FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 12, 2002Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed WAS by 13 at halftime and won 103–94.

Final
TOR81
CLE99
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE +13; Q3 CLE +17; Q4 CLE +18
Final
UTA98
IND82
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +16
Final
NJN103
ATL105
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL -1; Q3 ATL -4; Q4 ATL +2
Final
PHX99
DET71
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +15; Q3 PHX +22; Q4 PHX +28
Final
NYK114
ORL122
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +8
Final
MIL92
CHI96
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI -9; Q4 CHI +4
Final
MEM78
HOU85
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU -2; Q4 HOU +7
Final
BOS110
DEN93
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +17
Final
DAL112
SEA106
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +6
Final
WAS94
LAL103
Q1 LAL -9; Q2 LAL -13; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 LAL +9
Final
SAS86
SAC99
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC +15; Q3 SAC +17; Q4 SAC +13
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · WAS @ LAL

Kobe Bryant posts 23-11-15 as Lakers top Washington

A triple-double in a 103–94 win.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-9-13+3+9LAL AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS2523262094
LAL16194226103
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 27, 20, 32, 23, 13, 24, 38, 23LAL23 PTS · 11 REB · 15 AST
Derek FisherPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 12, 7, 20, 12, 21, 19, 9, 16LAL16 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 30, 40, 41, 32, 26, 28, 23, 23, 25, 22WAS22 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Popeye JonesPoints, last 10 games: 4, 9, 10, 17, 5, 8, 2, 14, 18, 17WAS17 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.7Season avg29.8Last 5

29.8 points a game over his last five games, against 20.7 in 45 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg5.4Last 3

5.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.1 in 47 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.8Season avg45.4Today

45 minutes today, against 19.8 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Phoenix posts the night's biggest win

Phoenix beat Detroit by 28, the widest margin of 11 games.

ATL over NJN2CHI over MIL4DAL over SEA6HOU over MEM7ORL over NYK8LAL over WAS9SAC over SAS13UTA over IND16BOS over DEN17CLE over TOR18PHX over DET28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady 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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 9, 17, 27, 22, 12, 26, 29, 36ORL vs NYK · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 37, 23, 14, 17, 19, 18, 24, 31, 10, 34UTA @ IND · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 16, 21, 10, 25, 27, 34, 29, 34ATL vs NJN · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 10, 11, 23, 19, 15, 20, 29, 32MIL @ CHI · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 31, 25, 25, 13, 27, 19, 26, 30BOS @ DEN · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 14 AST
Pat GarrityPoints, last 10 games: 5, 15, 23, 14, 4, 22, 10, 11, 2, 29ORL vs NYK · W
10.2 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 4 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
Cuttino MobleyHOU+6.0 26.5 last 10 · 20.5 season
Erick StricklandBOS+5.8 14.1 last 10 · 8.3 season
Michael OlowokandiLAC+5.7 14.1 last 10 · 8.4 season
Brevin KnightMEM+5.4 12.5 last 10 · 7.1 season
Kurt ThomasNYK+4.7 16.6 last 10 · 11.9 season
Cold
Donyell MarshallUTA−6.0 10.4 last 10 · 16.4 season
Nick Van ExelDEN−5.6 15.8 last 10 · 21.4 season
Michael FinleyDAL−5.4 14.0 last 10 · 19.4 season
Joe JohnsonBOS−4.9 1.6 last 10 · 6.5 season
Dion GloverATL−4.5 5.3 last 10 · 9.8 season