FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 21, 2004Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed HOU by 14 after the first quarter and won 97–88.

Final
DEN81
MIA97
Q1 MIA -7; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +16
Final
NOH84
NJN97
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN +7; Q3 NJN +6; Q4 NJN +13
Final
MEM105
CHI98
Q1 MEM +9; Q2 MEM +14; Q3 MEM +4; Q4 MEM +7
Final
HOU88
DAL97
Q1 DAL -14; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +9
Final
LAC105
MIL103
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +4; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +2
Final
BOS84
POR105
Q1 POR +16; Q2 POR +18; Q3 POR +33; Q4 POR +21
Final
SEA92
GSW94
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW -2; Q3 GSW -1; Q4 GSW +2
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 21, 2003: 10 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL vs CHI), 52 points.
The lead · HOU @ DAL

Dallas climbs back to beat Houston

Houston led by 14 after one. Dallas won it 97–88. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 25 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final0-14-4+12+9DAL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU3021152288
DAL1631311997
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 9, 28, 40, 23, 27, 24, 18, 25DAL25 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 37, 23, 22, 11, 24, 25, 15, 23, 19DAL19 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Jim JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 15, 14, 14, 18, 11, 9, 17, 18HOU18 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 16, 19, 13, 15, 12, 21, 12, 16HOU16 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Portland by 21.

LAC over MIL2GSW over SEA2MEM over CHI7DAL over HOU9NJN over NOH13MIA over DEN16POR over BOS21Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.8Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.8 in 38 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.6Season avg12.4Last 3

12.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.6 in 52 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg40.0Today

40 minutes today, against 20.5 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Elton Brand leads the day with 31

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.
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 22, 15, 28, 12, 24, 19, 39, 31LAC @ MIL · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Jamal MashburnPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 13, 19, 22, 16, 19, 20, 26, 28NOH @ NJN · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 10, 17, 15, 19, 27, 31, 22, 28MIA vs DEN · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 19, 25, 16, 8, 8, 17, 19, 27POR vs BOS · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
James PoseyPoints, last 10 games: 3, 7, 31, 21, 11, 4, 7, 19, 18, 27MEM @ CHI · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 9, 28, 40, 23, 27, 24, 18, 25DAL vs HOU · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 12 REB · 3 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
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+6.3 26.0 last 10 · 19.7 season
Joe JohnsonPHX+5.5 21.6 last 10 · 16.1 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.3 15.5 last 10 · 10.2 season
Shaquille O'NealLAL+4.9 26.2 last 10 · 21.3 season
Stephen JacksonATL+4.7 19.7 last 10 · 15.0 season
Cold
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Antawn JamisonDAL−5.1 9.4 last 10 · 14.5 season
Flip MurraySEA−5.1 8.2 last 10 · 13.3 season
Aaron McKiePHI−4.5 4.0 last 10 · 8.5 season
Antoine WalkerDAL−3.9 11.4 last 10 · 15.3 season