FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 18, 2003Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed NOH by 16 after the first quarter and won 99–94.

Final
CHI107
CLE101
Q1 CHI +12; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +6
Final
NOH94
ORL99
Q1 ORL -16; Q2 ORL -6; Q3 ORL -8; Q4 ORL +5
Final
MIA79
NJN84
Q1 NJN +14; Q2 NJN +8; Q3 NJN -3; Q4 NJN +5
Final · OT
IND103
MEM108
Q1 MEM -6; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM +6; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +5
Final
ATL79
DAL105
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +28; Q4 DAL +26
Final
DEN76
SAS101
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +17; Q3 SAS +26; Q4 SAS +25
Final
MIL93
SAC102
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC 0; Q4 SAC +9
Final
BOS125
GSW117
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +20; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +8
Final · 2OT
HOU99
LAL106
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL 0; OT2 LAL +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 18, 2002: 7 games. Top scorer: Karl Malone (UTA @ CLE), 35 points.
The lead · NOH @ ORL

Orlando storms back from 16 down to beat New Orleans

The Magic trailed by 16 after one and won 99–94. Tracy McGrady led Orlando with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-16-6-8+5ORL AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH3223221794
ORL1633203099
Who led
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 31, 35, 38, 24, 32, 35, 37, 36, 24ORL24 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 15, 10, 20, 11, 4, 33, 16, 24ORL24 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 39, 30, 26, 15, 18, 19, 24, 20NOH20 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 12, 16, 18, 17, 11, 11, 21, 20, 17NOH17 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+16.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.8Season avg45.8Last 5

45.8 points a game over his last five games, against 29.8 in 51 earlier games. Today: 52 points in 54 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.2Season avg10.6Last 3

10.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.2 in 50 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.7Season avg38.3Today

38 minutes today, against 13.7 a game in 53 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 9 games went past regulation.

ORL over NOH5NJN over MIA5MEM over IND5CHI over CLE6LAL over HOU7BOS over GSW8SAC over MIL9SAS over DEN25DAL over ATL26Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 52

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: 40, 38, 42, 35, 46, 42, 51, 44, 40, 52LAL vs HOU · W
30.2 PPG season to date · +22.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high52 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 23, 11, 8, 15, 17, 32, 6, 39GSW vs BOS · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 29, 27, 26, 14, 36, 35, 21, 31BOS @ GSW · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 23, 29, 35, 4, 17, 15, 17, 28NJN vs MIA · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 23, 28, 20, 27, 38, 13, 27, 28CHI @ CLE · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 17, 22, 17, 28, 21, 25, 29, 17, 26DAL vs ATL · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 2 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+12.8 43.0 last 10 · 30.2 season
Gilbert ArenasGSW+7.0 24.3 last 10 · 17.3 season
Stephon MarburyPHX+6.8 29.8 last 10 · 23.0 season
Rasheed WallacePOR+6.1 24.8 last 10 · 18.7 season
Peja StojakovicSAC+5.3 24.5 last 10 · 19.2 season
Cold
Jason KiddNJN−5.9 13.6 last 10 · 19.5 season
Bonzi WellsPOR−5.0 10.2 last 10 · 15.2 season
Andre MillerLAC−4.3 10.2 last 10 · 14.5 season
Antawn JamisonGSW−4.0 18.5 last 10 · 22.5 season
Lucious HarrisNJN−3.8 8.0 last 10 · 11.8 season