FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 27, 2007Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed IND by 6 after three quarters and won 103–92.

Final
NOK89
CLE97
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +8
Final
PHX103
IND92
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX -6; Q4 PHX +11
Final
WAS101
NJN113
Q1 NJN +4; Q2 NJN -2; Q3 NJN +1; Q4 NJN +12
Final
GSW101
MIL122
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +23; Q4 MIL +21
Final
DAL91
MIN65
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +15; Q4 DAL +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 27, 2006: 11 games. Top scorer: Pau Gasol (MEM vs WAS), 39 points.
The lead · PHX @ IND

Phoenix makes it five straight

Phoenix beat Indiana 103–92 and moved to 44–13. Steve Nash led Phoenix with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-1-6+11PHX AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX19302430103
IND1931291392
Who led
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 13, 22, 9, 13, 14, 9, 14, 25PHX25 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 36, 36, 29, 26, 18, 22, 32, 23, 43, 23PHX23 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 24, 16, 21, 23, 29, 17, 19, 28IND28 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Darrell ArmstrongPoints, last 10 games: 14, 3, 12, 11, 2, 8, 5, 13, 8, 17IND17 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Second story · GSW @ MIL

Milwaukee routs Golden State by 21

Milwaukee led by 9 at halftime and won 122–101. Michael Redd led Milwaukee with 31 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over NOK8PHX over IND11NJN over WAS12MIL over GSW21DAL over MIN26Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over GSW.
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
7.8Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.8 in 51 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.9Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.9 in 56 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg38.7Today

39 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 1 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 29, 18, 23, 38, 29, 29, 29, 35CLE vs NOK · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 28, 27, 26, 17, 38, 12, 26, 31MIL vs GSW · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 24, 16, 21, 23, 29, 17, 19, 28IND vs PHX · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 21, 32, 18, 17, 46, 26, 40, 27NJN vs WAS · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 0, 13, 14, 9, 13, 10, 6, 22, 11, 26NJN vs WAS · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 37, 16, 29, 9, 22, 38, 43, 36, 20, 26WAS @ NJN · L
29.2 PPG season to date · −3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 3 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+8.2 28.8 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
Rasual ButlerNOK−5.4 4.8 last 10 · 10.2 season
Brevin KnightCHA−5.0 5.0 last 10 · 10.0 season
Richard HamiltonDET−4.9 16.6 last 10 · 21.5 season