FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 27, 2004Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed SAC by 8 after the first quarter and won 102–97.

Final
TOR75
BOS88
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +20; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +13
Final · OT
CLE112
ORL107
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +14; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +5
Final
ATL83
DET105
Q1 DET +17; Q2 DET +28; Q3 DET +28; Q4 DET +22
Final
GSW81
MIN91
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN +6; Q4 MIN +10
Final
IND77
NOH89
Q1 NOH +5; Q2 NOH +12; Q3 NOH +15; Q4 NOH +12
Final
POR85
HOU89
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +4
Final
MEM104
MIL106
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL -2; Q4 MIL +2
Final
PHX104
SEA99
Q1 PHX +9; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +5
Final
UTA102
SAC97
Q1 UTA -8; Q2 UTA -2; Q3 UTA -3; Q4 UTA +5
Final
NYK94
LAC96
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +7; Q3 LAC +6; Q4 LAC +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 27, 2003: 3 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL vs SAC), 36 points.
The lead · UTA @ SAC

Utah rallies from 8 down to beat Sacramento

Trailing by 8 after one, Utah outscored the Kings 88–75 the rest of the way. Final: 102–97. Andrei Kirilenko led Utah with 24 points, 14 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. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-2-3+5UTA AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA14262834102
SAC2220292697
Who led
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 21, 31, 12, 23, 22, 27, 24, 24UTA24 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 2, 0, 2, 0, 7, 2, 4, 4, 19UTA19 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 26, 19, 11, 17, 21, 28, 31, 26SAC26 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 35, 31, 25, 28, 15, 24, 27, 27, 37, 21SAC21 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.5Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 4.5 in 34 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.7Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.7 in 55 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.8Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 7.8 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Pistons rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Detroit beat Atlanta by 22.

MIL over MEM2LAC over NYK2HOU over POR4CLE over ORL5PHX over SEA5UTA over SAC5MIN over GSW10NOH over IND12BOS over TOR13DET over ATL22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady 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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 34, 35, 24, 41, 43, 15, 19, 31, 35ORL vs CLE · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 24, 9, 16, 32, 22, 21, 11, 30CLE @ ORL · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Keith Van HornPoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 6, 20, 14, 23, 13, 25, 4, 30MIL vs MEM · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 42, 24, 29, 28, 21, 30, 15, 15, 28NYK @ LAC · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 19, 13, 11, 16, 31, 14, 17, 28CLE @ ORL · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 26, 19, 11, 17, 21, 28, 31, 26SAC vs UTA · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 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
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+7.3 27.4 last 10 · 20.1 season
Stephen JacksonATL+5.8 21.2 last 10 · 15.4 season
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+5.8 16.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Andrei KirilenkoUTA+5.3 22.5 last 10 · 17.2 season
Brian CardinalGSW+5.2 15.8 last 10 · 10.6 season
Cold
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Tyson ChandlerCHI−5.0 3.0 last 10 · 8.0 season
Antawn JamisonDAL−4.7 9.7 last 10 · 14.4 season
Rasheed WallaceDET−4.5 11.9 last 10 · 16.4 season
Aaron McKiePHI−4.3 4.1 last 10 · 8.4 season