FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 17, 2003Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed MIN by 11 after the first quarter and won 109–97.

Final
MIA62
DET93
Q1 DET +12; Q2 DET +13; Q3 DET +29; Q4 DET +31
Final
MIN97
UTA109
Q1 UTA -11; Q2 UTA -6; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +12
Final
NYK91
POR99
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +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 17, 2002: 10 games. Top scorer: Chris Webber (SAC vs SEA), 39 points.
The lead · MIN @ UTA

Utah climbs back to beat Minnesota

Minnesota led by 11 after one. Utah won it 109–97. Karl Malone led Utah with 28 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-11-6+3+12UTA AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN3124222097
UTA20293129109
Who led
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 26, 26, 18, 31, 33, 13, 23, 28UTA28 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 11, 21, 16, 20, 24, 10, 17, 21UTA21 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 34, 31, 14, 30, 23, 26, 26, 23, 37, 34MIN34 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Troy HudsonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 31, 23, 10, 17, 7, 11, 22, 14, 21MIN21 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Second story · NYK @ POR

Portland beats New York, 99–91

Portland led 76–70 after three and won by 8. Rasheed Wallace led Portland with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
POR over NYK8UTA over MIN12DET over MIA31Final margin, points. Pink = POR over NYK.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.1Season avg29.8Last 5

29.8 points a game over his last five games, against 22.1 in 51 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 18 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.4Season avg31.0Today

31 minutes today, against 17.4 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Garnett leads the day with 34

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.
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 34, 31, 14, 30, 23, 26, 26, 23, 37, 34MIN @ UTA · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 29, 24, 10, 15, 29, 28, 23, 34DET vs MIA · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 26, 26, 18, 31, 33, 13, 23, 28UTA vs MIN · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Allan HoustonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 16, 31, 20, 11, 32, 26, 53, 27NYK @ POR · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 11, 38, 28, 29, 15, 22, 25, 30, 27, 23POR vs NYK · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Troy HudsonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 31, 23, 10, 17, 7, 11, 22, 14, 21MIN @ UTA · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 3 REB · 6 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
Rasheed WallacePOR+6.1 24.8 last 10 · 18.7 season
Tony ParkerSAS+5.4 20.9 last 10 · 15.5 season
Cold
Antawn JamisonGSW−5.0 17.2 last 10 · 22.2 season
Bonzi WellsPOR−5.0 10.2 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