FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 23, 2003Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed WAS by 13 after the first quarter and won 106–101.

Final · OT
DAL106
WAS101
Q1 DAL -13; Q2 DAL -5; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +5
Final
ORL113
NJN105
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +11; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +8
Final
PHX97
MIN99
Q1 MIN +9; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +2
Final
CLE103
PHI116
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +15; Q3 PHI +17; Q4 PHI +13
Final
ATL93
GSW115
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW +16; Q4 GSW +22
Final
NYK92
SAC99
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC 0; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +7
Final
SEA101
LAL106
Q1 LAL -4; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +5
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 23, 2002: 8 games. Top scorer: Cuttino Mobley (HOU vs BOS), 40 points.
The lead · DAL @ WAS

Dallas needs overtime to survive Washington

Tied 90–90 after regulation. Dallas won the final period 16–11 for a 106–101 win. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 29 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-13-5+90+5DAL AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DAL1331301616106
WAS2623162511101
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 34, 27, 31, 25, 14, 22, 34, 29DAL29 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 21, 25, 29, 17, 26, 19, 8, 24DAL24 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 23, 21, 33, 27, 5, 15, 11, 30WAS30 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 8, 24, 45, 27, 12, 23, 11, 20, 43, 30WAS30 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Golden State by 22.

MIN over PHX2DAL over WAS5LAL over SEA5SAC over NYK7ORL over NJN8PHI over CLE13GSW over ATL22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
30.6Season avg42.6Last 5

42.6 points a game over his last five games, against 30.6 in 54 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 11 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 23.1 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 46

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: 35, 38, 24, 32, 35, 37, 36, 24, 52, 46ORL @ NJN · W
31.4 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
46 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 46, 42, 51, 44, 40, 52, 40, 40, 41LAL vs SEA · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 19, 32, 36, 33, 43, 20, 22, 22, 32PHX @ MIN · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 21, 18, 18, 23, 14, 24, 20, 30MIN vs PHX · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 23, 21, 33, 27, 5, 15, 11, 30WAS vs DAL · L
22.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Michael JordanPoints, last 10 games: 8, 24, 45, 27, 12, 23, 11, 20, 43, 30WAS vs DAL · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 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+12.3 43.1 last 10 · 30.8 season
Stephon MarburyPHX+6.1 29.2 last 10 · 23.1 season
Gilbert ArenasGSW+6.0 23.3 last 10 · 17.3 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+5.2 28.2 last 10 · 23.0 season
Michael JordanWAS+5.0 24.3 last 10 · 19.3 season
Cold
Bobby JacksonSAC−5.6 12.4 last 10 · 18.0 season
Lucious HarrisNJN−4.6 7.0 last 10 · 11.6 season
Antawn JamisonGSW−4.5 17.6 last 10 · 22.1 season
Tyrone HillCLE−3.7 2.6 last 10 · 6.3 season
Antoine WalkerBOS−3.7 17.2 last 10 · 20.9 season