FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 22, 2003Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed DET by 12 after the first quarter and won 93–91.

Final
NOH93
DET91
Q1 NOH -12; Q2 NOH -9; Q3 NOH -3; Q4 NOH +2
Final
CHI90
MIA100
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +10
Final
MEM82
HOU93
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +24; Q4 HOU +11
Final
IND96
SAS105
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +24; Q4 SAS +9
Final
DEN89
UTA99
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA +14; Q4 UTA +10
Final
MIL93
POR90
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL -5; Q4 MIL +3
Final
ATL89
LAC87
Q1 ATL -11; Q2 ATL -4; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +2
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 22, 2002: 7 games. Top scorer: Baron Davis (CHH vs LAL), 37 points.
The lead · NOH @ DET

New Orleans fights back from 12 down against Detroit

Final: 93–91, after trailing by 12 after one. Jamal Mashburn led New Orleans with 29 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · NOH 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 Q3Final0-12-9-3+2NOH AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH1525252893
DET2722192391
Who led
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 15, 18, 19, 24, 20, 24, 50, 29NOH29 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 11, 11, 21, 20, 17, 21, 35, 27NOH27 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 10, 15, 29, 28, 23, 34, 4, 23, 23DET23 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 27, 8, 20, 12, 17, 15, 7, 18, 23, 22DET22 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Houston by 11.

NOH over DET2ATL over LAC2MIL over POR3SAS over IND9MIA over CHI10UTA over DEN10HOU over MEM11Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.6Season avg29.4Last 5

29.4 points a game over his last five games, against 21.6 in 57 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.8Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.8 in 56 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.0Season avg40.1Today

40 minutes today, against 18.0 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists.

Top performances

Jalen Rose 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.
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 27, 38, 13, 27, 28, 20, 16, 31CHI @ MIA · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 15, 18, 19, 24, 20, 24, 50, 29NOH @ DET · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 24, 5, 8, 10, 16, 22, 16, 29HOU vs MEM · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 11, 11, 21, 20, 17, 21, 35, 27NOH @ DET · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Eddy CurryPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 10, 7, 6, 5, 12, 10, 13, 26CHI @ MIA · L
7.0 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high26 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 12, 6, 8, 12, 13, 29, 25, 26POR vs MIL · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 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 43.2 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
Tyson ChandlerCHI+4.8 13.7 last 10 · 8.9 season
Kenyon MartinNJN+4.7 20.1 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Bobby JacksonSAC−4.9 13.2 last 10 · 18.1 season
Lucious HarrisNJN−4.8 6.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Antawn JamisonGSW−4.0 18.2 last 10 · 22.2 season
Ricky DavisCLE−3.7 17.8 last 10 · 21.5 season
Tyrone HillCLE−3.7 2.6 last 10 · 6.3 season