FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 12, 2004Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Celtics87
Bulls107
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +15; Q3 CHI +27; Q4 CHI +20
Final · Box score
Nuggets107
Blazers98
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +9
Final · Box score
Raptors74
Sonics94
Q1 SEA +4; Q2 SEA +15; Q3 SEA +15; Q4 SEA +20
On this day · 2002–03Feb 12, 2003: 10 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (Lakers-Nuggets), 51 points.
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The lead · Nuggets-Blazers

Voshon Lenard scores 31 as Denver wins in Portland

Kirk Hinrich goes for 23 points

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+5+13+9DEN AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets27272528107
Blazers2227173298
Who led
Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 3, 15, 6, 13, 11, 22, 10, 31DEN31 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 14, 21, 26, 39, 24, 24, 20, 27DEN27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Shareef Abdur-RahimPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 13, 21, 20, 32, 22, 20, 27, 20POR20 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 15, 12, 5, 13, 11, 6, 21, 17POR17 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Celtics-Bulls

Chicago leads Boston wire to wire

Chicago was ahead at every break and won 107–87. Best quarter: the second, 32–21. Jamal Crawford led Chicago with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over POR9CHI over BOS20SEA over TOR20Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over BOS.
Lead changes
Nuggets-Blazers11
Raptors-Sonics2
Celtics-Bulls1
The night in charts
Nuggets-Blazers combined for 205, 11 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-BlazersNuggets 107, Blazers 98
205
Celtics-BullsCeltics 87, Bulls 107
194
Raptors-SonicsRaptors 74, Sonics 94
168
DEN won the closest game by 9
Closest finishes
Nuggets-BlazersNuggets 107, Blazers 98
+9 DEN
Celtics-BullsCeltics 87, Bulls 107
+20 CHI
Raptors-SonicsRaptors 74, Sonics 94
+20 SEA
Lenard shot 11-of-15 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
LenardDEN · 31 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST
73% (11-15)
MihmBOS · 14 PTS, 7 REB
64% (7-11)
HinrichCHI · 23 PTS, 14 AST, 2 STL, 1 REB
64% (7-11)
MilesPOR · 15 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
Alvin WilliamsTOR · 20 PTS, 2 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
58% (7-12)
Final · Nuggets-Blazers
Nuggets 107Blazers 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets27272528107
Blazers2227173298
The story
Carmelo Anthony had 27 points as Denver beat Portland 107-98

Shareef Abdur-Rahim led Portland with 20 PTS, 12 REB, 3 AST 27 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST · 11-20 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

The Nuggets won the third 25-17, their biggest quarter edge.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +5+5+13+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Celtics-Bulls
Celtics 87Bulls 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics2521192287
Bulls29323115107
The story
Jamal Crawford's 27 points carried Chicago past Boston, 107-87

For Boston, Jiri Welsch had 12 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST 27 PTS, 7 AST, 4 REB · 10-19 FG, 4-10 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 31-19, was where the Bulls built it.

CHI lead by quarter
300 +4+15+27+20 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Raptors-Sonics
Raptors 74Sonics 94
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Raptors1915211974
Sonics2326212494
The story
Seattle beat Toronto 94-74 behind 23 points from Ray Allen

Vince Carter paced Toronto: 19 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB 23 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST · 7-14 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

A 26-15 second quarter did the most damage for the SuperSonics.

SEA lead by quarter
200 +4+15+15+20 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Donyell Marshall topped the game at 50.9 FPTS: 17 REB, 16 PTS, 4 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.2Season avg26.8Last 5

26.8 points a game over his last five games, against 19.2 in 53 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.9Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.9 in 43 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.5Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 22.5 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Voshon Lenard leads the day with 31

Voshon LenardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 3, 15, 6, 13, 11, 22, 10, 31Nuggets-Blazers · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 20, 16, 18, 31, 13, 15, 11, 27Bulls-Celtics · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 14, 21, 26, 39, 24, 24, 20, 27Nuggets-Blazers · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 15, 7, 10, 3, 12, 8, 17, 13, 2, 23Bulls-Celtics · W
10.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high23 PTS · 1 REB · 14 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 20, 27, 23, 22, 18, 22, 15, 23Sonics-Raptors · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 30, 22, 17, 20, 25, 25, 23, 11, 20, 22Sonics-Raptors · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Speedy ClaxtonGSW+7.0 17.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Joe JohnsonPHX+6.1 22.2 last 10 · 16.1 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+5.0 24.4 last 10 · 19.4 season
Stephen JacksonATL+4.7 19.5 last 10 · 14.8 season
Michael FinleyDAL+4.5 23.4 last 10 · 18.9 season
Cold
Vin BakerBOS−6.0 5.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Flip MurraySEA−6.0 7.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Antawn JamisonDAL−4.3 10.6 last 10 · 14.9 season
Aaron McKiePHI−4.2 4.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Charlie WardSAS−3.7 3.7 last 10 · 7.4 season