FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 21, 2003Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 7 points, by DAL (vs HOU) and TOR (vs PHX).

Final
CHI96
ORL110
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +11; Q3 ORL +21; Q4 ORL +14
Final
PHX89
TOR92
Q1 TOR -7; Q2 TOR -3; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +3
Final
NJN86
WAS89
Q1 WAS -1; Q2 WAS -1; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +3
Final
PHI119
CLE99
Q1 PHI +20; Q2 PHI +24; Q3 PHI +19; Q4 PHI +20
Final
DAL100
HOU85
Q1 DAL -7; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +15
Final
DET96
MIN103
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN +19; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN +7
Final · OT
MEM123
NOH125
Q1 NOH +9; Q2 NOH +2; Q3 NOH 0; Q4 NOH 0; OT1 NOH +2
Final
NYK107
GSW111
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW -5; Q4 GSW +4
Final
POR84
LAL92
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL -3; Q4 LAL +8
Final
MIL58
SEA88
Q1 SEA +8; Q2 SEA +12; Q3 SEA +23; Q4 SEA +30
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 21, 2002: 8 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL vs BOS), 33 points.
The lead · PHX @ TOR

Toronto holds off Phoenix, 92–89

Toronto led 68–64 after three and held on to win by three. Antonio Davis led Toronto with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-3+4+3TOR AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX3115182589
TOR2419252492
Who led
Antonio DavisPoints, last 10 games: 7, 12, 20, 12, 16, 22, 12, 21, 15, 22TOR22 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Jerome WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 2, 16, 16, 13, 11, 2, 7, 8, 15TOR15 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 33, 19, 32, 36, 33, 43, 20, 22, 22PHX22 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Jake VoskuhlPoints, last 10 games: 0, 4, 8, 4, 4, 0, 1, 4, 7, 14PHX14 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one SuperSonics rout

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Seattle beat Milwaukee by 30.

NOH over MEM2TOR over PHX3WAS over NJN3GSW over NYK4MIN over DET7LAL over POR8ORL over CHI14DAL over HOU15PHI over CLE20SEA over MIL30Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
30.4Season avg43.2Last 5

43.2 points a game over his last five games, against 30.4 in 53 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.3 in 10 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.2Season avg24.4Today

24 minutes today, against 4.2 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady 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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 35, 38, 24, 32, 35, 37, 36, 24, 52ORL vs CHI · W
31.1 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high52 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 39, 30, 26, 15, 18, 19, 24, 20, 24, 50NOH vs MEM · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +28.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high50 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 8, 24, 45, 27, 12, 23, 11, 20, 43WAS vs NJN · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +24.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 37, 25, 21, 28, 36, 20, 32, 28, 41PHI @ CLE · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high41 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 42, 35, 46, 42, 51, 44, 40, 52, 40, 40LAL vs POR · W
30.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 17, 11, 11, 21, 20, 17, 21, 35NOH vs MEM · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 1 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+12.6 43.2 last 10 · 30.6 season
Gilbert ArenasGSW+6.8 24.1 last 10 · 17.3 season
Stephon MarburyPHX+5.9 28.9 last 10 · 23.0 season
Jamal MashburnNOH+4.9 26.5 last 10 · 21.6 season
Rasheed WallacePOR+4.8 23.5 last 10 · 18.7 season
Cold
Bobby JacksonSAC−4.9 13.2 last 10 · 18.1 season
Lucious HarrisNJN−4.8 6.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Andre MillerLAC−4.6 9.8 last 10 · 14.4 season
Antawn JamisonGSW−4.0 18.2 last 10 · 22.2 season
Ricky DavisCLE−3.7 17.8 last 10 · 21.5 season