FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 10, 2006Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed MEM by 9 at halftime and won 91–87.

Final
DET84
ORL73
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +11
Final
CLE89
WAS101
Q1 WAS -4; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS +12
Final
POR83
BOS115
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +30; Q4 BOS +32
Final
TOR88
CHA73
Q1 TOR +12; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR +16; Q4 TOR +15
Final
GSW95
IND107
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +14; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +12
Final
UTA94
MIN80
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +14
Final
SAS83
NJN73
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +10
Final
NYK100
NOK111
Q1 NOK -7; Q2 NOK -2; Q3 NOK +7; Q4 NOK +11
Final
SAC104
PHX112
Q1 PHX +12; Q2 PHX +15; Q3 PHX +17; Q4 PHX +8
Final
DAL104
DEN113
Q1 DEN +13; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +19; Q4 DEN +9
Final
MEM87
LAC91
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC -9; Q3 LAC -8; Q4 LAC +4
Final
ATL91
SEA99
Q1 SEA -2; Q2 SEA +8; Q3 SEA -2; Q4 SEA +8
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2004–05Feb 10, 2005: 3 games. Top scorer: Ray Allen (SEA vs SAC), 34 points.
The lead · MEM @ LAC

Elton Brand scores 44 as Clippers beat Memphis

Clippers won 91–87. Elton Brand: 44 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-9-8+4LAC AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM2727211287
LAC2619222491
Who led
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 19, 33, 17, 31, 35, 30, 30, 25, 30, 44LAC44 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 11, 4, 10, 14, 16, 22, 13, 16LAC16 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 11, 30, 31, 25, 16, 26, 19, 15, 15, 16MEM16 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Shane BattierPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 5, 6, 12, 10, 4, 8, 9, 16MEM16 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.8Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.8 in 44 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.9Season avg13.6Last 3

13.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.9 in 46 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.1Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 8.1 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 0 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · NYK @ NOK

New York's skid reaches eight

New Orleans/Oklahoma City won 111–100; the Knicks fall to 14–35. David West led New Orleans/Oklahoma City with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · NYK
Lvs SAC102–106Wvs ORL97–94L@ PHI76–91L@ ATL101–120Lvs LAL97–130L@ TOR90–104Lvs HOU89–93Lvs LAC82–85L@ NJN83–96L@ NOK100–111NYK: last 10 games through Feb 10, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Elton Brand leads the day with 44

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 19, 33, 17, 31, 35, 30, 30, 25, 30, 44LAC vs MEM · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high44 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 18, 18, 21, 40, 18, 37, 31, 35BOS vs POR · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 25, 21, 16, 13, 21, 18, 14, 34DEN vs DAL · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +20.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 23, 34, 20, 35, 22, 23, 45, 32WAS vs CLE · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 21, 17, 14, 5, 8, 20, 25, 30IND vs GSW · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 30, 15, 15, 24, 19, 20, 9, 18, 9, 28SAC @ PHX · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Jameer NelsonORL+7.6 21.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Kevin MartinSAC+7.4 17.6 last 10 · 10.2 season
Jumaine JonesCHA+5.5 14.2 last 10 · 8.7 season
Kenyon MartinDEN+5.0 19.0 last 10 · 14.0 season
Ben GordonCHI+4.6 20.7 last 10 · 16.1 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimSAC−5.4 8.7 last 10 · 14.1 season
Kareem RushCHA−5.3 6.2 last 10 · 11.5 season
Marquis DanielsDAL−4.6 6.1 last 10 · 10.7 season
Luther HeadHOU−4.5 3.9 last 10 · 8.4 season
Wally SzczerbiakBOS−4.1 15.3 last 10 · 19.4 season