FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 21, 2008Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed SEA by 2 after the first quarter and won 92–88.

Final
MIA100
HOU112
Q1 HOU +15; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +12
Final
SAS100
MIN99
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +1
Final
SEA88
POR92
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +4
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 21, 2007: 11 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (NJN vs NOK), 46 points.
The lead · SEA @ POR

Portland beats Seattle, 92–88

Portland led 70–67 after three and won by 4. Brandon Roy led Portland with 19 points, 14 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+10+3+4POR AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA2516262188
POR2328192292
Who led
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 16, 20, 26, 28, 15, 25, 11, 19POR19 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Travis OutlawPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 16, 14, 4, 15, 7, 13, 23, 19POR19 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 26, 24, 21, 20, 17, 9, 19, 20SEA20 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Earl WatsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 2, 5, 9, 10, 23, 7, 7, 26, 15SEA15 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Second story · SAS @ MIN

San Antonio holds off Minnesota, 100–99

San Antonio led 74–72 after three and held on to win by one. Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 44 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over MIN1POR over SEA4HOU over MIA12Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.0Season avg32.6Last 5

32.6 points a game over his last five games, against 20.0 in 47 earlier games. Today: 44 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.6Season avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.6 in 6 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.8Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 23.8 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Manu Ginobili leads the day with 44

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.
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 29, 19, 15, 9, 20, 21, 34, 46, 18, 44SAS @ MIN · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +24.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
44 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 35, 7, 15, 12, 30, 19, 19, 29, 30, 33MIA @ HOU · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 25, 33, 18, 18, 16, 19, 19, 28MIN vs SAS · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 19, 23, 21, 22, 22, 23, 7, 24SAS @ MIN · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 33, 26, 8, 15, 12, 10, 17, 23HOU vs MIA · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 36, 17, 12, 16, 22, 28, 25, 25, 16, 21HOU vs MIA · W
22.1 PPG season to date · −1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 9 REB · 0 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
Larry HughesCLE+7.6 19.9 last 10 · 12.3 season
Al ThorntonLAC+7.4 18.0 last 10 · 10.6 season
Kirk HinrichCHI+7.4 20.7 last 10 · 13.3 season
Thabo SefoloshaCHI+6.5 13.0 last 10 · 6.5 season
Mark BlountMIA+5.8 14.2 last 10 · 8.4 season
Cold
John SalmonsSAC−6.4 7.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Richard JeffersonNJN−4.6 18.5 last 10 · 23.1 season
Richard HamiltonDET−4.5 13.5 last 10 · 18.0 season
Beno UdrihSAC−4.5 7.5 last 10 · 12.0 season