FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 28, 2004Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed MIA by 10 at halftime and won 92–86.

Final
MIA86
NJN92
Q1 NJN -2; Q2 NJN -10; Q3 NJN -1; Q4 NJN +6
Final
LAL122
WAS110
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +12
Final
ORL104
ATL99
Q1 ORL -5; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +5
Final
PHI74
IND81
Q1 IND +9; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +7
Final
NOH92
MEM97
Q1 MEM -6; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM +15; Q4 MEM +5
Final · OT
GSW81
CHI87
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +6
Final
POR91
DAL111
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +18; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +20
Final
DEN92
SAS117
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +25
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 28, 2003: 10 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (ORL @ NYK), 34 points.
The lead · MIA @ NJN

New Jersey climbs out of a 10-point hole against Miami

Down 10 at the half, the Nets won the fourth quarter 31–24 and the game 92–86. Richard Jefferson led New Jersey with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · NJN 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 Q3Final0-2-10-1+6NJN AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2226142486
NJN2018233192
Who led
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 27, 17, 24, 20, 21, 10, 10, 25NJN25 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 16, 14, 15, 11, 11, 17, 11, 20NJN20 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 9, 21, 13, 6, 10, 24, 11, 11, 21MIA21 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 12, 8, 4, 1, 8, 6, 8, 18MIA18 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.8Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 4.8 in 35 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 56 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.3Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 14.3 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

San Antonio posts the night's biggest win

San Antonio beat Denver by 25, the widest margin of 8 games.

ORL over ATL5MEM over NOH5NJN over MIA6CHI over GSW6IND over PHI7LAL over WAS12DAL over POR20SAS over DEN25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Gilbert Arenas 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.
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 7, 11, 9, 27, 21, 7, 21, 35WAS vs LAL · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 35, 24, 41, 43, 15, 19, 31, 35, 30ORL @ ATL · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 24, 21, 31, 29, 19, 16, 24, 29LAL @ WAS · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 20, 7, 0, 15, 26, 11, 9, 29SAS vs DEN · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Chris CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 0, 4, 2, 0, 16, 21, 19, 19, 13, 27ATL vs ORL · L
5.4 PPG season to date · +22.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high27 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 11, 27, 25, 23, 4, 8, 8, 27CHI vs GSW · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 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
Stephen JacksonATL+6.1 21.6 last 10 · 15.5 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+5.9 26.1 last 10 · 20.2 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
Antawn JamisonDAL−6.2 8.1 last 10 · 14.3 season
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Tyson ChandlerCHI−4.9 2.8 last 10 · 7.7 season
Rasheed WallaceDET−4.5 11.9 last 10 · 16.4 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimPOR−4.3 14.8 last 10 · 19.1 season