FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 16, 2003Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed MIL by 11 after the first quarter and won 101–95.

Final
PHI90
NJN83
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI -3; Q3 PHI -4; Q4 PHI +7
Final
ORL97
TOR99
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +15; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +2
Final
MEM101
MIL95
Q1 MEM -11; Q2 MEM -3; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM +6
Final
GSW102
MIN109
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +15; Q4 MIN +7
Final
SAS104
SAC101
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +3
Final
IND86
ATL99
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +13
Final
DET90
CLE75
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +13; Q3 DET +21; Q4 DET +15
Final
DEN92
NOH100
Q1 NOH +10; Q2 NOH +13; Q3 NOH +12; Q4 NOH +8
Final
BOS92
PHX102
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 PHX +10
Final
NYK117
LAL110
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +7
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 16, 2002: 4 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL @ HOU), 39 points.
The lead · MEM @ MIL

Memphis climbs out of an 11-point hole against Milwaukee

Down 11 after one, the Grizzlies won the second quarter 35–27 and the game 101–95. Pau Gasol led Memphis with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MEM 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 Q3Final0-11-3+7+6MEM AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM13353023101
MIL2427202495
Who led
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 26, 32, 13, 20, 14, 7, 25, 19MEM19 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Shane BattierPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 9, 14, 2, 16, 4, 8, 11, 15MEM15 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 18, 16, 12, 21, 27, 28, 14, 23MIL23 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 8, 31, 24, 20, 11, 15, 16, 22MIL22 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.6Season avg44.6Last 5

44.6 points a game over his last five games, against 29.6 in 50 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg5.0Last 3

5.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.7 in 17 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg42.3Today

42 minutes today, against 23.1 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Detroit by 15.

TOR over ORL2SAS over SAC3MEM over MIL6PHI over NJN7MIN over GSW7NYK over LAL7NOH over DEN8PHX over BOS10ATL over IND13DET over CLE15Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Allan Houston leads the day with 53

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.
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 20, 16, 31, 20, 11, 32, 26, 53NYK @ LAL · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +31.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high53 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 11, 40, 38, 42, 35, 46, 42, 51, 44, 40LAL vs NYK · L
29.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 17, 34, 31, 14, 30, 23, 26, 26, 23, 37MIN vs GSW · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 22 REB · 6 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 33, 31, 35, 38, 24, 32, 35, 37, 36ORL @ TOR · L
30.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 12, 23, 17, 30, 25, 36, 28, 34SAS @ SAC · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 20, 37, 25, 21, 28, 36, 20, 32PHI @ NJN · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 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+9.1 38.9 last 10 · 29.8 season
Gilbert ArenasGSW+7.6 24.8 last 10 · 17.2 season
Stephon MarburyPHX+6.8 29.8 last 10 · 23.0 season
Tony ParkerSAS+5.4 20.9 last 10 · 15.5 season
Rasheed WallacePOR+5.3 23.9 last 10 · 18.6 season
Cold
Antawn JamisonGSW−5.0 17.2 last 10 · 22.2 season
Bonzi WellsPOR−4.5 10.7 last 10 · 15.2 season
Andre MillerLAC−4.3 10.2 last 10 · 14.5 season
Tyrone HillCLE−3.7 2.6 last 10 · 6.3 season
Jason KiddNJN−3.2 16.5 last 10 · 19.7 season