FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 21, 2002Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed BOS by 12 at halftime and won 98–92.

Final
LAL104
CLE97
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +7
Final
NJN93
WAS82
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN +7; Q3 NJN +6; Q4 NJN +11
Final
LAC102
ORL119
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +12; Q3 ORL +21; Q4 ORL +17
Final
PHX78
MEM72
Q1 PHX -10; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX -5; Q4 PHX +6
Final
BOS92
DAL98
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -12; Q3 DAL -7; Q4 DAL +6
Final
MIN83
HOU89
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +6
Final
SAC92
SAS115
Q1 SAS +15; Q2 SAS +23; Q3 SAS +36; Q4 SAS +23
Final
ATL79
POR94
Q1 POR +10; Q2 POR +19; Q3 POR +19; Q4 POR +15
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 21, 2001: 8 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (TOR @ NJN), 39 points.
The lead · BOS @ DAL

Dirk Nowitzki posts 33 and 23 as Dallas beats Boston

33 points and 23 rebounds in a 98–92 win.

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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-12-7+6DAL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS3030181492
DAL2820232798
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 13, 19, 38, 22, 21, 27, 18, 20, 9, 33DAL33 PTS · 23 REB · 8 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 31, 10, 16, 15, 23, 19, 10, 24DAL24 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Tony BattiePoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 4, 2, 0, 7, 17, 8, 7, 17BOS17 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 24, 16, 25, 30, 31, 24, 33, 17BOS17 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.0Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.0 in 53 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.6Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.6 in 51 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.3Season avg42.7Today

43 minutes today, against 14.3 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 6. Widest: San Antonio by 23.

PHX over MEM6DAL over BOS6HOU over MIN6LAL over CLE7NJN over WAS11POR over ATL15ORL over LAC17SAS over SAC23Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 33

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 13, 19, 38, 22, 21, 27, 18, 20, 9, 33DAL vs BOS · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 23 REB · 8 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 24, 38, 23, 23, 21, 28, 27, 32LAL @ CLE · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Charles SmithPoints, last 10 games: 19, 2, 12, 11, 11, 9, 10, 6, 9, 32SAS vs SAC · W
9.6 PPG season to date · +23.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 40, 24, 25, 26, 23, 30, 26, 31, 25, 31LAL @ CLE · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 21, 31, 14, 14, 12, 8, 16, 11, 26, 30NJN @ WAS · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 23, 30, 29, 26, 27, 31, 8, 26HOU vs MIN · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 0 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
Jason RichardsonGSW+5.0 17.5 last 10 · 12.5 season
Raef LaFrentzDEN+4.9 19.8 last 10 · 14.9 season
Michael OlowokandiLAC+4.4 13.2 last 10 · 8.8 season
Keon ClarkTOR+4.2 15.4 last 10 · 11.2 season
Brevin KnightMEM+4.2 11.4 last 10 · 7.2 season
Cold
Donyell MarshallUTA−6.0 10.4 last 10 · 16.4 season
Dion GloverATL−6.0 3.4 last 10 · 9.4 season
Nick Van ExelDEN−5.6 15.8 last 10 · 21.4 season
Jumaine JonesCLE−4.6 5.3 last 10 · 9.9 season
Derek AndersonPOR−4.3 6.9 last 10 · 11.2 season