FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 10, 2009Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed DET by 14 after three quarters and won 107–102.

Final
WAS90
ATL111
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +16; Q3 ATL +16; Q4 ATL +21
Final
CLE95
IND96
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +1
Final
DEN99
MIA82
Q1 DEN +12; Q2 DEN +16; Q3 DEN +9; Q4 DEN +17
Final
SAS108
NJN93
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +15
Final
TOR110
MIN102
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR -7; Q3 TOR -7; Q4 TOR +8
Final
DET102
CHI107
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI -14; Q4 CHI +5
Final
SAC100
DAL118
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +17; Q4 DAL +18
Final
NYK127
GSW144
Q1 GSW +12; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +10; Q4 GSW +17
Final
OKC98
LAL105
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +13; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +7
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 10, 2008: 7 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS vs SAS), 35 points.
The lead · DET @ CHI

Chicago fights back late to top Detroit

Detroit led 85–71 after three. Chicago won the fourth 36–17 and the game 107–102. Ben Gordon led Chicago with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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+8-1-14+5CHI AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET22293417102
CHI30202136107
Who led
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 23, 11, 20, 26, 20, 19, 28, 24CHI24 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 18, 21, 4, 26, 12, 21, 22, 23CHI23 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 17, 27, 11, 14, 16, 12, 38, 27, 30DET30 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 3, 4, 22, 25, 12, 9, 18, 27, 16, 20DET20 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Second story · TOR @ MIN

Toronto handles Minnesota by 8

The Raptors won the fourth quarter 37–22. Final: 110–102. Joey Graham led Toronto with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
IND over CLE1CHI over DET5LAL over OKC7TOR over MIN8SAS over NJN15DEN over MIA17GSW over NYK17DAL over SAC18ATL over WAS21Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.1Season avg28.4Last 5

28.4 points a game over his last five games, against 20.1 in 42 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.3Season avg23.0Last 3

23.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.3 in 36 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 20.3 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 47

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: 32, 33, 23, 23, 25, 33, 33, 52, 16, 47CLE @ IND · L
28.6 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
47 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 9, 25, 15, 16, 33, 30, 24, 20, 35GSW vs NYK · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 11, 22, 38, 30, 25, 61, 36, 26, 19, 34LAL vs OKC · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 15, 27, 21, 19, 15, 10, 10, 33MIN vs TOR · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 27, 35, 14, 24, 30, 32, 29, 21, 22, 33MIA vs DEN · L
28.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 46, 18, 35, 29, 33, 31, 31, 39, 31OKC @ LAL · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 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
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+8.6 24.2 last 10 · 15.6 season
Ramon SessionsMIL+7.2 18.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Deron WilliamsUTA+7.0 25.8 last 10 · 18.8 season
Kevin DurantOKC+6.4 32.0 last 10 · 25.6 season
Raja BellCHA+6.0 17.6 last 10 · 11.6 season
Cold
Marquis DanielsIND−7.3 6.0 last 10 · 13.3 season
Baron DavisLAC−6.1 9.5 last 10 · 15.6 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Matt BarnesPHX−4.0 5.5 last 10 · 9.5 season
Andris BiedrinsGSW−3.9 9.1 last 10 · 13.0 season