FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 11, 2007Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed BOS by 7 after the first quarter and won 109–107.

Final
SAS85
MIA100
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +15
Final
POR94
WAS73
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +21
Final
LAC80
IND94
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +20; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +14
Final
LAL90
CLE99
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE +9
Final
BOS107
MIN109
Q1 MIN -7; Q2 MIN -5; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +2
Final
DAL106
PHI89
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +24; Q3 DAL +19; Q4 DAL +17
Final
CHI116
PHX103
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI -5; Q4 CHI +13
Final
ATL106
GSW105
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +1
Final
SEA114
SAC103
Q1 SEA +4; Q2 SEA +16; Q3 SEA +15; Q4 SEA +11
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 · 2005–06Feb 11, 2006: 5 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs GSW), 33 points.
The lead · BOS @ MIN

Minnesota holds off Boston, 109–107

Minnesota led 87–85 after three and held on to win by two. Ricky Davis led Minnesota with 28 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-5+2+2MIN AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS31252922107
MIN24273622109
Who led
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 17, 24, 13, 20, 3, 26, 16, 28MIN28 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 17, 32, 44, 18, 17, 25, 18, 17, 20, 26MIN26 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 25, 36, 17, 31, 18, 38, 35, 27, 9, 29BOS29 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Ryan GomesPoints, last 10 games: 4, 12, 20, 13, 23, 16, 19, 15, 9, 17BOS17 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · CHI @ PHX

Chicago handles Phoenix by 13

The Bulls won the fourth quarter 37–19. Final: 116–103. Luol Deng led Chicago with 29 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over GSW1MIN over BOS2CLE over LAL9SEA over SAC11CHI over PHX13IND over LAC14MIA over SAS15DAL over PHI17POR over WAS21Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over PHX.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.8Season avg31.0Last 5

31.0 points a game over his last five games, against 19.8 in 50 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 50 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.8Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 10.8 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 36

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: 42, 32, 31, 43, 22, 39, 27, 18, 25, 36LAL @ CLE · L
28.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 12, 17, 27, 14, 23, 20, 23, 29CHI @ PHX · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 19, 4, 26, 14, 20, 20, 25, 29ATL @ GSW · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high29 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 26, 25, 20, 17, 26, 18, 22, 29CHI @ PHX · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 25, 36, 17, 31, 18, 38, 35, 27, 9, 29BOS @ MIN · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 17, 24, 13, 20, 3, 26, 16, 28MIN vs BOS · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 5 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
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+6.3 26.2 last 10 · 19.9 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK+6.2 24.2 last 10 · 18.0 season
Andre IguodalaPHI+6.1 23.9 last 10 · 17.8 season
Josh SmithATL+5.4 20.2 last 10 · 14.8 season
Cold
Tyronn LueATL−5.5 6.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Fred JonesTOR−5.4 2.4 last 10 · 7.8 season
Willie GreenPHI−4.6 5.9 last 10 · 10.5 season
Travis OutlawPOR−4.4 4.2 last 10 · 8.6 season
T.J. FordTOR−4.3 10.1 last 10 · 14.4 season