FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 24, 2008Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed POR by 16 after the first quarter and won 112–102.

Final
DET116
PHX86
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +18; Q3 DET +32; Q4 DET +30
Final
MEM89
CLE109
Q1 CLE +19; Q2 CLE +21; Q3 CLE +15; Q4 CLE +20
Final
SAC93
ORL112
Q1 ORL -4; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL +6; Q4 ORL +19
Final
BOS112
POR102
Q1 BOS -16; Q2 BOS -7; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +10
Final
NYK92
TOR115
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +2; Q3 TOR +17; Q4 TOR +23
Final
DAL99
MIN83
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL +16
Final
CHI97
HOU110
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +13
Final
LAL111
SEA91
Q1 LAL +16; Q2 LAL +19; Q3 LAL +23; Q4 LAL +20
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 24, 2007: 6 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN @ DAL), 34 points.
The lead · BOS @ POR

Paul Pierce drops 30 in 16-point comeback win over Portland

Portland led by 16 after one. Final: 112–102.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-16-7+8+10BOS AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS16313233112
POR32221731102
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 18, 35, 28, 24, 24, 23, 8, 30BOS30 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 17, 19, 23, 21, 20, 32, 11, 19BOS19 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Travis OutlawPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 4, 15, 7, 13, 23, 19, 26, 24POR24 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Jarrett JackPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 10, 15, 7, 3, 9, 15, 7, 17POR17 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · SAC @ ORL

Orlando takes care of Sacramento

A 19-point win, 112–93. Dwight Howard led Orlando with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over POR10HOU over CHI13DAL over MIN16ORL over SAC19CLE over MEM20LAL over SEA20TOR over NYK23DET over PHX30Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over SAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.0Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.0 in 48 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.4Season avg19.3Last 3

19.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.4 in 54 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.9Season avg32.2Today

32 minutes today, against 8.9 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Amar'e Stoudemire leads the day with 31

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.
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 26, 33, 31, 29, 26, 37, 28, 31PHX vs DET · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 18, 35, 28, 24, 24, 23, 8, 30BOS @ POR · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 21, 21, 15, 37, 36, 31, 27, 29DAL @ MIN · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 24, 28, 21, 19, 16, 23, 8, 37, 24, 26ORL vs SAC · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 21, 24, 30, 26, 21, 14, 43, 26NYK @ TOR · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 32, 26, 30, 29, 39, 26, 31, 33, 25CLE vs MEM · W
30.1 PPG season to date · −5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 11 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
Al ThorntonLAC+6.8 17.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Thabo SefoloshaCHI+6.4 13.1 last 10 · 6.7 season
Larry HughesCHI+6.1 18.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+5.6 15.9 last 10 · 10.3 season
Monta EllisGSW+5.4 24.3 last 10 · 18.9 season
Cold
John SalmonsSAC−7.3 6.3 last 10 · 13.6 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Tony ParkerSAS−5.0 13.7 last 10 · 18.7 season
Marvin WilliamsATL−4.3 11.5 last 10 · 15.8 season
Chris KamanLAC−4.3 11.9 last 10 · 16.2 season