FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 28, 2006Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
MIN100
CHI111
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI +11
Final
NOK104
SEA114
Q1 SEA +2; Q2 SEA +10; Q3 SEA +21; Q4 SEA +10
Final
ORL87
LAL102
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +18; Q4 LAL +15
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 · 2004–05Feb 28, 2005: 4 games. Top scorer: Tim Thomas (NYK vs LAL), 35 points.
The lead · NOK @ SEA

Ray Allen scores 33 in Seattle win over New Orleans/Oklahoma City

Final: 114–104. Ray Allen added 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · SEA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2+10+21+10SEA AHEAD ↑NOK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOK23271836104
SEA25352925114
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 31, 18, 22, 34, 19, 23, 20, 33, 21, 33SEA33 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 34, 2, 25, 8, 8, 25, 14, 25, 25SEA25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 6, 9, 1, 27, 18, 23, 19, 25NOK25 PTS · 7 REB · 14 AST
Rasual ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 3, 5, 8, 4, 9, 13, 13, 23NOK23 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · MIN @ CHI

Chicago never trails at a break against Minnesota

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 111–100. Kirk Hinrich led Chicago with 30 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SEA over NOK10CHI over MIN11LAL over ORL15Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
3.8Season avg12.0Last 5

12.0 points a game over his last five games, against 3.8 in 54 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.7Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.7 in 49 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.5Season avg25Today

25 minutes today, against 6.5 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Ray Allen leads the day with 33

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.
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 31, 18, 22, 34, 19, 23, 20, 33, 21, 33SEA vs NOK · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 9, 17, 21, 18, 26, 13, 13, 30CHI vs MIN · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 13 REB · 9 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 32, 26, 23, 39, 27, 36, 39, 40, 28LAL vs ORL · W
34.9 PPG season to date · −7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 16, 19, 23, 23, 15, 23, 17, 27MIN @ CHI · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 6, 9, 1, 27, 18, 23, 19, 25NOK @ SEA · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 14 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 34, 2, 25, 8, 8, 25, 14, 25, 25SEA vs NOK · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 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
Jameer NelsonORL+7.6 21.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Kevin MartinSAC+6.5 17.3 last 10 · 10.8 season
Paul PierceBOS+6.0 32.8 last 10 · 26.8 season
Raymond FeltonCHA+5.5 15.2 last 10 · 9.7 season
Josh ChildressATL+5.4 15.2 last 10 · 9.8 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyHOU−7.3 17.5 last 10 · 24.8 season
Stephon MarburyNYK−5.8 11.4 last 10 · 17.2 season
Marko JaricMIN−5.7 3.2 last 10 · 8.9 season
Steve FrancisNYK−5.2 10.8 last 10 · 16.0 season
Jason WilliamsMIA−5.1 7.7 last 10 · 12.8 season