FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 4, 2003Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed ORL by 6 after the first quarter and won 96–89.

Final · Box score
Lakers97
Pacers94
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL -2; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +3
Final · Box score
Blazers96
Magic89
Q1 POR -6; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +7
Final · Box score
Cavs84
Wizards93
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS +7; Q3 WAS +4; Q4 WAS +9
Final · Box score
Clippers92
Knicks105
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +13
Final · Box score
Raptors98
Bucks95
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +10; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR +3
Final · Box score
Rockets89
Wolves103
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 Wolves 0; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN +14
Final · Box score
Kings110
Mavs109
Q1 SAC +13; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC +3; Q4 SAC +1
Final · OT · Box score
Bulls100
Nuggets102
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +5; Q4 Nuggets 0; OT1 DEN +2
On this day · 2001–02Feb 4, 2002: 4 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (Sixers-Raptors), 36 points.
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The lead · Blazers-Magic

Portland makes it three straight

Dirk Nowitzki goes for 28 points

Game flow · POR margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+4+2+7POR AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers1432173396
Magic2022192889
Who led
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 15, 7, 19, 13, 6, 6, 11, 25POR25 PTS · 17 REB · 7 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 10, 12, 14, 11, 38, 28, 29, 15POR15 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 35, 35, 31, 33, 31, 35, 38, 24ORL24 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 14, 17, 19, 11, 21, 15, 10, 20ORL20 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Minnesota by 14.

SAC over DAL1DEN over CHI2LAL over IND3TOR over MIL3POR over ORL7WAS over CLE9NYK over LAC13MIN over HOU14Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
The night in charts
Kings-Mavs combined for 219, 17 more than any other game
Points by game
Kings-MavsKings 110, Mavs 109
219
Bulls-NuggetsBulls 100, Nuggets 102
202
Clippers-KnicksClippers 92, Knicks 105
197
Raptors-BucksRaptors 98, Bucks 95
193
Rockets-WolvesRockets 89, Wolves 103
192
Lakers-PacersLakers 97, Pacers 94
191
Blazers-MagicBlazers 96, Magic 89
185
Cavs-WizardsCavs 84, Wizards 93
177
4 of 8 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Kings-MavsKings 110, Mavs 109
+1 SAC
Bulls-NuggetsBulls 100, Nuggets 102
+2 DEN
Lakers-PacersLakers 97, Pacers 94
+3 LAL
Raptors-BucksRaptors 98, Bucks 95
+3 TOR
Blazers-MagicBlazers 96, Magic 89
+7 POR
Cavs-WizardsCavs 84, Wizards 93
+9 WAS
Clippers-KnicksClippers 92, Knicks 105
+13 NYK
Rockets-WolvesRockets 89, Wolves 103
+14 MIN
POR rallied from 6 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Blazers-MagicPOR won · Blazers 96, Magic 89
6 pts
Lakers-PacersLAL won · Lakers 97, Pacers 94
2 pts
Bulls-NuggetsDEN won · Bulls 100, Nuggets 102
2 pts
Raptors-BucksTOR won · Raptors 98, Bucks 95
2 pts
Sprewell shot 14-of-19 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
SprewellNYK · 38 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
74% (14-19)
ClarkSAC · 17 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
73% (8-11)
ReddMIL · 24 PTS, 4 REB
71% (10-14)
KGMIN · 23 PTS, 11 REB, 9 AST, 3 STL
67% (10-15)
HilarioDEN · 19 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST, 4 STL
67% (8-12)
Final · Kings-Mavs
Kings 110Mavs 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings37272422110
Mavs24342724109
The story
Peja Stojakovic's 24 points and 14 rebounds carried Sacramento past Dallas, 110-109

For Dallas, Steve Nash had 14 AST, 13 PTS, 2 REB 24 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST · 9-20 FG, 4-5 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 37-24, was where the Kings built it.

SAC lead by quarter
200 +13+6+3+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bulls-Nuggets
Bulls 100Nuggets 102
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Bulls221623309100
Nuggets2026202511102
The story
Juwan Howard had 30 points and 8 assists as Denver beat Chicago 102-100 in OT

Donyell Marshall led Chicago with 21 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST 30 PTS, 9 REB, 8 AST · 13-23 FG

The swing

Down 2 after the first, the Nuggets took the second 26-16.

DEN lead by quarter
200 −2+8+50+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Lakers-Pacers
Lakers 97Pacers 94
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers2620282397
Pacers2820222494
The story
Los Angeles beat Indiana 97-94 behind 35 points from Kobe Bryant

Al Harrington paced Indiana: 22 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST 35 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST · 12-31 FG, 1-5 3PT

The swing

A 28-22 third quarter erased a 2-point hole for the Lakers.

LAL lead by quarter
200 −2−2+4+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Jermaine O'Neal topped the game at 55.5 FPTS: 23 PTS, 20 REB, 3 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.8Season avg28.0Last 5

28.0 points a game over his last five games, against 18.8 in 39 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.1 in 46 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.5Season avg38.0Today

38 minutes today, against 19.5 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Latrell Sprewell leads the day with 38

Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 7, 24, 17, 21, 28, 21, 28, 13, 9, 38Knicks-Clippers · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +20.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 36, 36, 22, 26, 23, 11, 40, 38, 42, 35Lakers-Pacers · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 44, 4, 26, 16, 26, 22, 10, 27, 21, 31Rockets-Wolves · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 25, 28, 15, 1, 17, 14, 26, 30Nuggets-Bulls · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 30, 30, 13, 34, 32, 20, 25, 28Mavs-Kings · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 19, 20, 27, 29, 17, 22, 17, 28Mavs-Kings · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Joe JohnsonPHX+5.8 13.9 last 10 · 8.1 season
Stephon MarburyPHX+5.8 28.3 last 10 · 22.5 season
Peja StojakovicSAC+4.9 23.8 last 10 · 18.9 season
David WesleyNOH+4.7 21.4 last 10 · 16.7 season
Howard EisleyNYK+4.2 12.9 last 10 · 8.7 season
Cold
Jay WilliamsCHI−4.9 4.3 last 10 · 9.2 season
Ricky DavisCLE−4.8 16.8 last 10 · 21.6 season
Shammond WilliamsBOS−4.5 3.0 last 10 · 7.5 season
Doug ChristieSAC−4.3 5.8 last 10 · 10.1 season
Brent BarrySEA−4.1 5.8 last 10 · 9.9 season