FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 4, 2009Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed OKC by 11 at halftime and won 114–113.

Final
LAC96
ORL125
Q1 ORL +12; Q2 ORL +24; Q3 ORL +33; Q4 ORL +29
Final
LAL115
TOR107
Q1 LAL -5; Q2 LAL -5; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL +8
Final
NJN115
WAS88
Q1 NJN +5; Q2 NJN +5; Q3 NJN +22; Q4 NJN +27
Final
MIA90
DET93
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +3
Final
CLE107
NYK102
Q1 CLE +12; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +5
Final
HOU93
MEM104
Q1 MEM 0; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM +14; Q4 MEM +11
Final
ATL94
MIN86
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +8
Final
CHI107
NOH93
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI +18; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +14
Final
DEN114
OKC113
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN -11; Q3 DEN -5; Q4 DEN +1
Final
POR99
DAL104
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +5
Final
PHX112
GSW124
Q1 GSW +13; Q2 GSW +17; Q3 GSW +21; Q4 GSW +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 · 2007–08Feb 4, 2008: 9 games. Top scorer: Al Jefferson (MIN vs HOU), 33 points.
The lead · DEN @ OKC

Carmelo Anthony scores 32, Denver rallies past OKC

Denver trailed by 11 at the half and won 114–113.

Game flow · DEN 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+1-11-5+1DEN AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN32273025114
OKC31392419113
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 32, 16, 20, 31, 22, 21, 19, 35, 32DEN32 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 24, 19, 22, 20, 20, 10, 6, 22DEN22 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 32, 31, 27, 46, 18, 35, 29, 33, 31OKC31 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 23, 9, 22, 26, 14, 13, 23, 11, 28, 24OKC24 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.4Season avg38.0Last 5

38.0 points a game over his last five games, against 27.4 in 47 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.3Season avg5.7Last 3

5.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.3 in 35 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg35.4Today

35 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · LAL @ TOR

Lakers make it four straight

Lakers beat Toronto 115–107 and moved to 39–9. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 36 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

Streak strip · LAL
Lvs ORL103–109Wvs CLE105–88W@ LAC108–97Wvs WAS117–97Wvs SAS99–85Lvs CHA110–117W@ MIN132–119W@ MEM115–98W@ NYK126–117W@ TOR115–107LAL: last 10 games through Feb 4, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 52

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 34, 32, 33, 23, 23, 25, 33, 33, 52CLE @ NYK · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +24.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high52 PTS · 9 REB · 11 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 11, 17, 16, 12, 13, 16, 31, 24, 39NYK vs CLE · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high39 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 18, 11, 22, 38, 30, 25, 61, 36LAL @ TOR · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 32, 16, 20, 31, 22, 21, 19, 35, 32DEN @ OKC · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 13, 12, 23, 19, 17, 21, 33, 32MEM vs HOU · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 10, 18, 16, 10, 21, 24, 31, 31LAL @ TOR · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 15 REB · 4 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
Eric GordonLAC+6.9 21.1 last 10 · 14.2 season
Deron WilliamsUTA+6.5 24.1 last 10 · 17.6 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+6.4 21.5 last 10 · 15.1 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.5 19.5 last 10 · 14.0 season
Jason ThompsonSAC+5.2 15.7 last 10 · 10.5 season
Cold
Marquis DanielsIND−7.3 6.0 last 10 · 13.3 season
Baron DavisLAC−5.6 10.5 last 10 · 16.1 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Brandon RushIND−4.5 1.5 last 10 · 6.0 season
Devin HarrisNJN−4.1 17.4 last 10 · 21.5 season