FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 20, 2003Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed IND by 10 at halftime and won 98–91.

Final
IND91
NJN98
Q1 NJN -3; Q2 NJN -10; Q3 NJN +1; Q4 NJN +7
Final
SAS87
DAL95
Q1 DAL +10; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +8
Final
BOS83
SAC105
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +23; Q4 SAC +22
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 20, 2002: 8 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs GSW), 46 points.
The lead · IND @ NJN

Jason Kidd scores 31, New Jersey rallies past Indiana

New Jersey trailed by 10 at the half and won 98–91.

Game flow · NJN 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 Q3Final0-3-10+1+7NJN AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND2332142291
NJN2025252898
Who led
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 7, 4, 20, 8, 19, 28, 6, 21, 12, 31NJN31 PTS · 9 REB · 12 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 29, 35, 4, 17, 15, 17, 28, 19NJN19 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 14, 22, 10, 8, 2, 16, 9, 22IND22 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Brad MillerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 21, 13, 25, 18, 17, 16, 16, 18IND18 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Second story · SAS @ DAL

Dallas leads San Antonio wire to wire

Dallas was ahead at every break and won 95–87. Best quarter: the first, 29–19. Steve Nash led Dallas with 29 points, 2 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NJN over IND7DAL over SAS8SAC over BOS22Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over SAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.0Season avg12.8Last 5

12.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 54 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.8Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.8 in 44 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 23.6 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Jason Kidd leads the day with 31

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.
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 7, 4, 20, 8, 19, 28, 6, 21, 12, 31NJN vs IND · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 12 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 25, 0, 20, 13, 14, 26, 16, 19, 8, 29DAL vs SAS · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Malik RosePoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 11, 10, 13, 21, 7, 15, 7, 25SAS @ DAL · L
8.6 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 27, 26, 14, 36, 35, 21, 31, 22BOS @ SAC · L
26.4 PPG season to date · −4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 14, 22, 10, 8, 2, 16, 9, 22IND @ NJN · L
12.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 25, 28, 34, 27, 31, 25, 14, 22DAL vs SAS · W
23.3 PPG season to date · −1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 1 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
Kenyon MartinNJN+5.1 20.6 last 10 · 15.5 season
Cold
Antawn JamisonGSW−5.5 16.6 last 10 · 22.1 season
Bobby JacksonSAC−4.9 13.2 last 10 · 18.1 season
Andre MillerLAC−4.6 9.8 last 10 · 14.4 season
Jason KiddNJN−4.1 15.6 last 10 · 19.7 season
Bonzi WellsPOR−4.0 11.4 last 10 · 15.4 season