FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 16, 2002Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed DAL by 3 after the first quarter and won 119–110.

Final
CLE114
CHI101
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +13
Final
ORL109
HOU100
Q1 ORL +17; Q2 ORL +19; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +9
Final
BOS79
SEA99
Q1 SEA +2; Q2 SEA +8; Q3 SEA +8; Q4 SEA +20
Final
DAL110
LAC119
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +11; Q4 LAC +9
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 16, 2001: 7 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs LAC), 42 points.
The lead · DAL @ LAC

Eric Piatkowski goes for 36 in Clippers win over Dallas

Clippers won 119–110.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+12+11+9LAC AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL32242529110
LAC29392427119
Who led
Eric PiatkowskiPoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 8, 11, 22, 12, 0, 2, 17, 36LAC36 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 0, 28, 0, 2, 15, 12, 25, 18, 14, 21LAC21 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 14, 11, 11, 31, 10, 16, 15, 23DAL23 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 27, 14, 14, 19, 13, 21, 19, 19DAL19 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.7Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 14.7 in 49 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 47 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 23.3 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 36 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · ORL @ HOU

Orlando leads Houston wire to wire

Orlando was ahead at every break and won 109–100. Best quarter: the first, 42–25. Tracy McGrady led Orlando with 39 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over HOU9LAC over DAL9CLE over CHI13SEA over BOS20Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over HOU.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 39

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: 9, 17, 27, 22, 12, 26, 29, 36, 26, 39ORL @ HOU · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Lamond MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 5, 24, 24, 15, 12, 19, 22, 37CLE @ CHI · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +20.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Eric PiatkowskiPoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 8, 11, 22, 12, 0, 2, 17, 36LAC vs DAL · W
8.9 PPG season to date · +27.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 25, 23, 30, 33, 30, 33, 25, 27HOU vs ORL · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 20, 12, 12, 25, 14, 11, 2, 27ORL @ HOU · W
12.6 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 41, 27, 13, 15, 23, 30, 29, 26, 27HOU vs ORL · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 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 26.6 last 10 · 20.6 season
Michael OlowokandiLAC+5.8 14.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Keon ClarkTOR+5.6 16.6 last 10 · 11.0 season
Juwan HowardDAL+5.4 18.4 last 10 · 13.0 season
Brevin KnightMEM+5.4 12.5 last 10 · 7.1 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
Dion GloverATL−5.2 4.5 last 10 · 9.7 season
Joe JohnsonBOS−4.5 1.8 last 10 · 6.3 season
Michael FinleyDAL−4.5 14.9 last 10 · 19.4 season