FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 22, 2002Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 8 points, by MIL (vs GSW) and CHI (vs PHX).

Final
CLE103
IND93
Q1 CLE -6; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +10
Final
DET80
TOR72
Q1 DET +12; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET +8
Final
LAL96
CHH94
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL -4; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL +2
Final
NYK93
NJN115
Q1 NJN +14; Q2 NJN +13; Q3 NJN +18; Q4 NJN +22
Final
PHX83
CHI91
Q1 CHI -8; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +8
Final
GSW112
MIL116
Q1 MIL -4; Q2 MIL -8; Q3 MIL -6; Q4 MIL +4
Final
ATL96
SEA99
Q1 SEA -5; Q2 SEA -3; Q3 SEA -4; Q4 SEA +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 22, 2001: 5 games. Top scorer: Doug Christie (SAC @ WAS), 32 points.
The lead · GSW @ MIL

Milwaukee climbs back to beat Golden State

Golden State led by 8 at the half. Milwaukee won it 116–112. Ray Allen led Milwaukee with 28 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists. Jason Richardson scored 35 for Golden State in the loss.

Game flow · MIL 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-8-6+4MIL AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW34292821112
MIL30253031116
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 29, 32, 27, 30, 20, 27, 17, 28MIL28 PTS · 13 REB · 8 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 20, 19, 10, 29, 22, 20, 16, 25MIL25 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 11, 7, 19, 28, 20, 25, 16, 35GSW35 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 26, 27, 7, 27, 26, 16, 25, 16, 23GSW23 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.5Season avg24.8Last 5

24.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.5 in 51 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.2Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.2 in 52 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.0Season avg34.0Today

34 minutes today, against 10.0 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Nets rout

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. New Jersey beat New York by 22.

LAL over CHH2SEA over ATL3MIL over GSW4DET over TOR8CHI over PHX8CLE over IND10NJN over NYK22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Baron Davis leads the day with 37

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: 16, 18, 28, 23, 18, 38, 14, 20, 17, 37CHH vs LAL · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 11, 7, 19, 28, 20, 25, 16, 35GSW @ MIL · L
12.9 PPG season to date · +22.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 17, 30, 16, 25, 28, 11, 18, 17, 21, 32ATL @ SEA · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 26, 23, 30, 26, 31, 25, 31, 31LAL @ CHH · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 14, 14, 17, 14, 25, 12, 30, 30NYK @ NJN · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 29, 32, 27, 30, 20, 27, 17, 28MIL vs GSW · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 8 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+7.0 19.9 last 10 · 12.9 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimATL+5.2 26.3 last 10 · 21.1 season
Keon ClarkTOR+5.0 16.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Raef LaFrentzDEN+4.9 19.8 last 10 · 14.9 season
Michael OlowokandiLAC+4.4 13.2 last 10 · 8.8 season
Cold
Dion GloverATL−6.8 2.4 last 10 · 9.2 season
Donyell MarshallUTA−6.0 10.4 last 10 · 16.4 season
Nick Van ExelDEN−5.6 15.8 last 10 · 21.4 season
Jumaine JonesCLE−5.3 4.4 last 10 · 9.7 season
Jerry StackhouseDET−5.1 17.3 last 10 · 22.4 season