FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 14, 2006Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed CHI by 3 after the first quarter and won 105–101.

Final
NJN71
DET85
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +21; Q4 DET +14
Final
ORL93
MIA107
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +14
Final
SEA91
MIL106
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +15; Q3 MIL +20; Q4 MIL +15
Final · OT
SAC105
CHI101
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC +1; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +4
Final
HOU128
LAC97
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU +12; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +31
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 14, 2005: 5 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (PHX vs UTA), 42 points.
The lead · SAC @ CHI

Mike Bibby scores 31, Sacramento wins in overtime

Tied 90–90 after regulation. Final: 105–101.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-3+3+10+4SAC AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
SAC2317292115105
CHI2611312211101
Who led
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 42, 15, 15, 23, 14, 20, 7, 13, 31SAC31 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 19, 20, 9, 18, 9, 28, 20, 27SAC27 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 14, 16, 39, 35, 30, 4, 11, 30CHI30 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 28, 20, 0, 19, 9, 9, 17, 21CHI21 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Second story · NJN @ DET

Detroit never trails at a break against New Jersey

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 85–71. Chauncey Billups led Detroit with 19 points, 2 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over CHI4DET over NJN14MIA over ORL14MIL over SEA15HOU over LAC31Final margin, points. Pink = DET over NJN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 46 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.5Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.5 in 49 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.6Season avg47.8Today

48 minutes today, against 29.6 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 30 points, 1 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 38

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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 32, 28, 24, 31, 34, 16, 37, 38MIA vs ORL · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 42, 15, 15, 23, 14, 20, 7, 13, 31SAC @ CHI · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 14, 16, 39, 35, 30, 4, 11, 30CHI vs SAC · L
16.3 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 37, 23, 22, 36, 23, 13, 11, 25, 7, 28HOU @ LAC · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 19, 20, 9, 18, 9, 28, 20, 27SAC @ CHI · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 24, 25, 21, 11, 21, 23, 31, 25MIA vs ORL · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 REB · 3 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
Ben GordonCHI+6.5 22.8 last 10 · 16.3 season
Kevin MartinSAC+6.4 16.9 last 10 · 10.5 season
Kenyon MartinDEN+5.4 19.6 last 10 · 14.2 season
Raymond FeltonCHA+5.1 14.5 last 10 · 9.4 season
Cold
Marquis DanielsDAL−5.0 5.6 last 10 · 10.6 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimSAC−5.0 8.8 last 10 · 13.8 season
Kareem RushCHA−5.0 6.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Marcus CambyDEN−4.9 9.9 last 10 · 14.8 season
Jason WilliamsMIA−4.2 8.8 last 10 · 13.0 season