FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 13, 2003Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Magic88
Pistons98
Q1 Pistons 0; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +10
Final · Box score
Celtics100
Blazers92
Q1 BOS +16; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +8
On this day · 2001–02Feb 13, 2002: 7 games. Top scorer: Kevin Garnett (Wolves-Suns), 33 points.
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The lead · Celtics-Blazers

Paul Pierce scores 36 as Boston wins in Portland

Tracy McGrady goes for 35 points

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+16+8+1+8BOS AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics39122128100
Blazers2320282192
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 30, 45, 27, 30, 23, 29, 27, 26, 14, 36BOS36 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 25, 33, 6, 22, 20, 14, 17, 19BOS19 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 11, 38, 28, 29, 15, 22, 25, 30POR30 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 24, 9, 14, 13, 8, 16, 16, 16POR16 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Magic-Pistons

Detroit makes it six straight

Detroit beat Orlando 98–88 and moved to 34–15. Richard Hamilton led Detroit with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · DET
Wvs IND88–78Lvs PHI83–92W@ HOU98–74L@ SAS76–108Wvs BOS86–83W@ BOS118–66Wvs NJN106–84Wvs LAC89–80W@ CHI89–79Wvs ORL98–88
The night in charts
Celtics-Blazers combined for 192, 6 more than any other game
Points by game
Celtics-BlazersCeltics 100, Blazers 92
192
Magic-PistonsMagic 88, Pistons 98
186
BOS won the closest game by 8
Closest finishes
Celtics-BlazersCeltics 100, Blazers 92
+8 BOS
Magic-PistonsMagic 88, Pistons 98
+10 DET
Rasheed Wallace shot 11-of-16 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Rasheed WallacePOR · 30 PTS, 7 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
69% (11-16)
PierceBOS · 36 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL
65% (13-20)
Dale DavisPOR · 14 PTS, 9 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
58% (7-12)
HamiltonDET · 29 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST
56% (10-18)
Clifford RobinsonDET · 18 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
47% (7-15)
Final · Celtics-Blazers
Celtics 100Blazers 92
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics39122128100
Blazers2320282192
The story
Antoine Walker's 19 points and 9 assists carried Boston past Portland, 100-92

For Portland, Rasheed Wallace had 30 PTS, 7 REB 19 PTS, 9 AST, 5 REB, 4 STL · 7-18 FG, 4-9 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 39-23, was where the Celtics built it.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +16+8+1+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Magic-Pistons
Magic 88Pistons 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic2621152688
Pistons2626192798
The story
Richard Hamilton had 29 points as Detroit beat Orlando 98-88

Jacque Vaughn led Orlando with 15 PTS, 2 AST 29 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST · 10-18 FG

The swing

The Pistons won the second 26-21, their biggest quarter edge.

DET lead by quarter
200 0+5+9+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.3Season avg12.6Last 5

12.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.3 in 31 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
39.9Season avg28.0Last 3

28.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 39.9 in 50 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 34 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+10.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg30.1Today

30 minutes today, against 20.0 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 36

Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 30, 45, 27, 30, 23, 29, 27, 26, 14, 36Celtics-Blazers · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 35, 31, 33, 31, 35, 38, 24, 32, 35Magic-Pistons · L
30.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 11, 38, 28, 29, 15, 22, 25, 30Blazers-Celtics · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 18, 17, 14, 29, 24, 10, 15, 29Pistons-Magic · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 25, 33, 6, 22, 20, 14, 17, 19Celtics-Blazers · W
21.1 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Clifford RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 20, 8, 11, 3, 12, 17, 10, 18Pistons-Magic · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Kobe BryantLAL+6.1 35.4 last 10 · 29.3 season
Joe JohnsonPHX+5.7 14.0 last 10 · 8.3 season
Gilbert ArenasGSW+5.3 22.3 last 10 · 17.0 season
Dion GloverATL+5.2 13.2 last 10 · 8.0 season
Kerry KittlesNJN+5.0 18.8 last 10 · 13.8 season
Cold
Predrag DrobnjakSEA−4.7 3.6 last 10 · 8.3 season
Tony DelkBOS−4.2 6.5 last 10 · 10.7 season
Lucious HarrisNJN−4.2 7.8 last 10 · 12.0 season
Bonzi WellsPOR−4.2 11.1 last 10 · 15.3 season
Tyrone HillCLE−3.7 2.6 last 10 · 6.3 season