FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 25, 2007Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed NYK by 9 at halftime and won 101–92.

Final
CHI93
DET95
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET -8; Q3 DET -2; Q4 DET +2
Final
HOU97
ORL93
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +12; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +4
Final
CLE81
MIA86
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +5
Final
WAS94
MIN98
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +11; Q4 MIN +4
Final
PHX115
ATL106
Q1 PHX +14; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +9
Final
LAL102
GSW85
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +17
Final
NYK92
NJN101
Q1 NJN -6; Q2 NJN -9; Q3 NJN +9; Q4 NJN +9
Final
SAC110
IND93
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC -3; Q3 SAC +13; Q4 SAC +17
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 25, 2006: 8 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS vs NYK), 46 points.
The lead · NYK @ NJN

Vince Carter scores 40, New Jersey rallies past New York

New Jersey trailed by 9 at the half and won 101–92.

Game flow · NJN 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-9+9+9NJN AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK2825152492
NJN22223324101
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 22, 21, 32, 18, 17, 46, 26, 40NJN40 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Mikki MoorePoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 19, 11, 9, 9, 13, 10, 6, 19NJN19 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 15, 7, 8, 7, 14, 12, 22, 22NYK22 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Eddy CurryPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 23, 27, 19, 13, 20, 22, 10, 18NYK18 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · CHI @ DET

Detroit climbs out of an 8-point hole against Chicago

Down 8 at the half, the Pistons won the fourth quarter 28–24 and the game 95–93. Richard Hamilton led Detroit with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DET vs CHI
Richard Hamilton · DETBen Gordon · CHIPTS2221REB42AST30Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.2Season avg27.6Last 5

27.6 points a game over his last five games, against 20.2 in 55 earlier games. Today: 43 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 52 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.1Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 10.1 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Amar'e Stoudemire leads the day with 43

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.
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 28, 36, 36, 29, 26, 18, 22, 32, 23, 43PHX @ ATL · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +22.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high43 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 22, 21, 32, 18, 17, 46, 26, 40NJN vs NYK · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 14, 29, 26, 24, 21, 15, 22, 14, 2, 35SAC @ IND · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 32, 33, 20, 16, 28, 27, 32, 37, 34HOU @ ORL · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 11, 29, 18, 23, 38, 29, 29, 29CLE @ MIA · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 10, 32, 21, 14, 27, 9, 30, 31, 28ATL vs PHX · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +2.9 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
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+8.7 29.3 last 10 · 20.6 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Rudy GayMEM+5.7 15.6 last 10 · 9.9 season
Dwight HowardORL+5.4 23.4 last 10 · 18.0 season
Nene HilarioDEN+5.3 16.0 last 10 · 10.7 season
Cold
Tyronn LueATL−5.5 6.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Fred JonesTOR−5.5 2.1 last 10 · 7.6 season
Richard HamiltonDET−4.9 16.6 last 10 · 21.5 season
Rasual ButlerNOK−4.8 5.6 last 10 · 10.4 season
Earl BoykinsMIL−4.5 10.3 last 10 · 14.8 season