FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 22, 2004Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed TOR by 8 at halftime and won 96–81.

Final
CLE92
NYK86
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +15; Q4 CLE +6
Final
SAC96
TOR81
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC -8; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +15
Final
UTA80
IND94
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND +14
Final
SAS94
MIN92
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +2
Final
ORL87
DET86
Q1 ORL -6; Q2 ORL -7; Q3 ORL -7; Q4 ORL +1
Final
MIL113
WAS85
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +25; Q4 MIL +28
Final
LAL104
PHX92
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +12
Final · 3OT
ATL121
HOU123
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU -2; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU 0; OT2 HOU 0; OT3 HOU +2
Final
BOS87
SEA108
Q1 SEA +2; Q2 SEA +10; Q3 SEA +9; Q4 SEA +21
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 22, 2003: 7 games. Top scorer: Jalen Rose (CHI @ MIA), 31 points.
The lead · SAC @ TOR

Sacramento fights back from 8 down against Toronto

Final: 96–81, after trailing by 8 at the half. Peja Stojakovic led Sacramento with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · SAC 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 Q3Final0-3-8+2+15SAC AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC2217302796
TOR2522201481
Who led
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 20, 35, 31, 25, 28, 15, 24, 27SAC27 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 18, 20, 30, 24, 26, 19, 11, 17, 21SAC21 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 17, 10, 6, 0, 9, 4, 10, 20TOR20 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 15, 32, 24, 12, 25, 16, 10, 18, 17, 18TOR18 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.4Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 17.4 in 30 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.6minutes, last 3 vs 2002–03 avg
Minutes per game
35.32002–03 avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.3 in 2002–03 (52 games). Today: 2 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+40.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.8Season avg50.3Today

50 minutes today, against 9.8 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · ORL @ DET

Orlando takes over late to edge Detroit

Down 7 after three, Orlando won the fourth 29–21. Final: 87–86. Juwan Howard led Orlando with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over DET1SAS over MIN2HOU over ATL2CLE over NYK6LAL over PHX12IND over UTA14SAC over TOR15SEA over BOS21MIL over WAS28Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over DET.
Top performances

Yao Ming 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.
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 16, 22, 7, 25, 29, 16, 14, 41HOU vs ATL · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +24.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high41 PTS · 16 REB · 7 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 26, 10, 21, 14, 14, 31, 35, 28, 40LAL @ PHX · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 28, 35, 32, 4, 27, 18, 11, 34BOS @ SEA · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 12, 18, 15, 19, 13, 11, 16, 31CLE @ NYK · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 35, 23, 16, 42, 24, 29, 28, 21, 30NYK vs CLE · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 30, 17, 35, 30, 31, 17, 32, 22, 25, 28MIN vs SAS · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 7 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
Stephon MarburyNYK+5.5 26.5 last 10 · 21.0 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.3 15.5 last 10 · 10.2 season
Stephen JacksonATL+5.0 20.2 last 10 · 15.2 season
Tim DuncanSAS+4.9 28.0 last 10 · 23.1 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−4.7 8.5 last 10 · 13.2 season
Aaron McKiePHI−4.5 4.0 last 10 · 8.5 season
Tim ThomasNYK−4.2 9.6 last 10 · 13.8 season