FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 13, 2006Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOK trailed WAS by 17 at halftime and won 97–96.

Final
SAS87
CLE101
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 CLE +14
Final
POR91
CHA83
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +8
Final
TOR98
MIN94
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +4
Final
WAS96
NOK97
Q1 NOK -12; Q2 NOK -17; Q3 NOK -3; Q4 NOK +1
Final
NYK72
DAL100
Q1 DAL +10; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +23; Q4 DAL +28
Final
MEM81
GSW79
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM -7; Q4 MEM +2
Final
UTA88
LAL94
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +18; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +6
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 13, 2005: 12 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ SEA), 31 points.
The lead · WAS @ NOK

New Orleans/Oklahoma City erases 17-point lead, steals one from Washington

Washington led 53–36 at halftime. New Orleans/Oklahoma City won the second half 61–43 to take it 97–96. David West led New Orleans/Oklahoma City with 19 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists. Gilbert Arenas scored 43 for Washington in the loss.

Game flow · NOK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-17-3+1NOK AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS3023212296
NOK1818352697
Who led
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 24, 13, 11, 14, 26, 21, 11, 19NOK19 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Kirk SnyderPoints, last 10 games: 2, 10, 8, 15, 11, 5, 16, 9, 28, 17NOK17 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 23, 34, 20, 35, 22, 23, 45, 32, 27, 43WAS43 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 19, 22, 27, 21, 18, 28, 18, 20WAS20 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.7Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.7 in 49 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 19 minutes.

Losing minutes
−24.5minutes, last 3 vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
34.82004–05 avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.8 in 2004–05 (51 games). Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.6Season avg44.7Today

45 minutes today, against 25.6 a game in 51 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Mavericks rout

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Dallas beat New York by 28.

NOK over WAS1MEM over GSW2TOR over MIN4LAL over UTA6POR over CHA8CLE over SAS14DAL over NYK28Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 44, 30, 26, 29, 31, 22, 35, 18, 33, 44CLE vs SAS · W
31.0 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
44 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 23, 34, 20, 35, 22, 23, 45, 32, 27, 43WAS @ NOK · L
28.6 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Mike JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 4, 22, 29, 15, 20, 36, 18, 19, 27TOR @ MIN · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Devin BrownPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 2, 0, 0, 1, 5, 4, 11, 25UTA @ LAL · L
7.8 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 14, 27, 15, 19, 21, 16, 19, 23MIN vs TOR · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 19 REB · 6 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 31, 25, 16, 26, 19, 15, 15, 16, 31, 23MEM @ GSW · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 13 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+7.2 17.6 last 10 · 10.4 season
Kenyon MartinDEN+5.4 19.6 last 10 · 14.2 season
Raymond FeltonCHA+5.1 14.5 last 10 · 9.4 season
Jumaine JonesCHA+4.9 13.7 last 10 · 8.8 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimSAC−5.3 8.7 last 10 · 14.0 season
Marquis DanielsDAL−5.0 5.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Kareem RushCHA−5.0 6.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Marcus CambyDEN−4.9 9.9 last 10 · 14.8 season
Luther HeadHOU−4.1 4.1 last 10 · 8.2 season