FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 6, 2003Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed SEA by 2 after the first quarter and won 97–91.

Final
LAL114
NYK109
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +30; Q4 LAL +5
Final
SEA91
MIL97
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL +3; Q3 MIL -1; Q4 MIL +6
Final
SAS83
DEN74
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +17; Q4 SAS +9
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 6, 2002: 6 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs CHI), 38 points.
The lead · SEA @ MIL

Milwaukee handles Seattle by 6

The Bucks won the fourth quarter 30–23. Final: 97–91. Ray Allen led Milwaukee with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+3-1+6MIL AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA2520232391
MIL2325193097
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 34, 21, 22, 18, 16, 12, 21, 27MIL27 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Tim ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 11, 22, 5, 14, 17, 14, 2, 19MIL19 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 18, 18, 20, 12, 20, 12, 14, 27SEA27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 13, 22, 22, 25, 23, 25, 15, 18SEA18 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Second story · LAL @ NYK

Lakers lead New York wire to wire

Lakers were ahead at every break and won 114–109. Best quarter: the third, 37–22. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 46 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over NYK5MIL over SEA6SAS over DEN9Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over NYK.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.2Season avg40.2Last 5

40.2 points a game over his last five games, against 28.2 in 46 earlier games. Today: 46 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.6Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.6 in 47 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 21.0 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 46

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 36, 22, 26, 23, 11, 40, 38, 42, 35, 46LAL @ NYK · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high46 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 23, 31, 32, 28, 27, 25, 36, 21, 19, 33LAL @ NYK · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 18, 18, 20, 12, 20, 12, 14, 27SEA @ MIL · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 34, 21, 22, 18, 16, 12, 21, 27MIL vs SEA · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 32, 30, 29, 22, 17, 12, 23, 17, 30, 25SAS @ DEN · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 21, 28, 21, 28, 13, 9, 38, 24NYK vs LAL · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 0 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
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
Howard EisleyNYK+4.9 13.8 last 10 · 8.9 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