FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 27, 2008Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed DET by 11 at halftime and won 103–95.

Final
SAC117
ATL123
Q1 ATL +12; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +6
Final
CHI113
IND107
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI 0; Q4 CHI +6
Final
ORL89
PHI101
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +19; Q3 PHI +15; Q4 PHI +12
Final
MIN85
TOR107
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +19; Q4 TOR +22
Final
CLE87
BOS92
Q1 BOS +9; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +5
Final
CHA89
NYK113
Q1 NYK -5; Q2 NYK +13; Q3 NYK +21; Q4 NYK +24
Final
PHX103
NOH120
Q1 NOH -4; Q2 NOH +4; Q3 NOH +20; Q4 NOH +17
Final
DET95
UTA103
Q1 UTA -9; Q2 UTA -11; Q3 UTA -4; Q4 UTA +8
Final
DEN138
SEA96
Q1 DEN +12; Q2 DEN +19; Q3 DEN +25; Q4 DEN +42
Final
POR82
LAC80
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +13; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +2
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 27, 2007: 5 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs NOK), 35 points.
The lead · DET @ UTA

Utah rallies from 11 down to beat Detroit

Trailing by 11 at the half, Utah outscored the Pistons 61–42 the rest of the way. Final: 103–95. Mehmet Okur led Utah with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 4 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-11-4+8UTA AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET3023182495
UTA21212536103
Who led
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 11, 7, 20, 16, 9, 8, 11, 24UTA24 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 0, 10, 6, 8, 10, 6, 12, 3, 4, 19UTA19 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 12, 14, 12, 11, 16, 18, 20, 22DET22 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 16, 14, 9, 34, 21, 14, 20, 21DET21 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Denver by 42.

POR over LAC2BOS over CLE5ATL over SAC6CHI over IND6UTA over DET8PHI over ORL12NOH over PHX17TOR over MIN22NYK over CHA24DEN over SEA42Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.0Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.0 in 47 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.5Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.5 in 50 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.7Season avg31.8Today

32 minutes today, against 4.7 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Amar'e Stoudemire leads the day with 32

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: 26, 33, 31, 29, 26, 37, 28, 31, 25, 32PHX @ NOH · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 33, 35, 26, 20, 20, 30, 27, 23, 11, 32LAC vs POR · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 18, 25, 16, 21, 28, 29, 26, 28, 31DEN @ SEA · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 14, 40, 26, 16, 19, 13, 14, 29CHI @ IND · W
12.7 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 14, 11, 27, 40, 23, 17, 24, 28TOR vs MIN · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 33, 27, 22, 18, 20, 16, 13, 27NOH vs PHX · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 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
Larry HughesCHI+7.2 19.9 last 10 · 12.7 season
Thabo SefoloshaCHI+6.6 13.4 last 10 · 6.8 season
Monta EllisGSW+6.4 25.5 last 10 · 19.1 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+5.9 29.8 last 10 · 23.9 season
Al ThorntonLAC+5.6 16.6 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cold
John SalmonsSAC−7.5 5.9 last 10 · 13.4 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Tony ParkerSAS−4.8 13.8 last 10 · 18.6 season
Marvin WilliamsATL−4.6 11.0 last 10 · 15.6 season
Chris KamanLAC−4.3 11.9 last 10 · 16.2 season