FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 14, 2003Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed PHX by 5 after the first quarter and won 116–115.

Final · OT
ATL97
IND98
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +1
Final · OT
GSW118
TOR114
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +7; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW +4
Final
CHI72
NJN90
Q1 NJN +11; Q2 NJN +10; Q3 NJN +21; Q4 NJN +18
Final
DAL110
MEM103
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +7
Final
NOH93
MIN114
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +13; Q3 MIN +17; Q4 MIN +21
Final
ORL98
PHI99
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI +4; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +1
Final
MIA94
HOU82
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +15; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +12
Final
DET86
MIL96
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +2; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL +10
Final
NYK116
PHX115
Q1 NYK -5; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +1
Final
WAS77
UTA109
Q1 UTA +13; Q2 UTA +28; Q3 UTA +38; Q4 UTA +32
Final
SEA81
SAC110
Q1 SAC +22; Q2 SAC +17; Q3 SAC +33; Q4 SAC +29
Final
SAS103
LAL95
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +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 14, 2002: 6 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs UTA), 34 points.
The lead · NYK @ PHX

New York holds off Phoenix, 116–115

New York led 96–90 after three and held on to win by one. Allan Houston led New York with 26 points, 1 rebound and 6 assists. Stephon Marbury scored 43 for Phoenix in the loss.

Game flow · NYK 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 Q3Final0-5-4+6+1NYK AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK32313320116
PHX37302325115
Who led
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 24, 20, 16, 31, 20, 11, 32, 26NYK26 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Kurt ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 18, 6, 17, 12, 6, 2, 13, 24NYK24 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 31, 29, 33, 19, 32, 36, 33, 43PHX43 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 27, 29, 24, 21, 18, 15, 29, 36, 22, 26PHX26 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.3Season avg43.6Last 5

43.6 points a game over his last five games, against 29.3 in 49 earlier games. Today: 44 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.4Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.4 in 42 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.5Season avg32.9Today

33 minutes today, against 12.5 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Utah by 32.

IND over ATL1PHI over ORL1NYK over PHX1GSW over TOR4DAL over MEM7SAS over LAL8MIL over DET10MIA over HOU12NJN over CHI18MIN over NOH21SAC over SEA29UTA over WAS32Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 44

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: 23, 11, 40, 38, 42, 35, 46, 42, 51, 44LAL vs SAS · L
29.6 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
44 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 31, 29, 33, 19, 32, 36, 33, 43PHX vs NYK · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high43 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 31, 33, 31, 35, 38, 24, 32, 35, 37ORL @ PHI · L
30.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 11, 21, 15, 10, 20, 11, 4, 33ORL @ PHI · L
16.3 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 19, 15, 23, 11, 8, 15, 17, 32GSW @ TOR · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 30, 13, 34, 32, 20, 25, 28, 34, 27, 31DAL @ MEM · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 1 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+7.6 37.2 last 10 · 29.6 season
Stephon MarburyPHX+6.5 29.6 last 10 · 23.1 season
Gilbert ArenasGSW+5.5 22.4 last 10 · 16.9 season
Howard EisleyNYK+5.3 14.2 last 10 · 8.9 season
Tony ParkerSAS+4.9 20.4 last 10 · 15.5 season
Cold
Tony DelkBOS−4.2 6.5 last 10 · 10.7 season
Predrag DrobnjakSEA−4.2 4.2 last 10 · 8.4 season
Bonzi WellsPOR−4.2 11.1 last 10 · 15.3 season
Tyrone HillCLE−3.7 2.6 last 10 · 6.3 season
Ricky DavisCLE−3.7 18.0 last 10 · 21.7 season