FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 15, 2006Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed LAL by 10 after the first quarter and won 114–110.

Final
MIL77
IND88
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +11
Final
MIA110
ORL100
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +21; Q4 MIA +10
Final · OT
SAS100
PHI103
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI -4; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +3
Final · 2OT
CLE113
BOS109
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE 0; OT2 CLE +4
Final
NJN95
CHA94
Q1 NJN +15; Q2 NJN 0; Q3 NJN +3; Q4 NJN +1
Final
TOR96
NYK98
Q1 NYK -9; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +2
Final
SAC78
MEM84
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM -5; Q3 MEM +1; Q4 MEM +6
Final
SEA92
MIN102
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN +2; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN +10
Final
POR86
NOK102
Q1 NOK +7; Q2 NOK +18; Q3 NOK +22; Q4 NOK +16
Final
WAS97
DAL103
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +6
Final
PHX116
DEN101
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +14; Q3 PHX +25; Q4 PHX +15
Final
LAC81
GSW88
Q1 GSW +10; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW +16; Q4 GSW +7
Final
ATL114
LAL110
Q1 ATL -10; Q2 ATL -4; Q3 ATL -1; Q4 ATL +4
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 15, 2005: 7 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs UTA), 40 points.
The lead · ATL @ LAL

Atlanta rallies from 10 down to beat Lakers

Trailing by 10 after one, Atlanta outscored the Lakers 91–77 the rest of the way. Final: 114–110. Josh Smith led Atlanta with 21 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists. Kobe Bryant scored 39 for Lakers in the loss.

Game flow · ATL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-4-1+4ATL AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL23303031114
LAL33242726110
Who led
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 6, 7, 9, 12, 15, 3, 4, 2, 10, 21ATL21 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Josh ChildressPoints, last 10 games: 6, 7, 15, 9, 7, 12, 10, 17, 13, 21ATL21 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 39, 40, 26, 35, 35, 24, 32, 26, 23, 39LAL39 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 9, 11, 10, 14, 8, 8, 17, 17LAL17 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New Orleans/Oklahoma City by 16.

NJN over CHA1NYK over TOR2PHI over SAS3CLE over BOS4ATL over LAL4MEM over SAC6DAL over WAS6GSW over LAC7MIA over ORL10MIN over SEA10IND over MIL11PHX over DEN15NOK over POR16Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.0Season avg36.8Last 5

36.8 points a game over his last five games, against 26.0 in 51 earlier games. Today: 50 points in 54 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.8Season avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.8 in 13 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+35.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.8Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 10.8 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 50

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 21, 40, 18, 37, 31, 35, 31, 50BOS vs CLE · L
26.4 PPG season to date · +24.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high50 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 26, 29, 31, 22, 35, 18, 33, 44, 43CLE @ BOS · W
31.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 12 REB · 11 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 30, 39, 41, 38, 34, 32, 20, 33, 42PHI vs SAS · W
33.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 39, 40, 26, 35, 35, 24, 32, 26, 23, 39LAL vs ATL · L
35.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 28, 24, 31, 34, 16, 37, 38, 36MIA @ ORL · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 24, 20, 33, 34, 31, 24, 33, 29DEN vs PHX · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 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
Kevin MartinSAC+7.2 17.8 last 10 · 10.6 season
Ben GordonCHI+6.5 22.8 last 10 · 16.3 season
Kirk SnyderNOK+5.9 14.1 last 10 · 8.2 season
Raymond FeltonCHA+5.5 14.9 last 10 · 9.4 season
Cold
Kareem RushCHA−5.2 5.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Marcus CambyDEN−4.8 10.0 last 10 · 14.8 season
Marquis DanielsDAL−4.6 6.0 last 10 · 10.6 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimSAC−4.6 9.1 last 10 · 13.7 season
Mark BlountMIN−4.1 7.3 last 10 · 11.4 season