FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 22, 2008Regular season · 13 games
← Feb 21CalendarFeb 23 →

13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed TOR by 9 after the first quarter and won 103–99.

Final · OT
SAC116
CHA115
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC +1; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +1
Final
NJN103
IND113
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +10
Final
PHI99
ORL115
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +13; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +16
Final
TOR99
NYK103
Q1 NYK -9; Q2 NYK -1; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +4
Final
DEN121
CHI135
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI +13; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI +14
Final
WAS89
CLE90
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE +1
Final
MIL100
DET127
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET +19; Q3 DET +26; Q4 DET +27
Final
DAL98
MEM83
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +19; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +15
Final
HOU100
NOH80
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +16; Q3 HOU +24; Q4 HOU +20
Final
ATL117
GSW110
Q1 ATL +12; Q2 ATL +18; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +7
Final
UTA104
LAC114
Q1 LAC -4; Q2 LAC +6; Q3 LAC +20; Q4 LAC +10
Final
BOS77
PHX85
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +13; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +8
Final
POR87
SEA99
Q1 SEA +10; Q2 SEA +14; Q3 SEA +11; Q4 SEA +12
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 22, 2007: 3 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS vs SAC), 43 points.
The lead · TOR @ NYK

Jamal Crawford scores 43 as New York beats Toronto

New York won 103–99. Jamal Crawford: 43 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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 Q3Final0-9-1+6+4NYK AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2132222499
NYK12402922103
Who led
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 18, 21, 24, 30, 26, 21, 14, 43NYK43 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 12, 26, 13, 12, 20, 24, 10, 26NYK26 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 37, 16, 22, 24, 29, 14, 11, 27, 40, 23TOR23 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Anthony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 12, 18, 5, 10, 6, 6, 10, 18TOR18 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.0Season avg22.4Last 5

22.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 44 earlier games. Today: 43 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.7Season avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.7 in 53 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Season avg43.1Today

43 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Pistons rout

Three of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Detroit beat Milwaukee by 27.

SAC over CHA1CLE over WAS1NYK over TOR4ATL over GSW7PHX over BOS8IND over NJN10LAC over UTA10SEA over POR12CHI over DEN14DAL over MEM15ORL over PHI16HOU over NOH20DET over MIL27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Jamal Crawford leads the day with 43

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.
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 18, 21, 24, 30, 26, 21, 14, 43NYK vs TOR · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +22.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high43 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 14, 2, 8, 10, 3, 18, 28, 16, 7, 43DEN @ CHI · L
10.8 PPG season to date · +33.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high43 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 24, 29, 33, 25, 33, 20, 14, 37CHI vs DEN · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 5, 22, 10, 19, 27, 17, 29, 35GSW vs ATL · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 33, 26, 8, 15, 12, 10, 17, 23, 34HOU @ NOH · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 12, 11, 23, 19, 13, 15, 24, 34NJN @ IND · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 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
Larry HughesCLE+7.6 19.9 last 10 · 12.3 season
Thabo SefoloshaCHI+6.7 13.4 last 10 · 6.7 season
Al ThorntonLAC+6.5 17.4 last 10 · 10.9 season
Mark BlountMIA+5.8 14.2 last 10 · 8.4 season
Monta EllisGSW+5.4 24.3 last 10 · 18.9 season
Cold
John SalmonsSAC−6.8 7.0 last 10 · 13.8 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Eddy CurryNYK−4.4 8.8 last 10 · 13.2 season
Richard HamiltonDET−4.4 13.6 last 10 · 18.0 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−4.4 17.2 last 10 · 21.6 season