FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 20, 2007Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed UTA by 3 after the first quarter and won 103–100.

Final
NOK100
CHA104
Q1 CHA +1; Q2 CHA +9; Q3 CHA -1; Q4 CHA +4
Final
MIN100
WAS112
Q1 WAS +12; Q2 WAS +13; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +12
Final
ORL94
NYK100
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +6
Final
DET84
MIL83
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET +1
Final
DEN80
SAS95
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +31; Q4 SAS +15
Final
ATL81
CHI106
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +25; Q4 CHI +25
Final
UTA100
POR103
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR 0; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +3
Final
BOS101
SAC104
Q1 SAC +8; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC +10; Q4 SAC +3
Final
MEM105
SEA121
Q1 SEA +8; Q2 SEA +6; Q3 SEA +16; Q4 SEA +16
Final
PHX115
LAC90
Q1 PHX +12; Q2 PHX +17; Q3 PHX +24; Q4 PHX +25
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 · UTA @ POR

Portland holds off Utah, 103–100

Portland led 77–71 after three and held on to win by three. Brandon Roy led Portland with 27 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-30+6+3POR AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA30221929100
POR27252526103
Who led
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 22, 16, 27, 15, 7, 15, 19, 27POR27 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 25, 27, 33, 40, 10, 17, 28, 22POR22 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 18, 31, 29, 20, 29, 19, 22, 25UTA25 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Derek FisherPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 17, 8, 9, 19, 14, 14, 3, 20UTA20 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Bulls rout

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Chicago beat Atlanta by 25.

DET over MIL1POR over UTA3SAC over BOS3CHA over NOK4NYK over ORL6WAS over MIN12SAS over DEN15SEA over MEM16CHI over ATL25PHX over LAC25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.6Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.6 in 54 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg6.0Last 3

6.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.9 in 30 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 20.2 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 13 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Gilbert Arenas leads the day with 38

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.
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 36, 27, 37, 16, 29, 9, 22, 38WAS vs MIN · W
29.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 10, 25, 36, 0, 14, 23, 20, 34SEA vs MEM · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 12, 4, 19, 12, 11, 11, 10, 31PHX @ LAC · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 19, 15, 21, 32, 30, 25, 20, 27ORL @ NYK · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 15, 35, 36, 29, 29, 33, 29, 25, 31, 27SEA vs MEM · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 22, 16, 27, 15, 7, 15, 19, 27POR vs UTA · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 7 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
Nene HilarioDEN+6.9 17.8 last 10 · 10.9 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.5 22.6 last 10 · 16.1 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+5.2 25.1 last 10 · 19.9 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK+5.1 23.1 last 10 · 18.0 season
Cold
Willie GreenPHI−5.8 4.5 last 10 · 10.3 season
Tyronn LueATL−5.5 6.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Richard HamiltonDET−5.4 16.1 last 10 · 21.5 season
Fred JonesTOR−5.4 2.4 last 10 · 7.8 season
Travis OutlawPOR−4.9 3.4 last 10 · 8.3 season