9, 29, 34, 9, 27, 28, 40NYK vs LAC · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 32, 34, 39, 25, 26, 28, 22, 13, 19, 38DAL @ IND · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 22, 19, 16, 21, 10, 25, 27, 34ATL @ MIA · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 31, 21, 16, 20, 23, 6, 25, 9, 27, 33IND vs DAL · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Austin CrosherePoints, last 10 games: 2, 12, 11, 3, 7, 3, 2, 0, 11, 32IND vs DAL · L
5.9 PPG season to date · +26.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 16, 28, 1, 8, 10, 14, 11, 11, 31DAL @ IND · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 14 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
Michael OlowokandiLAC+6.2 14.8 last 10 · 8.6 season
Erick StricklandBOS+5.0 13.2 last 10 · 8.2 season
Horace GrantORL+5.0 13.2 last 10 · 8.2 season
Chris WhitneyWAS+5.0 14.9 last 10 · 9.9 season
Brevin KnightMEM+4.8 11.6 last 10 · 6.8 season
Cold
Nick Van ExelDEN−6.7 15.0 last 10 · 21.7 season
Donyell MarshallUTA−6.0 10.4 last 10 · 16.4 season
Joe JohnsonBOS−4.5 2.2 last 10 · 6.7 season
Michael FinleyDAL−3.4 16.3 last 10 · 19.7 season
Marcus CambyNYK−3.4 7.7 last 10 · 11.1 season