FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 26, 2003Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed DEN by 8 after three quarters and won 94–84.

Final
IND69
BOS71
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +2
Final
MEM107
PHI111
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI +2; Q4 PHI +4
Final
NYK76
NJN105
Q1 NJN +4; Q2 NJN +9; Q3 NJN +15; Q4 NJN +29
Final
PHX118
MIL112
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +6
Final
MIA82
NOH91
Q1 NOH +4; Q2 NOH -2; Q3 NOH +8; Q4 NOH +9
Final
TOR95
CHI103
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI -4; Q3 CHI -3; Q4 CHI +8
Final
POR94
DEN84
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR 0; Q3 POR -8; Q4 POR +10
Final
UTA85
MIN92
Q1 MIN -4; Q2 MIN -2; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +7
Final
ATL76
SEA93
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA +14; Q3 SEA +14; Q4 SEA +17
Final
GSW108
LAC94
Q1 GSW +10; Q2 GSW +18; Q3 GSW +20; Q4 GSW +14
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 26, 2002: 7 games. Top scorer: Stephon Marbury (PHX @ SAS), 35 points.
The lead · POR @ DEN

Portland rallies from 8 down to beat Denver

Trailing by 8 after three, Portland outscored the Nuggets 31–13 the rest of the way. Final: 94–84. Antonio Daniels led Portland with 15 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · POR 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+10-8+10POR AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2321193194
DEN2222271384
Who led
Antonio DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 6, 0, 5, 4, 9, 3, 4, 15POR15 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Ruben PattersonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 12, 8, 2, 10, 2, 4, 10, 2, 15POR15 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 22, 18, 25, 21, 17, 20, 29, 26DEN26 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Donnell HarveyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 2, 5, 5, 8, 14, 4, 5, 10, 22DEN22 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

New Jersey posts the night's biggest win

New Jersey beat New York by 29, the widest margin of 10 games.

BOS over IND2PHI over MEM4PHX over MIL6MIN over UTA7CHI over TOR8NOH over MIA9POR over DEN10GSW over LAC14SEA over ATL17NJN over NYK29Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.1Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.1 in 57 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.8Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.8 in 56 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.7Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 24.7 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 13 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Stephon Marbury leads the day with 41

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.
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 32, 36, 33, 43, 20, 22, 22, 32, 7, 41PHX @ MIL · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 28, 36, 20, 32, 28, 41, 23, 34PHI vs MEM · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 7, 25, 19, 24, 18, 6, 18, 32MEM @ PHI · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 14, 16, 10, 23, 18, 12, 16, 31IND @ BOS · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 27, 38, 13, 27, 28, 20, 16, 31, 21, 26CHI vs TOR · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 27, 23, 20, 19, 31, 22, 21, 26MIL vs PHX · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 7 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+12.0 42.8 last 10 · 30.8 season
Michael JordanWAS+6.6 26.0 last 10 · 19.4 season
Stephon MarburyPHX+5.6 28.8 last 10 · 23.2 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+5.5 28.7 last 10 · 23.2 season
Tyson ChandlerCHI+5.2 14.1 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cold
Bobby JacksonSAC−6.0 11.9 last 10 · 17.9 season
Donyell MarshallCHI−4.4 9.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Ron MercerIND−4.0 4.0 last 10 · 8.0 season
Tyrone HillCLE−3.7 2.6 last 10 · 6.3 season
Antawn JamisonGSW−3.4 18.4 last 10 · 21.8 season