FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 11, 2006Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOK trailed MIN by 9 after the first quarter and won 100–94.

Final
GSW99
CLE91
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +8
Final
NOK100
MIN94
Q1 NOK -9; Q2 NOK -6; Q3 NOK +9; Q4 NOK +6
Final
UTA88
HOU102
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +12; Q3 HOU +22; Q4 HOU +14
Final
CHA93
MIL99
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL -4; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL +6
Final
MEM100
LAL99
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 MEM 0; Q3 MEM -3; Q4 MEM +1
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 11, 2005: 12 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (NJN vs SAS), 43 points.
The lead · NOK @ MIN

New Orleans/Oklahoma City climbs out of a 9-point hole against Minnesota

Down 9 after one, the Hornets won the second quarter 33–30 and the game 100–94. Speedy Claxton led New Orleans/Oklahoma City with 28 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · NOK 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 Q3Final0-9-6+9+6NOK AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOK14332924100
MIN2330142794
Who led
Speedy ClaxtonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 0, 20, 19, 7, 8, 23, 0, 18, 28NOK28 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Kirk SnyderPoints, last 10 games: 4, 2, 10, 8, 15, 11, 5, 16, 9, 28NOK28 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 9, 11, 17, 20, 18, 33, 18, 23MIN23 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 15, 14, 27, 15, 19, 21, 16, 19MIN19 PTS · 21 REB · 2 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
9.2Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.2 in 50 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−26.3minutes, last 2 vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
34.82004–05 avg8.5Last 2

8.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 34.8 in 2004–05 (51 games). Today: 6 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg41.8Today

42 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · CHA @ MIL

Milwaukee beats Charlotte, 99–93

Milwaukee led 74–73 after three and won by 6. Michael Redd led Milwaukee with 18 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over LAL1NOK over MIN6MIL over CHA6GSW over CLE8HOU over UTA14Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over CHA.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 33

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 44, 30, 26, 29, 31, 22, 35, 18, 33CLE vs GSW · L
30.7 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 30, 31, 25, 16, 26, 19, 15, 15, 16, 31MEM @ LAL · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 23, 30, 17, 23, 28, 31, 16, 31GSW @ CLE · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Speedy ClaxtonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 0, 20, 19, 7, 8, 23, 0, 18, 28NOK @ MIN · W
12.7 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Kirk SnyderPoints, last 10 games: 4, 2, 10, 8, 15, 11, 5, 16, 9, 28NOK @ MIN · W
7.7 PPG season to date · +20.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 22, 15, 21, 24, 15, 27, 14, 27HOU vs UTA · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 0 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+5.1 13.9 last 10 · 8.8 season
Kenyon MartinDEN+5.0 19.0 last 10 · 14.0 season
Raymond FeltonCHA+4.6 13.9 last 10 · 9.3 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−4.1 4.2 last 10 · 8.3 season
Wally SzczerbiakBOS−4.1 15.3 last 10 · 19.4 season