FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 8, 2001Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed DEN by 11 at halftime and won 99–92.

Final · Box score
Hawks84
Hornets101
Q1 CHH +7; Q2 CHH +15; Q3 CHH +13; Q4 CHH +17
Final · Box score
Rockets103
Pistons90
Q1 HOU +16; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +13
Final · Box score
Spurs97
Nets99
Q1 NJN +5; Q2 NJN +11; Q3 NJN +7; Q4 NJN +2
Final · Box score
Nuggets92
Raptors99
Q1 TOR -9; Q2 TOR -11; Q3 TOR -3; Q4 TOR +7
On this day · 1999–00Feb 8, 2000: 6 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (Raptors-Hawks), 36 points.
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The lead · Nuggets-Raptors

Vince Carter scores 31, Toronto rallies past Denver

Tim Duncan goes for 35 points

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-11-3+7TOR AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets3028171792
Raptors2126252799
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 25, 39, 33, 21, 0, 19, 29, 31TOR31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Antonio DavisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 19, 10, 15, 11, 15, 25, 13, 21TOR21 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Nick Van ExelPoints, last 10 games: 30, 19, 18, 21, 19, 19, 23, 8, 22, 25DEN25 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 11, 18, 26, 25, 24, 28, 22, 19DEN19 PTS · 20 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Spurs-Nets

New Jersey leads San Antonio wire to wire

New Jersey was ahead at every break and won 99–97. Best quarter: the first, 28–23. Stephon Marbury led New Jersey with 38 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NJN over SAS2TOR over DEN7HOU over DET13CHH over ATL17Final margin, points. Pink = NJN over SAS.
The night in charts
Spurs-Nets combined for 196, 3 more than any other game
Points by game
Spurs-NetsSpurs 97, Nets 99
196
Rockets-PistonsRockets 103, Pistons 90
193
Nuggets-RaptorsNuggets 92, Raptors 99
191
Hawks-HornetsHawks 84, Hornets 101
185
NJN won the closest game by 2
Closest finishes
Spurs-NetsSpurs 97, Nets 99
+2 NJN
Nuggets-RaptorsNuggets 92, Raptors 99
+7 TOR
Rockets-PistonsRockets 103, Pistons 90
+13 HOU
Hawks-HornetsHawks 84, Hornets 101
+17 CHH
Mobley shot 10-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
MobleyHOU · 29 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST
71% (10-14)
HakeemHOU · 17 PTS, 8 REB, 7 BLK, 3 AST
62% (8-13)
WesleyCHH · 27 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
61% (11-18)
MarburyNJN · 38 PTS, 9 AST, 4 STL, 2 REB
56% (14-25)
Antonio DavisTOR · 21 PTS, 12 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
54% (7-13)
Final · Spurs-Nets
Spurs 97Nets 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2321233097
Nets2827192599
The story
Johnny Newman had 25 points as New Jersey beat San Antonio 99-97

Derek Anderson led San Antonio with 12 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST 25 PTS, 1 REB · 7-9 FG, 2-2 3PT

The swing

The Nets won the second 27-21, their biggest quarter edge.

NJN lead by quarter
200 +5+11+7+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nuggets-Raptors
Nuggets 92Raptors 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets3028171792
Raptors2126252799
The story
Keon Clark's 15 points carried Toronto past Denver, 99-92

For Denver, Raef LaFrentz had 17 PTS, 5 REB 15 PTS, 7 REB, 5 BLK · 7-9 FG

The swing

The Raptors trailed by 3 going into the fourth, then won it 27-17.

TOR lead by quarter
200 −9−11−3+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Hawks-Hornets
Hawks 84Hornets 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hawks1823222184
Hornets25312025101
The story
Charlotte beat Atlanta 101-84 behind 18 points and 9 assists from Baron Davis

Brevin Knight paced Atlanta: 10 AST, 9 PTS, 6 REB 18 PTS, 9 AST, 5 STL, 3 REB · 7-15 FG, 0-4 3PT

The swing

A 31-23 second quarter did the most damage for the Hornets.

CHH lead by quarter
200 +7+15+13+17 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.0Season avg13.8Last 5

13.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 41 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 21 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.0Season avg12.2Last 3

12.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.0 in 49 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.2Season avg36.8Today

37 minutes today, against 16.2 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Stephon Marbury leads the day with 38

Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 33, 29, 19, 18, 14, 34, 16, 38Nets-Spurs · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 36, 33, 16, 22, 28, 24, 23, 35Spurs-Nets · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 21 REB · 5 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 25, 39, 33, 21, 0, 19, 29, 31Raptors-Nuggets · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 23, 23, 22, 13, 28, 21, 23, 29Rockets-Pistons · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
David WesleyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 18, 25, 12, 15, 18, 11, 6, 27Hornets-Hawks · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 37, 19, 34, 32, 12, 30, 40, 21, 24, 26Pistons-Rockets · L
29.4 PPG season to date · −3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Donyell MarshallUTA+6.3 18.8 last 10 · 12.5 season
Tim DuncanSAS+6.0 26.9 last 10 · 20.9 season
Chris WhitneyWAS+5.8 14.8 last 10 · 9.0 season
Ruben PattersonSEA+5.4 18.5 last 10 · 13.1 season
Johnny NewmanNJN+5.3 14.1 last 10 · 8.8 season
Cold
Chauncey BillupsMIN−5.6 5.9 last 10 · 11.5 season
Jason KiddPHX−3.8 12.2 last 10 · 16.0 season
Rod StricklandWAS−3.8 8.4 last 10 · 12.2 season
Othella HarringtonNYK−3.7 6.6 last 10 · 10.3 season
Roshown McLeodATL−3.7 6.5 last 10 · 10.2 season