FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 26, 2007Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed HOU by 9 after three quarters and won 77–72.

Final
SAC82
PHI89
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI -3; Q3 PHI +4; Q4 PHI +7
Final
MIA93
NYK99
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK 0; Q4 NYK +6
Final
DEN111
MEM107
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN -1; Q4 DEN +4
Final
TOR91
SAS107
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +24; Q3 SAS +24; Q4 SAS +16
Final
ORL94
CHI87
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +7
Final
ATL87
DAL110
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +20; Q4 DAL +23
Final
BOS77
HOU72
Q1 BOS -8; Q2 BOS -6; Q3 BOS -9; Q4 BOS +5
Final
LAL102
UTA94
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL +8
Final
POR73
SEA97
Q1 SEA +9; Q2 SEA +8; Q3 SEA +18; Q4 SEA +24
Final
CHA93
LAC100
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +7
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 26, 2006: 6 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs BOS), 40 points.
The lead · BOS @ HOU

Boston fights back late to top Houston

Houston led 53–44 after three. Boston won the fourth 33–19 and the game 77–72. Paul Pierce led Boston with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-8-6-9+5BOS AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS1415153377
HOU2213181972
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 35, 27, 9, 29, 32, 26, 24, 15, 19, 28BOS28 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 13, 9, 17, 15, 23, 18, 12, 16BOS16 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Bonzi WellsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 9, 13, 3, 6, 8, 11, 4, 9, 27HOU27 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Juwan HowardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 11, 16, 9, 14, 15, 19, 0, 12HOU12 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.9Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.9 in 57 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.4Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.4 in 55 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 22.0 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 27 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · SAC @ PHI

Philadelphia takes care of Sacramento

A 7-point win, 89–82. Andre Iguodala led Philadelphia with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over MEM4BOS over HOU5NYK over MIA6PHI over SAC7ORL over CHI7LAC over CHA7LAL over UTA8SAS over TOR16DAL over ATL23SEA over POR24Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over SAC.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 35

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: 27, 18, 25, 36, 31, 34, 25, 38, 26, 35LAL @ UTA · W
29.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 27, 34, 29, 28, 28, 15, 36, 34, 33DEN @ MEM · W
30.4 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 24, 27, 26, 20, 6, 16, 18, 21, 32CHI vs ORL · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 36, 0, 14, 23, 20, 34, 18, 10, 29SEA vs POR · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 32, 21, 14, 27, 9, 30, 31, 28, 29ATL @ DAL · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Eddy CurryPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 27, 19, 13, 20, 22, 10, 18, 28NYK vs MIA · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 1 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
Nene HilarioDEN+6.3 17.4 last 10 · 11.1 season
Rudy GayMEM+6.2 16.3 last 10 · 10.1 season
Dwight HowardORL+6.0 24.0 last 10 · 18.0 season
Cold
Fred JonesPOR−5.5 2.0 last 10 · 7.5 season
Tyronn LueATL−5.5 6.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Brevin KnightCHA−5.0 5.0 last 10 · 10.0 season
Richard HamiltonDET−4.9 16.6 last 10 · 21.5 season
Rasual ButlerNOK−4.8 5.6 last 10 · 10.4 season