FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 19, 2003Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed TOR by 8 after the first quarter and won 89–84.

Final
DET89
TOR84
Q1 DET -8; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +5
Final
WAS75
NOH87
Q1 NOH +11; Q2 NOH +6; Q3 NOH +5; Q4 NOH +12
Final
MIN85
DEN77
Q1 MIN -3; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +8
Final
HOU107
PHX89
Q1 HOU -4; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +16; Q4 HOU +18
Final
LAL93
UTA87
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +6
Final
PHI110
CHI82
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI -6; Q3 PHI +22; Q4 PHI +28
Final
GSW98
POR125
Q1 POR +23; Q2 POR +27; Q3 POR +24; Q4 POR +27
Final
NYK94
SEA103
Q1 SEA +14; Q2 SEA +8; Q3 SEA +14; Q4 SEA +9
Final
MIL104
LAC110
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +7; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +6
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 19, 2002: 6 games. Top scorer: Chauncey Billups (MIN @ DAL), 36 points.
The lead · DET @ TOR

Detroit rallies from 8 down to beat Toronto

Trailing by 8 after one, Detroit outscored the Raptors 74–61 the rest of the way. Final: 89–84. Chauncey Billups led Detroit with 18 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DET 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+4+9+5DET AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET1530192589
TOR2318142984
Who led
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 27, 8, 20, 12, 17, 15, 7, 18DET18 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 17, 12, 14, 8, 4, 14, 8, 16DET16 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 7, 13, 2, 14, 9, 22, 11, 20TOR20 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 13, 16, 14, 25, 21, 20, 12, 16TOR16 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
30.2Season avg45.4Last 5

45.4 points a game over his last five games, against 30.2 in 52 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
40.5Season avg29.4Last 3

29.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 40.5 in 53 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.1Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 14.1 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Philadelphia posts the night's biggest win

Philadelphia beat Chicago by 28, the widest margin of 9 games.

DET over TOR5LAL over UTA6LAC over MIL6MIN over DEN8SEA over NYK9NOH over WAS12HOU over PHX18POR over GSW27PHI over CHI28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 40

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: 38, 42, 35, 46, 42, 51, 44, 40, 52, 40LAL @ UTA · W
30.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 20, 12, 14, 27, 23, 20, 19, 31SEA vs NYK · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 8, 12, 12, 6, 8, 12, 13, 29POR vs GSW · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 37, 25, 21, 28, 36, 20, 32, 28PHI @ CHI · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 25, 23, 25, 15, 18, 15, 11, 26SEA vs NYK · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 31, 14, 30, 23, 26, 26, 23, 37, 34, 25MIN @ DEN · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 14 REB · 3 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+12.6 43.0 last 10 · 30.4 season
Stephon MarburyPHX+6.8 29.8 last 10 · 23.0 season
Rasheed WallacePOR+6.4 25.0 last 10 · 18.6 season
Gilbert ArenasGSW+6.3 23.7 last 10 · 17.4 season
Peja StojakovicSAC+5.3 24.5 last 10 · 19.2 season
Cold
Jason KiddNJN−5.9 13.6 last 10 · 19.5 season
Antawn JamisonGSW−5.5 16.6 last 10 · 22.1 season
Andre MillerLAC−4.6 9.8 last 10 · 14.4 season
Bonzi WellsPOR−4.0 11.4 last 10 · 15.4 season
Lucious HarrisNJN−3.8 8.0 last 10 · 11.8 season