FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 14, 2002Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 7 points, by LAL (vs SEA) and DET (vs NJN).

Final
DET85
NJN80
Q1 DET -7; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET -2; Q4 DET +5
Final
DEN100
MEM85
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +15
Final
UTA98
PHI91
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +7
Final
WAS93
SAC109
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +24; Q4 SAC +16
Final
LAL92
SEA87
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL -7; Q4 LAL +5
Final
SAS89
LAC76
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +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
On this day · 2000–01Feb 14, 2001: 6 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs LAL), 40 points.
The lead · DET @ NJN

New Jersey's skid reaches three

Detroit won 85–80; the Nets fall to 32–17. Jerry Stackhouse led Detroit with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · DET margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+7-2+5DET AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET1630152485
NJN2316241780
Who led
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 40, 14, 24, 32, 18, 23, 29, 17, 10, 22DET22 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 9, 14, 10, 11, 14, 14, 12, 4, 12DET12 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 13, 17, 10, 9, 8, 9, 25, 21, 16, 26NJN26 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 5, 11, 20, 14, 21, 14, 11, 9, 20, 22NJN22 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Second story · LAL @ SEA

Lakers handle Seattle by 5

The Lakers won the fourth quarter 33–21. Final: 92–87. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over NJN5LAL over SEA5UTA over PHI7SAS over LAC13DEN over MEM15SAC over WAS16Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over SEA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.5Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 14.5 in 46 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.8Season avg20.0Last 3

20.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.8 in 46 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.4Season avg35.6Today

36 minutes today, against 11.4 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 34

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: 34, 47, 29, 15, 38, 25, 36, 26, 36, 34PHI vs UTA · L
30.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 17, 19, 18, 24, 31, 10, 34, 26UTA @ PHI · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 13, 17, 10, 9, 8, 9, 25, 21, 16, 26NJN vs DET · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 27, 20, 32, 23, 13, 24, 38, 23, 23LAL @ SEA · W
26.1 PPG season to date · −3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Raef LaFrentzPoints, last 10 games: 3, 4, 10, 8, 24, 30, 16, 25, 10, 23DEN @ MEM · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 5, 11, 20, 14, 21, 14, 11, 9, 20, 22NJN vs DET · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 9 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
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 14.2 last 10 · 8.5 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