FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 21, 2006Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed MIN by 17 after the first quarter and won 90–78.

Final
ORL92
CLE105
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +11; Q4 CLE +13
Final
NOK75
IND97
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +16; Q4 IND +22
Final
MIN78
WAS90
Q1 WAS -17; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +12
Final
ATL87
DET97
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +10
Final
TOR88
MEM94
Q1 MEM +3; Q2 MEM -7; Q3 MEM +1; Q4 MEM +6
Final
NJN89
MIL85
Q1 NJN -12; Q2 NJN -9; Q3 NJN -5; Q4 NJN +4
Final
LAC91
DAL93
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +2
Final
SEA78
SAS103
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +25
Final
CHA84
DEN100
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN -12; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +16
Final
BOS103
UTA83
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +20
Final
GSW77
SAC102
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +16; Q3 SAC +28; Q4 SAC +25
Final
POR82
LAL99
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +17
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · MIN @ WAS

Gilbert Arenas drops 34 in 17-point comeback win over Minnesota

Minnesota led by 17 after one. Final: 90–78.

Game flow · WAS 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 Q3Final0-17+5+7+12WAS AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN329221578
WAS1531242090
Who led
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 20, 35, 22, 23, 45, 32, 27, 43, 12, 34WAS34 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 18, 12, 34, 18, 21, 10, 27, 19WAS19 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 20, 18, 33, 18, 23, 14, 25, 25MIN25 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 15, 19, 21, 16, 19, 23, 23, 15MIN15 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
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
26.4Season avg35.4Last 5

35.4 points a game over his last five games, against 26.4 in 52 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 2 vs 2004–05 avg
Minutes per game
24.32004–05 avg6.0Last 2

6.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 24.3 in 2004–05 (80 games). Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.0Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 12.0 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

San Antonio posts the night's biggest win

San Antonio beat Seattle by 25, the widest margin of 12 games.

DAL over LAC2NJN over MIL4MEM over TOR6DET over ATL10WAS over MIN12CLE over ORL13DEN over CHA16LAL over POR17BOS over UTA20IND over NOK22SAS over SEA25SAC over GSW25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 45

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.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 17, 29, 28, 21, 22, 21, 24, 13, 19, 45NJN @ MIL · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
45 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 20, 35, 22, 23, 45, 32, 27, 43, 12, 34WAS vs MIN · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 20, 23, 32, 19, 17, 4, 23, 30SAS vs SEA · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 40, 18, 37, 31, 35, 31, 50, 30BOS @ UTA · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 40, 26, 35, 35, 24, 32, 26, 23, 39, 27LAL vs POR · W
34.9 PPG season to date · −8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 13, 16, 25, 19, 6, 9, 1, 27NOK @ IND · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 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+6.9 17.4 last 10 · 10.5 season
Jumaine JonesCHA+5.9 15.0 last 10 · 9.1 season
Ben GordonCHI+5.9 22.3 last 10 · 16.4 season
Kirk SnyderNOK+5.4 13.5 last 10 · 8.1 season
Cold
Mark BlountMIN−5.5 5.7 last 10 · 11.2 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−5.4 19.8 last 10 · 25.2 season
Kareem RushCHA−5.3 5.5 last 10 · 10.8 season
Marcus CambyDEN−5.2 9.6 last 10 · 14.8 season
Marquis DanielsDAL−4.5 5.9 last 10 · 10.4 season