FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 15, 2002Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed MIL by 13 after the first quarter and won 90–88.

Final
UTA94
TOR85
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +9
Final
IND106
CHH116
Q1 CHH +9; Q2 CHH +4; Q3 CHH +8; Q4 CHH +10
Final
DET101
NYK90
Q1 DET -12; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +11
Final
DEN99
MIN98
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN -11; Q3 DEN -3; Q4 DEN +1
Final
NJN106
CHI81
Q1 NJN +9; Q2 NJN +16; Q3 NJN +18; Q4 NJN +25
Final · OT
MIA90
MIL88
Q1 MIA -13; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +2
Final
WAS97
PHX96
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS -1; Q3 WAS +4; Q4 WAS +1
Final
BOS107
POR104
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS -2; Q4 BOS +3
Final
SAS108
GSW99
Q1 SAS -6; Q2 SAS -5; Q3 SAS -5; Q4 SAS +9
Final
ATL93
LAL90
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +15; Q4 ATL +3
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 15, 2001: 7 games. Top scorer: Jerry Stackhouse (DET @ IND), 40 points.
The lead · MIA @ MIL

Miami needs overtime to survive Milwaukee

Tied 82–82 after regulation. Miami won the final period 8–6 for a 90–88 win. Eddie Jones led Miami with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-13+3+40+2MIA AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIA19281916890
MIL32121820688
Who led
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 20, 12, 37, 24, 18, 16, 24, 22MIA22 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Brian GrantPoints, last 10 games: 6, 7, 9, 12, 11, 10, 10, 10, 15, 21MIA21 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 23, 19, 15, 20, 29, 32, 27, 30MIL30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 38, 19, 23, 18, 10, 17, 32, 25MIL25 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.0Season avg31.2Last 5

31.2 points a game over his last five games, against 21.0 in 46 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.7 in 48 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.3Season avg36.7Today

37 minutes today, against 17.3 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Five close finishes and one Nets rout

Five of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. New Jersey beat Chicago by 25.

DEN over MIN1WAS over PHX1MIA over MIL2BOS over POR3ATL over LAL3UTA over TOR9SAS over GSW9CHH over IND10DET over NYK11NJN over CHI25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Baron Davis leads the day with 38

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.
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 9, 34, 6, 16, 18, 28, 23, 18, 38CHH vs IND · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high38 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 23, 29, 29, 13, 22, 24, 15, 36SAS @ GSW · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 21, 10, 25, 27, 34, 29, 34, 32ATL @ LAL · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 22, 22, 24, 24, 16, 25, 30, 31BOS @ POR · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 9, 22, 20, 14, 16, 14, 15, 30PHX vs WAS · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 23, 19, 15, 20, 29, 32, 27, 30MIL vs MIA · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 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
Juwan HowardDAL+5.8 18.7 last 10 · 12.9 season
Michael OlowokandiLAC+5.7 14.2 last 10 · 8.5 season
Keon ClarkTOR+5.6 16.6 last 10 · 11.0 season
Wesley PersonCLE+5.4 20.1 last 10 · 14.7 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
Dion GloverATL−5.2 4.5 last 10 · 9.7 season
Joe JohnsonBOS−4.9 1.5 last 10 · 6.4 season