FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 19, 2002Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed LAL by 15 at halftime and won 109–108.

Final
GSW115
NJN123
Q1 NJN +18; Q2 NJN +24; Q3 NJN +12; Q4 NJN +8
Final
MIN117
DAL100
Q1 MIN -6; Q2 MIN -10; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +17
Final · OT
MEM93
SAS99
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +6
Final
SEA103
PHX91
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA -2; Q3 SEA +4; Q4 SEA +12
Final
ATL79
SAC99
Q1 SAC +8; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +3; Q4 SAC +20
Final
BOS109
LAL108
Q1 BOS -12; Q2 BOS -15; Q3 BOS -12; Q4 BOS +1
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 19, 2001: 4 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA vs BOS), 30 points.
The lead · BOS @ LAL

Paul Pierce drops 33 in 15-point comeback win over Lakers

Lakers led by 15 at the half. Final: 109–108.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-15-12+1BOS AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS22262932109
LAL34292619108
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 24, 24, 16, 25, 30, 31, 24, 33BOS33 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 27, 19, 26, 30, 13, 22, 18, 30BOS30 PTS · 14 REB · 10 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 23, 13, 24, 38, 23, 23, 21, 28, 27LAL27 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 19, 40, 24, 25, 26, 23, 30, 26, 31, 25LAL25 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.6Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.6 in 52 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.8minutes, last 3 vs 2000–01 avg
Minutes per game
24.82000–01 avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.8 in 2000–01 (73 games). Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.4Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 8.4 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · MIN @ DAL

Minnesota climbs out of a 10-point hole against Dallas

Down 10 at the half, the Timberwolves won the third quarter 36–20 and the game 117–100. Chauncey Billups led Minnesota with 36 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIN vs DAL
Chauncey Billups · MINSteve Nash · DALPTS3624REB26AST73Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Chauncey Billups leads the day with 36

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.
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 7, 10, 10, 18, 16, 10, 23, 36MIN @ DAL · W
12.0 PPG season to date · +24.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 24, 24, 16, 25, 30, 31, 24, 33BOS @ LAL · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 3, 31, 19, 10, 10, 30, 14, 18, 22, 31MIN @ DAL · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 27, 19, 26, 30, 13, 22, 18, 30BOS @ LAL · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 14 REB · 10 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 22, 20, 14, 16, 14, 15, 30, 0, 28PHX vs SEA · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 23, 13, 24, 38, 23, 23, 21, 28, 27LAL vs BOS · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 9 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
Michael OlowokandiLAC+5.7 14.5 last 10 · 8.8 season
Cuttino MobleyHOU+5.4 26.2 last 10 · 20.8 season
Keon ClarkTOR+5.1 16.3 last 10 · 11.2 season
Pat GarrityORL+5.1 15.7 last 10 · 10.6 season
Jason RichardsonGSW+4.8 17.2 last 10 · 12.4 season
Cold
Dion GloverATL−6.1 3.3 last 10 · 9.4 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−4.1 5.0 last 10 · 9.1 season