FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 28, 2003Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SEA trailed LAL by 6 after the first quarter and won 107–90.

Final
MIL98
IND107
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +20; Q4 IND +9
Final
UTA83
PHI104
Q1 PHI -4; Q2 PHI +14; Q3 PHI +19; Q4 PHI +21
Final
TOR85
BOS90
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +5
Final · OT
MIA116
MEM126
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +12; Q3 MEM +15; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +10
Final
CLE95
MIN118
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +17; Q3 MIN +23; Q4 MIN +23
Final · 2OT
ORL110
NYK118
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK -1; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK 0; OT2 NYK +8
Final
ATL110
CHI88
Q1 ATL +17; Q2 ATL +21; Q3 ATL +22; Q4 ATL +22
Final
NOH94
DEN88
Q1 NOH -4; Q2 NOH 0; Q3 NOH -1; Q4 NOH +6
Final
LAL90
SEA107
Q1 SEA -6; Q2 SEA +11; Q3 SEA +22; Q4 SEA +17
Final
LAC103
POR109
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR +6
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 28, 2002: 4 games. Top scorer: Andre Miller (CLE vs SAS), 37 points.
The lead · LAL @ SEA

Ray Allen posts 29 and 10 as Seattle beats Lakers

29 points and 10 rebounds in a 107–90 win.

Game flow · SEA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+11+22+17SEA AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2916162990
SEA23332724107
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 28, 14, 23, 17, 19, 26, 23, 21, 29SEA29 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Predrag DrobnjakPoints, last 10 games: 1, 4, 12, 23, 11, 12, 16, 15, 13, 18SEA18 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 51, 44, 40, 52, 40, 40, 41, 32, 30, 34LAL34 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 19, 33, 20, 18, 21, 24, 27, 33, 35, 18LAL18 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 10 games went past regulation.

BOS over TOR5NOH over DEN6POR over LAC6NYK over ORL8IND over MIL9MEM over MIA10SEA over LAL17PHI over UTA21ATL over CHI22MIN over CLE23Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.4Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.4 in 58 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 46 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.3Season avg54.0Today

54 minutes today, against 27.3 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady 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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 32, 35, 37, 36, 24, 52, 46, 26, 34ORL @ NYK · L
31.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 13 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 51, 44, 40, 52, 40, 40, 41, 32, 30, 34LAL @ SEA · L
30.8 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 28, 14, 23, 17, 19, 26, 23, 21, 29SEA vs LAL · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Brad MillerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 17, 16, 16, 18, 2, 10, 6, 29IND vs MIL · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 14, 16, 22, 9, 13, 13, 13, 28NYK vs ORL · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 11 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 14, 7, 25, 19, 24, 18, 6, 18, 32, 25MEM vs MIA · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 2 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+9.6 40.4 last 10 · 30.8 season
Michael JordanWAS+7.4 27.1 last 10 · 19.7 season
Tyson ChandlerCHI+5.9 14.9 last 10 · 9.0 season
Stephon MarburyPHX+5.6 28.8 last 10 · 23.2 season
Kevin GarnettMIN+5.0 28.1 last 10 · 23.1 season
Cold
Bobby JacksonSAC−6.3 11.5 last 10 · 17.8 season
Donyell MarshallCHI−4.7 9.2 last 10 · 13.9 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