FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 26, 2006Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOK trailed POR by 5 after the first quarter and won 88–75.

Final
CLE78
DET90
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +15; Q4 DET +12
Final
MEM99
MIN105
Q1 MIN +6; Q2 MIN +4; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +6
Final
HOU89
ORL84
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +5
Final
IND101
NJN91
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND +10
Final
BOS112
LAL111
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +1
Final
NOK88
POR75
Q1 NOK -5; Q2 NOK 0; Q3 NOK 0; Q4 NOK +13
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 26, 2005: 6 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (PHX @ DAL), 33 points.
The lead · NOK @ POR

Portland's skid reaches five

New Orleans/Oklahoma City won 88–75; the Trail Blazers fall to 18–37. David West led New Orleans/Oklahoma City with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · NOK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-500+13NOK AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOK1627182788
POR2122181475
Who led
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 14, 26, 21, 11, 19, 10, 20, 22NOK22 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 19, 6, 9, 1, 27, 18, 23, 19NOK19 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 19, 28, 25, 14, 10, 21, 12, 7, 19, 23POR23 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Darius MilesPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 21, 10, 14, 10, 13, 20, 16, 22POR22 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
3.7Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 3.7 in 33 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.1Season avg12.6Last 3

12.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.1 in 48 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.6Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 14.6 a game in 52 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 0 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · BOS @ LAL

Boston holds off Lakers, 112–111

Boston led 91–82 after three and held on to win by one. Paul Pierce led Boston with 39 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over LAL1HOU over ORL5MIN over MEM6IND over NJN10DET over CLE12NOK over POR13Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over LAL.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 24, 32, 26, 23, 39, 27, 36, 39, 40LAL vs BOS · L
35.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 18, 37, 31, 35, 31, 50, 30, 20, 37, 39BOS @ LAL · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 33, 18, 23, 14, 25, 25, 19, 35MIN vs MEM · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 14, 27, 24, 17, 6, 29, 22, 29HOU @ ORL · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 15, 8, 18, 25, 14, 23, 27, 23NJN vs IND · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 19, 28, 25, 14, 10, 21, 12, 7, 19, 23POR vs NOK · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 2 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
Raymond FeltonCHA+7.0 16.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Jumaine JonesCHA+6.8 16.3 last 10 · 9.5 season
Ben GordonCHI+6.2 22.8 last 10 · 16.6 season
Paul PierceBOS+6.0 32.8 last 10 · 26.8 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyHOU−5.3 19.8 last 10 · 25.1 season
Marko JaricMIN−5.2 3.8 last 10 · 9.0 season
Marquis DanielsDAL−5.2 5.0 last 10 · 10.2 season
Devin HarrisDAL−5.0 5.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Marcus CambyDEN−4.7 9.7 last 10 · 14.4 season