FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 28, 2007Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed MEM by 8 after the first quarter and won 104–88.

Final
PHX94
PHI99
Q1 PHI +12; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +5
Final
MIA92
WAS83
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +9
Final
NYK94
BOS102
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +20; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +8
Final
UTA104
MEM88
Q1 UTA -8; Q2 UTA -5; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +16
Final
ATL100
NOK107
Q1 NOK -3; Q2 NOK +9; Q3 NOK +1; Q4 NOK +7
Final
GSW83
CHI113
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +26; Q4 CHI +30
Final
TOR106
HOU90
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +20; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +16
Final
ORL101
DEN111
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +2; Q3 DEN +5; Q4 DEN +10
Final
CHA120
SAC135
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +15
Final
SEA91
LAC96
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC -1; Q4 LAC +5
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 28, 2006: 3 games. Top scorer: Ray Allen (SEA vs NOK), 33 points.
The lead · UTA @ MEM

Utah rallies from 8 down to beat Memphis

Trailing by 8 after one, Utah outscored the Grizzlies 87–63 the rest of the way. Final: 104–88. Matt Harpring led Utah with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-5+6+16UTA AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA17273327104
MEM2524221788
Who led
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 13, 11, 9, 13, 22, 15, 14, 25UTA25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 18, 39, 25, 2, 10, 16, 13, 24UTA24 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 29, 10, 21, 11, 19, 17, 22, 23, 21, 28MEM28 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 11, 22, 12, 20, 45, 19, 21, 17MEM17 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
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
20.6Season avg30.4Last 5

30.4 points a game over his last five games, against 20.6 in 57 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.5Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.5 in 57 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in 55 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · ATL @ NOK

Atlanta's skid reaches three

New Orleans/Oklahoma City won 107–100; the Hawks fall to 22–36. Chris Paul led New Orleans/Oklahoma City with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 13 assists.

Streak strip · ATL
W@ PHX120–111W@ GSW106–105L@ UTA76–102W@ LAC96–93L@ CHI81–106Lvs SAS96–103Wvs HOU105–99Lvs PHX106–115L@ DAL87–110L@ NOK100–107ATL: last 10 games through Feb 28, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Kevin Martin leads the day with 36

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.
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 21, 15, 22, 14, 2, 35, 23, 36SAC vs CHA · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 33, 18, 31, 22, 9, 33, 26, 25, 34DEN vs ORL · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 36, 29, 26, 18, 22, 32, 23, 43, 23, 31PHX @ PHI · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 4, 32, 21, 18, 19, 12, 20, 31CHA @ SAC · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 11, 13, 8, 10, 30, 3, 28, 7, 30SAC vs CHA · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 29, 10, 21, 11, 19, 17, 22, 23, 21, 28MEM vs UTA · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 2 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
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+7.5 28.3 last 10 · 20.8 season
Rudy GayMEM+6.4 16.4 last 10 · 10.0 season
Dwight HowardORL+6.1 24.2 last 10 · 18.1 season
Tyson ChandlerNOK+5.0 13.6 last 10 · 8.6 season
Cold
Rasual ButlerNOK−5.6 4.5 last 10 · 10.1 season
Fred JonesPOR−5.5 2.0 last 10 · 7.5 season
Tyronn LueATL−5.5 6.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Richard HamiltonDET−4.9 16.6 last 10 · 21.5 season
Brevin KnightCHA−4.7 5.4 last 10 · 10.1 season