FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 12, 2007Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed GSW by 3 after the first quarter and won 123–111.

Final
LAC74
DET92
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +15; Q4 DET +18
Final
GSW111
DEN123
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +18; Q4 DEN +12
Final
ATL76
UTA102
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +18; Q3 UTA +29; Q4 UTA +26
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 12, 2006: 10 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs DET), 37 points.
The lead · GSW @ DEN

Denver makes it three straight

Denver beat Golden State 123–111 and moved to 26–24. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+6+18+12DEN AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW36232824111
DEN33324018123
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 33, 33, 20, 31, 27, 34, 29, 28DEN28 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 28, 9, 9, 17, 13, 18, 9, 4, 16, 28DEN28 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 13, 21, 11, 17, 16, 13, 24, 6, 24GSW24 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Kelenna AzubuikePoints, last 10 games: 4, 0, 9, 7, 4, 5, 7, 5, 16, 23GSW23 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.2Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.2 in 32 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg4.7Last 3

4.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.3 in 42 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.8Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 10.8 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · LAC @ DET

Detroit leads Clippers wire to wire

Detroit was ahead at every break and won 92–74. Best quarter: the first, 27–23. Chris Webber led Detroit with 19 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over GSW12DET over LAC18UTA over ATL26Final margin, points. Pink = DET over LAC.
Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 28

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 33, 33, 20, 31, 27, 34, 29, 28DEN vs GSW · W
30.6 PPG season to date · −2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 28, 9, 9, 17, 13, 18, 9, 4, 16, 28DEN vs GSW · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 13, 21, 11, 17, 16, 13, 24, 6, 24GSW @ DEN · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Nene HilarioPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 14, 20, 13, 27, 18, 14, 17, 24DEN vs GSW · W
10.6 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kelenna AzubuikePoints, last 10 games: 4, 0, 9, 7, 4, 5, 7, 5, 16, 23GSW @ DEN · L
10.1 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 6, 17, 6, 17, 12, 15, 17, 18, 8, 19DET vs LAC · W
11.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 9 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
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
Nene HilarioDEN+5.9 16.5 last 10 · 10.6 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