FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 24, 2006Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed MEM by 11 after the first quarter and won 83–80.

Final · OT
ATL117
IND112
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL 0; Q3 ATL -2; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +5
Final
SEA89
ORL102
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +13
Final
WAS102
CLE94
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS -3; Q3 WAS +4; Q4 WAS +8
Final
SAS83
MEM80
Q1 SAS -11; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +3
Final · OT
DEN102
MIN101
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +1
Final
NJN94
NYK90
Q1 NJN +10; Q2 NJN +9; Q3 NJN +18; Q4 NJN +4
Final
DET95
CHI87
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +8
Final
GSW88
HOU91
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +3
Final
PHI116
MIL111
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +5
Final
BOS102
POR96
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +6
Final
LAL83
LAC102
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +4; Q3 LAC +19; Q4 LAC +19
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 24, 2005: 3 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL vs SAC), 34 points.
The lead · SAS @ MEM

San Antonio climbs back to beat Memphis

Memphis led by 11 after one. San Antonio won it 83–80. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 19 points, 16 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-11-3+8+3SAS AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS1223222683
MEM2315113180
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 14, 16, 12, 10, 19, 19, 13, 19SAS19 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 10, 22, 18, 14, 22, 29, 12, 12, 3, 13SAS13 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 15, 16, 31, 23, 24, 21, 18, 21MEM21 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 17, 10, 12, 3, 8, 16, 9, 14MEM14 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
3.4Season avg13.0Last 5

13.0 points a game over his last five games, against 3.4 in 32 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.4Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.4 in 47 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.4Season avg40.7Today

41 minutes today, against 13.4 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Clippers by 19.

DEN over MIN1SAS over MEM3HOU over GSW3NJN over NYK4ATL over IND5PHI over MIL5BOS over POR6WAS over CLE8DET over CHI8ORL over SEA13LAC over LAL19Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Joe Johnson leads the day with 40

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.
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 16, 29, 10, 13, 20, 3, 18, 40ATL @ IND · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +20.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high40 PTS · 1 REB · 13 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 28, 31, 16, 31, 10, 20, 15, 39GSW @ HOU · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 35, 24, 32, 26, 23, 39, 27, 36, 39LAL @ LAC · L
35.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 40, 18, 37, 31, 35, 31, 50, 30, 20, 37BOS @ POR · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 8, 23, 23, 16, 20, 16, 14, 34IND vs ATL · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 30, 25, 30, 44, 29, 21, 15, 20, 32, 32LAC vs LAL · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 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
Paul PierceBOS+6.3 32.9 last 10 · 26.6 season
Ben GordonCHI+6.3 22.9 last 10 · 16.6 season
Jumaine JonesCHA+6.2 15.4 last 10 · 9.2 season
Kirk SnyderNOK+5.4 13.6 last 10 · 8.2 season
Cold
Marquis DanielsDAL−5.7 4.5 last 10 · 10.2 season
Chris DuhonCHI−5.3 3.6 last 10 · 8.9 season
Mark BlountMIN−5.2 6.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−5.1 20.1 last 10 · 25.2 season
Marko JaricMIN−4.9 4.3 last 10 · 9.2 season