FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 13, 2003Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
ORL88
DET98
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +10
Final
BOS100
POR92
Q1 BOS +16; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +8
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 13, 2002: 7 games. Top scorer: Kevin Garnett (MIN vs PHX), 33 points.
The lead · BOS @ POR

Paul Pierce scores 36 as Boston wins in Portland

Final: 100–92. Paul Pierce made 13 of 20 shots from the field.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+16+8+1+8BOS AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS39122128100
POR2320282192
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 30, 45, 27, 30, 23, 29, 27, 26, 14, 36BOS36 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 25, 33, 6, 22, 20, 14, 17, 19BOS19 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 11, 38, 28, 29, 15, 22, 25, 30POR30 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 24, 9, 14, 13, 8, 16, 16, 16POR16 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Second story · ORL @ DET

Detroit makes it six straight

Detroit beat Orlando 98–88 and moved to 34–15. Richard Hamilton led Detroit with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · DET
Wvs IND88–78Lvs PHI83–92W@ HOU98–74L@ SAS76–108Wvs BOS86–83W@ BOS118–66Wvs NJN106–84Wvs LAC89–80W@ CHI89–79Wvs ORL98–88DET: last 10 games through Feb 13, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.3Season avg12.6Last 5

12.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.3 in 31 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
39.9Season avg28.0Last 3

28.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 39.9 in 50 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 34 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+10.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg30.1Today

30 minutes today, against 20.0 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 36

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 30, 45, 27, 30, 23, 29, 27, 26, 14, 36BOS @ POR · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 35, 31, 33, 31, 35, 38, 24, 32, 35ORL @ DET · L
30.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 11, 38, 28, 29, 15, 22, 25, 30POR vs BOS · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 18, 17, 14, 29, 24, 10, 15, 29DET vs ORL · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 25, 33, 6, 22, 20, 14, 17, 19BOS @ POR · W
21.1 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 20, 8, 11, 3, 12, 17, 10, 18DET vs ORL · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 6 REB · 4 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
Kobe BryantLAL+6.1 35.4 last 10 · 29.3 season
Joe JohnsonPHX+5.7 14.0 last 10 · 8.3 season
Gilbert ArenasGSW+5.3 22.3 last 10 · 17.0 season
Dion GloverATL+5.2 13.2 last 10 · 8.0 season
Kerry KittlesNJN+5.0 18.8 last 10 · 13.8 season
Cold
Predrag DrobnjakSEA−4.7 3.6 last 10 · 8.3 season
Tony DelkBOS−4.2 6.5 last 10 · 10.7 season
Lucious HarrisNJN−4.2 7.8 last 10 · 12.0 season
Bonzi WellsPOR−4.2 11.1 last 10 · 15.3 season
Tyrone HillCLE−3.7 2.6 last 10 · 6.3 season