FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 6, 2003Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed SEA by 2 after the first quarter and won 97–91.

Final · Box score
Lakers114
Knicks109
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +30; Q4 LAL +5
Final · Box score
Sonics91
Bucks97
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL +3; Q3 MIL -1; Q4 MIL +6
Final · Box score
Spurs83
Nuggets74
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +17; Q4 SAS +9
On this day · 2001–02Feb 6, 2002: 6 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (Lakers-Bulls), 38 points.
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The lead · Sonics-Bucks

Milwaukee handles Seattle by 6

Kobe Bryant goes for 46 points

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+3-1+6MIL AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Sonics2520232391
Bucks2325193097
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 34, 21, 22, 18, 16, 12, 21, 27MIL27 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Tim ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 11, 22, 5, 14, 17, 14, 2, 19MIL19 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 18, 18, 20, 12, 20, 12, 14, 27SEA27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 13, 22, 22, 25, 23, 25, 15, 18SEA18 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Lakers-Knicks

Lakers lead New York wire to wire

Lakers were ahead at every break and won 114–109. Best quarter: the third, 37–22. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 46 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over NYK5MIL over SEA6SAS over DEN9Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over NYK.
The night in charts
Lakers-Knicks combined for 223, 35 more than any other game
Points by game
Lakers-KnicksLakers 114, Knicks 109
223
Sonics-BucksSonics 91, Bucks 97
188
Spurs-NuggetsSpurs 83, Nuggets 74
157
LAL won the closest game by 5
Closest finishes
Lakers-KnicksLakers 114, Knicks 109
+5 LAL
Sonics-BucksSonics 91, Bucks 97
+6 MIL
Spurs-NuggetsSpurs 83, Nuggets 74
+9 SAS
Kobe shot 17-of-27 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
KobeLAL · 46 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
63% (17-27)
DuncanSAS · 25 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL
63% (10-16)
HowardDEN · 23 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL
60% (9-15)
ShaqLAL · 33 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST, 2 BLK
58% (11-19)
EisleyNYK · 16 PTS, 3 STL, 2 AST, 1 REB
55% (6-11)
Final · Lakers-Knicks
Lakers 114Knicks 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers24363717114
Knicks19262242109
The story
Shaquille O'Neal had 33 points as Los Angeles beat New York 114-109

Charlie Ward led New York with 15 PTS, 11 AST, 4 REB 33 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST · 11-19 FG

The swing

The Lakers won the third 37-22, their biggest quarter edge.

LAL lead by quarter
300 +5+15+30+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sonics-Bucks
Sonics 91Bucks 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sonics2520232391
Bucks2325193097
The story
Ray Allen's 27 points carried Milwaukee past Seattle, 97-91

For Seattle, Gary Payton had 27 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST 27 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST · 9-18 FG, 5-8 3PT

The swing

The Bucks trailed by 1 going into the fourth, then won it 30-23.

MIL lead by quarter
200 −2+3−1+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Rashard Lewis was the fantasy play: 40.4 FPTS on 18 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST

Final · Spurs-Nuggets
Spurs 83Nuggets 74
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2020281583
Nuggets1220192374
The story
San Antonio beat Denver 83-74 behind 25 points from Tim Duncan

Juwan Howard paced Denver: 23 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST 25 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST · 10-16 FG

The swing

A 28-19 third quarter did the most damage for the Spurs.

SAS lead by quarter
200 +8+8+17+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+12.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.2Season avg40.2Last 5

40.2 points a game over his last five games, against 28.2 in 46 earlier games. Today: 46 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.6Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.6 in 47 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 21.0 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 46

Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 36, 22, 26, 23, 11, 40, 38, 42, 35, 46Lakers-Knicks · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high46 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 23, 31, 32, 28, 27, 25, 36, 21, 19, 33Lakers-Knicks · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 18, 18, 20, 12, 20, 12, 14, 27Sonics-Bucks · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 34, 21, 22, 18, 16, 12, 21, 27Bucks-Sonics · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 32, 30, 29, 22, 17, 12, 23, 17, 30, 25Spurs-Nuggets · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Latrell SprewellPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 21, 28, 21, 28, 13, 9, 38, 24Knicks-Lakers · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 0 REB · 8 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+5.2 24.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
David WesleyNOH+5.0 21.7 last 10 · 16.7 season
Howard EisleyNYK+4.9 13.8 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cold
Jay WilliamsCHI−4.9 4.3 last 10 · 9.2 season
Ricky DavisCLE−4.8 16.8 last 10 · 21.6 season
Eric PiatkowskiLAC−4.2 5.3 last 10 · 9.5 season
Tyrone HillCLE−3.7 2.6 last 10 · 6.3 season
Doug ChristieSAC−3.6 6.4 last 10 · 10.0 season