FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 13, 2002Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed TOR by 3 after the first quarter and won 89–82.

Final
CHI91
CHH113
Q1 CHH +4; Q2 CHH +18; Q3 CHH +33; Q4 CHH +22
Final
ORL95
MIA112
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +17
Final
TOR82
NYK89
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK +13; Q3 NYK +16; Q4 NYK +7
Final
CLE115
MIL107
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +11; Q4 CLE +8
Final
PHX92
MIN107
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN +15
Final
DAL103
POR114
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +11
Final
BOS75
GSW92
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +17
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 13, 2001: 13 games. Top scorer: Stephon Marbury (NJN vs LAL), 50 points.
The lead · TOR @ NYK

New York beats Toronto, 89–82

New York led 71–55 after three and won by 7. Kurt Thomas led New York with 19 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+13+16+7NYK AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2411202782
NYK2127231889
Who led
Kurt ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 13, 27, 18, 10, 12, 21, 17, 9, 23, 19NYK19 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 35, 15, 48, 9, 18, 16, 14, 14, 17, 14NYK14 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Keon ClarkPoints, last 10 games: 7, 16, 20, 16, 5, 14, 12, 17, 18, 26TOR26 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 29, 7, 10, 22, 6, 18, 16, 17, 25TOR25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.5Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.5 in 50 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.4Season avg6.0Last 3

6.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.4 in 21 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.5Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 7.5 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 7. Widest: Charlotte by 22.

NYK over TOR7CLE over MIL8POR over DAL11MIN over PHX15MIA over ORL17GSW over BOS17CHH over CHI22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Kevin Garnett leads the day with 33

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.
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 20, 14, 18, 21, 32, 8, 14, 33MIN vs PHX · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Wesley PersonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 19, 27, 21, 2, 21, 23, 17, 33CLE @ MIL · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 21, 24, 38, 19, 23, 18, 10, 17, 32MIL vs CLE · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 30, 22, 16, 22, 22, 24, 24, 16, 25, 30BOS @ GSW · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 25, 17, 15, 20, 11, 31, 22, 27CLE @ MIL · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 19 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 11, 23, 19, 15, 20, 29, 32, 27MIL vs CLE · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 8 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
Juwan HowardDAL+5.8 18.7 last 10 · 12.9 season
Michael OlowokandiLAC+5.7 14.1 last 10 · 8.4 season
Wesley PersonCLE+5.4 20.1 last 10 · 14.7 season
Brevin KnightMEM+5.4 12.5 last 10 · 7.1 season
Cold
Michael FinleyDAL−6.6 12.7 last 10 · 19.3 season
Donyell MarshallUTA−6.0 10.4 last 10 · 16.4 season
Nick Van ExelDEN−5.6 15.8 last 10 · 21.4 season
Joe JohnsonBOS−4.9 1.5 last 10 · 6.4 season
Dion GloverATL−4.5 5.3 last 10 · 9.8 season