FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 26, 2002Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed MIL by 3 after the first quarter and won 99–89.

Final
SEA109
CLE89
Q1 SEA +2; Q2 SEA +6; Q3 SEA +13; Q4 SEA +20
Final
LAL99
MIL89
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +10
Final
ORL112
CHI97
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +13; Q3 ORL +22; Q4 ORL +15
Final
MEM91
DAL104
Q1 DAL +13; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +16; Q4 DAL +13
Final
LAC94
HOU84
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC -1; Q4 LAC +10
Final
PHX91
SAS99
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +8
Final
UTA81
SAC107
Q1 SAC +14; Q2 SAC +18; Q3 SAC +25; Q4 SAC +26
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 26, 2001: 8 games. Top scorer: Ray Allen (MIL @ PHI), 42 points.
The lead · LAL @ MIL

Lakers keep rolling, beat Milwaukee

That is four in a row. Final: 99–89. Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers with 28 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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+11+6+10LAL AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2532172599
MIL2818222189
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 30, 26, 31, 25, 31, 31, 30, 28LAL28 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 38, 23, 23, 21, 28, 27, 32, 21, 27, 27LAL27 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 10, 29, 22, 20, 16, 25, 27, 21MIL21 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Glenn RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 32, 25, 8, 18, 21, 15, 13, 19MIL19 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.3Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.3 in 53 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.8Season avg15.6Last 3

15.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.8 in 34 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.6Season avg24Today

24 minutes today, against 5.6 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · LAC @ HOU

Clippers handle Houston by 10

The Clippers won the first quarter 29–23. Final: 94–84. Elton Brand led Clippers with 26 points, 15 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over PHX8LAL over MIL10LAC over HOU10DAL over MEM13ORL over CHI15SEA over CLE20SAC over UTA26Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over HOU.
Top performances

Stephon Marbury leads the day with 35

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.
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 15, 30, 0, 28, 13, 27, 36, 35PHX @ SAS · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 10, 16, 15, 23, 19, 10, 24, 15, 30DAL vs MEM · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 24, 15, 36, 23, 9, 25, 21, 29SAS vs PHX · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 30, 26, 31, 25, 31, 31, 30, 28LAL @ MIL · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 38, 23, 23, 21, 28, 27, 32, 21, 27, 27LAL @ MIL · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 29, 26, 27, 31, 8, 26, 40, 27HOU vs LAC · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 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+5.7 18.6 last 10 · 12.9 season
Cuttino MobleyHOU+5.5 26.7 last 10 · 21.2 season
Keon ClarkTOR+5.4 16.8 last 10 · 11.4 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimATL+4.9 26.1 last 10 · 21.2 season
Travis BestCHI+4.7 12.0 last 10 · 7.3 season
Cold
Donyell MarshallUTA−6.6 9.5 last 10 · 16.1 season
Dion GloverATL−6.6 2.5 last 10 · 9.1 season
Nick Van ExelDAL−6.5 14.5 last 10 · 21.0 season
Jerry StackhouseDET−4.9 17.4 last 10 · 22.3 season
Derek AndersonPOR−4.6 6.4 last 10 · 11.0 season