FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 17, 2002Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed PHX by 9 after the first quarter and won 105–92.

Final
DEN77
NJN98
Q1 NJN +6; Q2 NJN +10; Q3 NJN +21; Q4 NJN +21
Final
MEM92
CHH78
Q1 MEM +11; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM -5; Q4 MEM +14
Final
PHI76
IND86
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +2; Q4 IND +10
Final
MIL91
TOR86
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL -1; Q3 MIL -7; Q4 MIL +5
Final
MIA80
MIN93
Q1 MIN +9; Q2 MIN +14; Q3 MIN +19; Q4 MIN +13
Final
LAL105
POR111
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +6
Final
UTA92
NYK89
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA -6; Q3 UTA -7; Q4 UTA +3
Final
DAL105
PHX92
Q1 DAL -9; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +13
Final
ATL100
GSW94
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +15; Q3 ATL +23; Q4 ATL +6
Final
SEA126
SAC116
Q1 SEA +3; Q2 SEA +23; Q3 SEA +16; Q4 SEA +10
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 17, 2001: 6 games. Top scorer: Steve Francis (HOU vs CLE), 35 points.
The lead · DAL @ PHX

Dallas rallies from 9 down to beat Phoenix

Trailing by 9 after one, Dallas outscored the Suns 87–65 the rest of the way. Final: 105–92. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9+15+13+13DAL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL18352626105
PHX2711282692
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 13, 19, 38, 22, 21, 27, 18, 20DAL20 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 11, 11, 31, 10, 16, 15, 23, 19DAL19 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 23, 19, 21, 19, 7, 24, 9, 27PHX27 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Tony DelkPoints, last 10 games: 5, 3, 4, 7, 6, 12, 9, 8, 17, 25PHX25 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.2Season avg31.0Last 5

31.0 points a game over his last five games, against 21.2 in 47 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.3minutes, last 2 vs 2000–01 avg
Minutes per game
24.82000–01 avg7.5Last 2

7.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 24.8 in 2000–01 (73 games). Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.2Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 14.2 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · UTA @ NYK

Utah takes over late to edge New York

Down 7 after three, Utah won the fourth 26–16. Final: 92–89. Karl Malone led Utah with 27 points, 16 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over NYK3MIL over TOR5POR over LAL6ATL over GSW6IND over PHI10SEA over SAC10MIN over MIA13DAL over PHX13MEM over CHH14NJN over DEN21Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over NYK.
Top performances

Chris Webber 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.
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 34, 24, 19, 29, 31, 23, 21, 20, 20, 39SAC vs SEA · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 27, 25, 21, 20, 11, 17, 17, 19, 31SEA @ SAC · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 9, 27, 28, 40, 32, 12, 13, 22, 29NYK vs UTA · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 32, 23, 13, 24, 38, 23, 23, 21, 28LAL @ POR · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 18, 24, 31, 10, 34, 26, 23, 27UTA @ NYK · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 2, 19, 20, 24, 19, 0, 35, 22, 16, 27POR vs LAL · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 2 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+5.7 16.9 last 10 · 11.2 season
Brevin KnightMEM+5.6 12.8 last 10 · 7.2 season
Wesley PersonCLE+5.3 20.1 last 10 · 14.8 season
Cold
Dion GloverATL−6.3 3.2 last 10 · 9.5 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−4.5 1.8 last 10 · 6.3 season
Tony ParkerSAS−3.5 5.8 last 10 · 9.3 season