FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 24, 2004Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed SEA by 3 after three quarters and won 99–86.

Final
GSW96
IND107
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +11
Final · OT
POR94
ORL91
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +3
Final
PHI75
ATL86
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +10; Q3 ATL +19; Q4 ATL +11
Final
TOR74
NJN86
Q1 NJN +4; Q2 NJN +15; Q3 NJN +16; Q4 NJN +12
Final
MIN108
MIL102
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +21; Q4 MIN +6
Final
LAC91
DAL116
Q1 DAL +18; Q2 DAL +22; Q3 DAL +26; Q4 DAL +25
Final
HOU77
SAS86
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +9
Final
SEA86
UTA99
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA -3; Q4 UTA +13
Final
NYK99
SAC107
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC 0; Q4 SAC +8
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 24, 2003: 6 games. Top scorer: Kevin Garnett (MIN @ MIL), 34 points.
The lead · SEA @ UTA

Utah handles Seattle by 13

The Jazz won the first quarter 31–26. Final: 99–86. Andrei Kirilenko led Utah with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+8-3+13UTA AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA2620301086
UTA3123192699
Who led
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 21, 20, 21, 31, 12, 23, 22, 27UTA27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Carlos ArroyoPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 16, 20, 13, 8, 14, 6, 11, 23UTA23 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 18, 22, 15, 23, 31, 8, 20, 26SEA26 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Antonio DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 4, 15, 9, 8, 8, 9, 3, 22SEA22 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.1Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 4.1 in 33 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.0Season avg14.6Last 3

14.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.0 in 47 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+35.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.4Season avg44.3Today

44 minutes today, against 8.4 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · GSW @ IND

Indiana beats Golden State, 107–96

Indiana led 80–74 after three and won by 11. Jermaine O'Neal led Indiana with 34 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over ORL3MIN over MIL6SAC over NYK8SAS over HOU9IND over GSW11ATL over PHI11NJN over TOR12UTA over SEA13DAL over LAC25Final margin, points. Pink = IND over GSW.
Top performances

Jermaine O'Neal leads the day with 34

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.
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 13, 4, 17, 20, 22, 16, 17, 19, 21, 34IND vs GSW · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Tim ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 12, 4, 12, 18, 11, 4, 2, 17, 10, 33NYK @ SAC · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 39, 22, 34, 35, 24, 41, 43, 15, 19, 31ORL vs POR · L
27.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 34, 8, 24, 22, 18, 16, 24, 29MIN @ MIL · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 30, 24, 26, 19, 11, 17, 21, 28SAC vs NYK · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 35, 33, 31, 23, 28, 28, 26, 21, 25, 27SAS vs HOU · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 4 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+6.7 26.5 last 10 · 19.8 season
Stephen JacksonATL+5.8 21.1 last 10 · 15.3 season
Stephon MarburyNYK+5.4 26.3 last 10 · 20.9 season
Brian CardinalGSW+5.1 15.7 last 10 · 10.6 season
Shaquille O'NealLAL+4.6 25.9 last 10 · 21.3 season
Cold
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Antawn JamisonDAL−5.3 9.2 last 10 · 14.5 season
Charlie WardSAS−4.3 2.8 last 10 · 7.1 season
Aaron McKiePHI−4.3 4.1 last 10 · 8.4 season
Flip MurraySEA−4.1 9.0 last 10 · 13.1 season