FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 15, 2003Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed MIA by 7 at halftime and won 98–92.

Final
DEN69
CHI88
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +19
Final
MIA92
DAL98
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL -7; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +6
Final
SEA96
POR101
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +5
Final
BOS92
LAC84
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +4; 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 15, 2002: 10 games. Top scorer: Baron Davis (CHH vs IND), 38 points.
The lead · MIA @ DAL

Dallas handles Miami by 6

The Mavericks won the fourth quarter 32–24. Final: 98–92. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 25 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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+2-7-2+6DAL AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2425192492
DAL2616243298
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 13, 34, 32, 20, 25, 28, 34, 27, 31, 25DAL25 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 25, 0, 20, 13, 14, 26, 16, 19DAL19 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Travis BestPoints, last 10 games: 2, 20, 9, 11, 6, 6, 11, 2, 15, 21MIA21 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 12, 18, 12, 9, 10, 11, 24, 14MIA14 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SEA @ POR

Seattle's skid reaches six

Portland won 101–96; the SuperSonics fall to 21–30. Rasheed Wallace led Portland with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · SEA
W@ MEM95–83Wvs GSW91–88Lvs SAC77–95Wvs CHI90–77L@ NJN108–109L@ BOS74–114L@ MIL91–97Lvs BOS76–82L@ SAC81–110L@ POR96–101SEA: last 10 games through Feb 15, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.5Season avg29.0Last 5

29.0 points a game over his last five games, against 23.5 in 49 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg10.5Last 3

10.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.1 in 36 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.4Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 10.4 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce 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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 45, 27, 30, 23, 29, 27, 26, 14, 36, 35BOS @ LAC · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 16, 23, 28, 20, 27, 38, 13, 27CHI vs DEN · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 38, 28, 29, 15, 22, 25, 30, 27POR vs SEA · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 25, 33, 6, 22, 20, 14, 17, 19, 26BOS @ LAC · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 10, 12, 17, 16, 18, 29, 15, 26LAC vs BOS · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 13, 34, 32, 20, 25, 28, 34, 27, 31, 25DAL vs MIA · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 12 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
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
Rasheed WallacePOR+5.3 23.9 last 10 · 18.6 season
Howard EisleyNYK+5.3 14.2 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cold
Bonzi WellsPOR−4.5 10.7 last 10 · 15.2 season
Andre MillerLAC−4.3 10.2 last 10 · 14.5 season
Tony DelkBOS−4.1 6.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Tyrone HillCLE−3.7 2.6 last 10 · 6.3 season
Ricky DavisCLE−3.7 18.0 last 10 · 21.7 season