FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 5, 2003Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed MIA by 8 after the first quarter and won 101–87.

Final
SEA74
BOS114
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +17; Q3 BOS +18; Q4 BOS +40
Final
HOU102
CLE105
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +10; Q4 CLE +3
Final
LAC80
DET89
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +24; Q3 DET +22; Q4 DET +9
Final
POR101
MIA87
Q1 POR -8; Q2 POR -5; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +14
Final
NJN111
PHI85
Q1 NJN -1; Q2 NJN +14; Q3 NJN +24; Q4 NJN +26
Final
SAC84
NOH108
Q1 NOH +6; Q2 NOH +9; Q3 NOH +20; Q4 NOH +24
Final
MEM84
UTA105
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA -7; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +21
Final
SAS103
GSW99
Q1 SAS +15; Q2 SAS +16; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +4
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 · 2001–02Feb 5, 2002: 10 games. Top scorer: Allan Houston (NYK vs LAC), 40 points.
The lead · POR @ MIA

Portland rallies from 8 down to beat Miami

Trailing by 8 after one, Portland outscored the Heat 80–58 the rest of the way. Final: 101–87. Scottie Pippen led Portland with 26 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-8-5+2+14POR AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR21203228101
MIA2917251687
Who led
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 7, 19, 13, 6, 6, 11, 25, 26POR26 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 12, 14, 11, 38, 28, 29, 15, 22POR22 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 7, 15, 19, 26, 9, 22, 22, 17, 26, 20MIA20 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Eddie HousePoints, last 10 games: 9, 6, 2, 1, 3, 9, 4, 7, 0, 18MIA18 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Boston posts the night's biggest win

Boston beat Seattle by 40, the widest margin of 8 games.

CLE over HOU3SAS over GSW4DET over LAC9POR over MIA14UTA over MEM21NOH over SAC24NJN over PHI26BOS over SEA40Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.9Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 17.9 in 40 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.9Season avg21.8Last 3

21.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.9 in 39 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.9Season avg37.0Today

37 minutes today, against 10.9 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Kerry Kittles 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.
Kerry KittlesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 22, 15, 19, 17, 21, 15, 17, 35NJN @ PHI · W
13.8 PPG season to date · +21.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 18, 20, 29, 20, 26, 26, 18, 31UTA vs MEM · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 27, 32, 30, 29, 22, 17, 12, 23, 17, 30SAS @ GSW · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Maurice TaylorPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 4, 4, 16, 5, 18, 2, 6, 30HOU @ CLE · L
7.4 PPG season to date · +23.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 16, 3, 14, 7, 27, 28, 10, 26, 21, 28GSW vs SAS · L
16.4 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 21, 25, 25, 20, 37, 25, 21, 28PHI vs NJN · L
26.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 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
Joe JohnsonPHX+5.8 13.9 last 10 · 8.1 season
Stephon MarburyPHX+5.8 28.3 last 10 · 22.5 season
Peja StojakovicSAC+5.2 24.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
David WesleyNOH+5.0 21.7 last 10 · 16.7 season
Kerry KittlesNJN+4.8 18.6 last 10 · 13.8 season
Cold
Jay WilliamsCHI−4.9 4.3 last 10 · 9.2 season
Ricky DavisCLE−4.8 16.8 last 10 · 21.6 season
Eric PiatkowskiLAC−4.2 5.3 last 10 · 9.5 season
Tyrone HillCLE−3.7 2.6 last 10 · 6.3 season
Doug ChristieSAC−3.6 6.4 last 10 · 10.0 season