FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 24, 2003Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed PHX by 8 at halftime and won 90–87.

Final · OT
HOU101
BOS95
Q1 HOU -5; Q2 HOU -4; Q3 HOU -7; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +6
Final
UTA92
MEM103
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM +10; Q4 MEM +11
Final
MIN117
MIL114
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +17; Q4 MIN +3
Final
PHX87
CHI90
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI -8; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +3
Final
GSW94
DEN89
Q1 GSW -5; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +5
Final
DET79
SEA86
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA +6; Q3 SEA 0; Q4 SEA +7
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 24, 2002: 8 games. Top scorer: Stephon Marbury (PHX vs SAS), 36 points.
The lead · PHX @ CHI

Jalen Rose posts 21-14-11 as Chicago tops Phoenix

A triple-double in a 90–87 win.

Game flow · CHI 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+3-8+10+3CHI AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX2124132987
CHI2413312290
Who led
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 20, 27, 38, 13, 27, 28, 20, 16, 31, 21CHI21 PTS · 14 REB · 11 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 21, 4, 6, 10, 6, 3, 6, 17CHI17 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 9, 12, 25, 25, 11, 14, 13, 19PHX19 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 15, 29, 36, 22, 26, 22, 24, 8, 19, 18PHX18 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Second story · HOU @ BOS

Houston flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Boston led 54–50 at the break. Tied 88–88 after regulation, Houston won the extra time 13–7. Final: 101–95. Steve Francis led Houston with 33 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists.

Top-scorer duel · HOU vs BOS
Steve Francis · HOUAntoine Walker · BOSPTS3322REB911AST98Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
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
7.0Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 56 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 16 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.5Season avg24.3Last 3

24.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.5 in 53 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.4Season avg27.3Today

27 minutes today, against 10.4 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Garnett leads the day with 34

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.
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 26, 23, 37, 34, 25, 34, 24, 34MIN @ MIL · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 31, 16, 28, 36, 27, 17, 5, 19, 33HOU @ BOS · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 5, 8, 10, 16, 22, 16, 29, 31HOU @ BOS · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 18, 22, 18, 25, 21, 17, 20, 29DEN vs GSW · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Wesley PersonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 7, 5, 14, 14, 14, 10, 19, 7, 27MEM vs UTA · W
10.4 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 18, 18, 23, 14, 24, 20, 30, 26MIN @ MIL · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 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+12.3 43.1 last 10 · 30.8 season
Gilbert ArenasGSW+5.7 23.1 last 10 · 17.4 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+5.4 28.6 last 10 · 23.2 season
Tyson ChandlerCHI+5.1 14.1 last 10 · 9.0 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 17.4 last 10 · 21.9 season
Tyrone HillCLE−3.7 2.6 last 10 · 6.3 season
Andre MillerLAC−3.6 10.8 last 10 · 14.4 season