FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 20, 2004Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed DEN by 10 after the first quarter and won 102–98.

Final
DEN98
ORL102
Q1 ORL -10; Q2 ORL -3; Q3 ORL -1; Q4 ORL +4
Final
IND96
WAS87
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND -3; Q4 IND +9
Final
SAS87
CLE89
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE -2; Q4 CLE +2
Final
ATL92
MIA125
Q1 MIA +16; Q2 MIA +31; Q3 MIA +38; Q4 MIA +33
Final
UTA92
NYK78
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +15; Q3 UTA +17; Q4 UTA +14
Final
NJN91
TOR72
Q1 NJN +9; Q2 NJN +12; Q3 NJN +10; Q4 NJN +19
Final
MIN88
DET87
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +1
Final
PHX92
MEM97
Q1 MEM +10; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM 0; Q4 MEM +5
Final
SAC91
CHI83
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC +5; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +8
Final
POR94
GSW93
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +1
Final
PHI88
LAL116
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +17; Q4 LAL +28
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 20, 2003: 3 games. Top scorer: Jason Kidd (NJN vs IND), 31 points.
The lead · DEN @ ORL

Orlando climbs out of a 10-point hole against Denver

Down 10 after one, the Magic won the second quarter 33–26 and the game 102–98. Juwan Howard led Orlando with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists. Carmelo Anthony scored 35 for Denver in the loss.

Game flow · ORL 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 Q3Final0-10-3-1+4ORL AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN3226221898
ORL22332423102
Who led
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 9, 19, 17, 22, 24, 18, 22, 7, 20, 24ORL24 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 9, 13, 8, 6, 16, 8, 0, 16ORL16 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 26, 39, 24, 24, 20, 27, 28, 35DEN35 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Nene HilarioPoints, last 10 games: 9, 17, 15, 20, 10, 6, 14, 14, 18, 15DEN15 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.2Season avg25.6Last 5

25.6 points a game over his last five games, against 17.2 in 29 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.3minutes, last 2 vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
35.32002–03 avg18.0Last 2

18.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 35.3 in 2002–03 (52 games). Today: 7 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.5Season avg42.6Today

43 minutes today, against 13.5 a game in 53 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Miami posts the night's biggest win

Miami beat Atlanta by 33, the widest margin of 11 games.

MIN over DET1POR over GSW1CLE over SAS2ORL over DEN4MEM over PHX5SAC over CHI8IND over WAS9UTA over NYK14NJN over TOR19LAL over PHI28MIA over ATL33Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 35

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 26, 39, 24, 24, 20, 27, 28, 35DEN @ ORL · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 38, 12, 32, 14, 14, 24, 9, 16, 32CLE vs SAS · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 36, 37, 17, 20, 25, 24, 21, 31, 29LAL vs PHI · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 27, 26, 10, 21, 14, 14, 31, 35, 28LAL vs PHI · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 13, 9, 25, 26, 7, 11, 9, 27WAS vs IND · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 32, 30, 17, 35, 30, 31, 17, 32, 22, 25MIN @ DET · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 13 REB · 5 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 17.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+6.0 25.8 last 10 · 19.8 season
Joe JohnsonPHX+5.5 21.6 last 10 · 16.1 season
Eddy CurryCHI+5.2 18.8 last 10 · 13.6 season
Shaquille O'NealLAL+4.9 26.2 last 10 · 21.3 season
Cold
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Flip MurraySEA−5.4 7.8 last 10 · 13.2 season
Aaron McKiePHI−4.5 4.0 last 10 · 8.5 season
Antawn JamisonDAL−4.2 10.5 last 10 · 14.7 season
Baron DavisNOH−3.9 19.0 last 10 · 22.9 season