FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 21, 2007Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed MIN by 13 at halftime and won 100–95.

Final
SAS103
ATL96
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS +7
Final · 2OT
MIL129
IND136
Q1 IND +15; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND 0; OT2 IND +7
Final
NYK84
PHI104
Q1 PHI -4; Q2 PHI +15; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +20
Final
CLE86
TOR85
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -4; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +1
Final
ORL88
DET110
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +19; Q3 DET +26; Q4 DET +22
Final
NOK111
NJN107
Q1 NOK +2; Q2 NOK +6; Q3 NOK -3; Q4 NOK +4
Final
CHA100
MIN95
Q1 CHA 0; Q2 CHA -13; Q3 CHA -7; Q4 CHA +5
Final
MIA102
HOU112
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +15; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +10
Final
BOS108
PHX118
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +11; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +10
Final · OT
MEM115
GSW118
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW -5; Q3 GSW -6; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW +3
Final
POR112
LAL108
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR +4
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 21, 2006: 12 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (NJN @ MIL), 45 points.
The lead · CHA @ MIN

Charlotte rallies from 13 down to beat Minnesota

Trailing by 13 at the half, Charlotte outscored the Timberwolves 55–37 the rest of the way. Final: 100–95. Adam Morrison led Charlotte with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · CHA 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 Q3Final00-13-7+5CHA AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA24212926100
MIN2434231495
Who led
Adam MorrisonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 8, 9, 10, 7, 2, 8, 18, 26CHA26 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Matt CarrollPoints, last 10 games: 9, 7, 16, 13, 11, 13, 12, 17, 8, 20CHA20 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 25, 18, 17, 20, 26, 19, 26, 22MIN22 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Mike JamesPoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 7, 10, 8, 6, 5, 9, 20, 17MIN17 PTS · 0 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.8Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.8 in 55 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.7 in 38 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.2Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 18.2 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 13 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: Detroit by 22.

CLE over TOR1GSW over MEM3NOK over NJN4POR over LAL4CHA over MIN5SAS over ATL7IND over MIL7HOU over MIA10PHX over BOS10PHI over NYK20DET over ORL22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 46

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.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 27, 23, 22, 21, 32, 18, 17, 46NJN vs NOK · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high46 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 32, 26, 12, 21, 17, 11, 22, 12, 20, 45MEM @ GSW · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +27.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high45 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 32, 18, 7, 26, 14, 20, 14, 40SAS @ ATL · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +23.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 36, 20, 24, 28, 27, 26, 17, 38MIL @ IND · L
27.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 10, 24, 28, 36, 36, 29, 26, 18, 22, 32PHX vs BOS · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 36, 18, 32, 33, 20, 16, 28, 27, 32HOU vs MIA · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 8 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
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+6.0 26.1 last 10 · 20.1 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+5.8 21.9 last 10 · 16.1 season
Rudy GayMEM+5.6 15.5 last 10 · 9.9 season
Cold
Willie GreenPHI−6.0 4.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
Tyronn LueATL−5.5 6.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Fred JonesTOR−5.5 2.1 last 10 · 7.6 season
Richard HamiltonDET−5.1 16.4 last 10 · 21.5 season
Rasual ButlerNOK−5.0 5.5 last 10 · 10.5 season