FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 17, 2004Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
NOH89
IND75
Q1 NOH +5; Q2 NOH +8; Q3 NOH +16; Q4 NOH +14
Final
UTA85
MIA97
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +12
Final
DET88
NYK92
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +4
Final
DAL92
MEM109
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM +17
Final
ORL104
MIL127
Q1 MIL +17; Q2 MIL +25; Q3 MIL +24; Q4 MIL +23
Final
PHX95
MIN110
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +15
Final
TOR73
CHI75
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +13; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +2
Final
WAS81
HOU107
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +20; Q3 HOU +31; Q4 HOU +26
Final
PHI85
DEN106
Q1 DEN +13; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +21
Final
BOS111
SAC127
Q1 SAC +12; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +17; Q4 SAC +16
Final
POR86
LAL89
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +3
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 · 2002–03Feb 17, 2003: 3 games. Top scorer: Kevin Garnett (MIN @ UTA), 34 points.
The lead · TOR @ CHI

Chicago holds off Toronto, 75–73

Chicago led 66–56 after three and held on to win by two. Jamal Crawford led Chicago with 25 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+7+13+10+2CHI AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR1716231773
CHI242220975
Who led
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 16, 18, 31, 13, 15, 11, 27, 25CHI25 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Eddy CurryPoints, last 10 games: 8, 21, 8, 27, 25, 23, 21, 23, 12, 15CHI15 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 27, 33, 11, 18, 22, 29, 19, 21TOR21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 9, 6, 3, 9, 8, 5, 27, 6, 19TOR19 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.7Season avg27.8Last 5

27.8 points a game over his last five games, against 20.7 in 53 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Season avg5.7Last 3

5.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.9 in 29 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.6Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 11.6 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Rockets rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Houston beat Washington by 26.

CHI over TOR2LAL over POR3NYK over DET4MIA over UTA12NOH over IND14MIN over PHX15SAC over BOS16MEM over DAL17DEN over PHI21MIL over ORL23HOU over WAS26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady 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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 33, 31, 36, 39, 22, 34, 35, 24, 41ORL @ MIL · L
27.5 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 32, 30, 17, 35, 30, 31, 17, 32MIN vs PHX · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 6, 11, 21, 13, 11, 20, 10, 8, 32BOS @ SAC · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 44, 20, 27, 26, 10, 21, 14, 14, 31LAL vs POR · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 13, 10, 8, 14, 21, 20, 21, 31UTA @ MIA · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 15, 14, 10, 17, 15, 19, 27, 31MIA vs UTA · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 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
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+7.0 17.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Joe JohnsonPHX+6.5 22.7 last 10 · 16.2 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+5.3 24.8 last 10 · 19.5 season
Stephen JacksonATL+4.7 19.5 last 10 · 14.8 season
Eddy CurryCHI+4.7 18.3 last 10 · 13.6 season
Cold
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Flip MurraySEA−6.0 7.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Antawn JamisonDAL−4.2 10.6 last 10 · 14.8 season
Aaron McKiePHI−4.1 4.5 last 10 · 8.6 season
Baron DavisNOH−4.0 18.9 last 10 · 22.9 season