FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 18, 2004Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed MIL by 13 after the first quarter and won 102–98.

Final
DAL114
CLE98
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +18; Q4 DAL +16
Final
UTA77
ORL90
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +15; Q4 ORL +13
Final
SAS86
TOR82
Q1 SAS -9; Q2 SAS -5; Q3 SAS -6; Q4 SAS +4
Final
MIL98
DET102
Q1 DET -13; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET +15; Q4 DET +4
Final
ATL92
NJN98
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN +4; Q3 NJN 0; Q4 NJN +6
Final
WAS98
NOH120
Q1 NOH -3; Q2 NOH +3; Q3 NOH +22; Q4 NOH +22
Final
LAC86
POR101
Q1 POR -10; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +15
Final
LAL100
GSW99
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +1
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 18, 2003: 9 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs HOU), 52 points.
The lead · MIL @ DET

Detroit rallies from 13 down to beat Milwaukee

Trailing by 13 after one, Detroit outscored the Bucks 82–65 the rest of the way. Final: 102–98. Richard Hamilton led Detroit with 23 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.

Game flow · DET 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13+3+15+4DET AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL3314143798
DET20302626102
Who led
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 17, 18, 4, 16, 19, 27, 9, 23DET23 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 23, 19, 9, 17, 23, 3, 26, 20DET20 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 21, 40, 24, 21, 12, 20, 25, 20, 27, 23MIL23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Desmond MasonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 12, 11, 12, 10, 15, 21, 13, 20MIL20 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New Orleans by 22.

LAL over GSW1SAS over TOR4DET over MIL4NJN over ATL6ORL over UTA13POR over LAC15DAL over CLE16NOH over WAS22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.1Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.1 in 50 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.1Season avg20.2Last 3

20.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.1 in 32 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.8Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 6.8 a game in 5 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 43

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: 33, 31, 36, 39, 22, 34, 35, 24, 41, 43ORL vs UTA · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 44, 20, 27, 26, 10, 21, 14, 14, 31, 35LAL @ GSW · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 7, 22, 36, 37, 17, 20, 25, 24, 21, 31LAL @ GSW · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 16 REB · 7 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 5, 13, 11, 6, 21, 17, 15, 27POR vs LAC · W
12.5 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 30, 35, 33, 31, 23, 28, 28, 26SAS @ TOR · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 21 REB · 2 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 18, 13, 19, 22, 16, 19, 20, 26NOH vs WAS · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 2 REB · 0 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+6.8 17.1 last 10 · 10.3 season
Joe JohnsonPHX+6.5 22.7 last 10 · 16.2 season
Tracy McGradyORL+6.0 33.8 last 10 · 27.8 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+5.3 24.8 last 10 · 19.5 season
Stephen JacksonATL+5.1 20.1 last 10 · 15.0 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 10.5 last 10 · 14.7 season
Aaron McKiePHI−4.1 4.5 last 10 · 8.6 season
Baron DavisNOH−3.9 19.0 last 10 · 22.9 season