FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 10, 2008Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed SAS by 3 after the first quarter and won 98–90.

Final
SAS90
BOS98
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +8
Final
LAL104
MIA94
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +10
Final
CHA87
DET113
Q1 DET +16; Q2 DET +17; Q3 DET +21; Q4 DET +26
Final
DAL82
NJN101
Q1 NJN -1; Q2 NJN +6; Q3 NJN +16; Q4 NJN +19
Final
TOR105
MIN82
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +16; Q4 TOR +23
Final
DEN113
CLE83
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN +18; Q3 DEN +26; Q4 DEN +30
Final
WAS107
PHX108
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +1
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 · 2006–07Feb 10, 2007: 7 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (NJN vs ORL), 32 points.
The lead · SAS @ BOS

Paul Pierce goes for 35 in Boston win over San Antonio

Boston won 98–90.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+2+7+8BOS AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS2318202990
BOS2023253098
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 19, 24, 7, 26, 19, 15, 18, 35BOS35 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 19, 12, 17, 26, 24, 19, 17, 19BOS19 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 17, 26, 27, 16, 19, 23, 21, 22SAS22 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 11, 29, 29, 19, 15, 9, 20, 21SAS21 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Denver posts the night's biggest win

Denver beat Cleveland by 30, the widest margin of 7 games.

PHX over WAS1BOS over SAS8LAL over MIA10NJN over DAL19TOR over MIN23DET over CHA26DEN over CLE30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
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
10.0Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 44 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.9 in 48 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 20.4 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce 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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 19, 24, 7, 26, 19, 15, 18, 35BOS vs SAS · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 40, 33, 24, 39, 46, 30, 6, 11, 36, 33LAL @ MIA · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 19, 33, 22, 24, 24, 16, 24, 26, 33, 31PHX vs WAS · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 23, 36, 41, 37, 28, 33, 32, 26, 30CLE vs DEN · L
30.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 29, 13, 25, 16, 14, 14, 27, 18, 18, 29NJN vs DAL · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 24, 11, 31, 21, 16, 18, 21, 28WAS @ PHX · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 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
Monta EllisGSW+5.8 24.0 last 10 · 18.2 season
Kirk HinrichCHI+5.8 18.8 last 10 · 13.0 season
Corey MaggetteLAC+5.0 26.7 last 10 · 21.7 season
Peja StojakovicNOH+4.6 20.6 last 10 · 16.0 season
Rajon RondoBOS+4.3 14.5 last 10 · 10.2 season
Cold
Francisco GarciaSAC−5.8 6.4 last 10 · 12.2 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Joe JohnsonATL−5.0 15.9 last 10 · 20.9 season
John SalmonsSAC−4.8 10.3 last 10 · 15.1 season
Kelenna AzubuikeGSW−4.5 4.6 last 10 · 9.1 season