FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 11, 2009Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed NYK by 6 after the first quarter and won 128–124.

Final
WAS89
CHA101
Q1 CHA +3; Q2 CHA +11; Q3 CHA +14; Q4 CHA +12
Final
PHX92
CLE109
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +12; Q3 CLE +16; Q4 CLE +17
Final
DEN82
ORL73
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +9
Final
MEM87
PHI91
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +4; Q3 PHI +5; Q4 PHI +4
Final
SAS89
TOR91
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR +2
Final
ATL99
DET95
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +4
Final
IND110
MIL122
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL -2; Q3 MIL +6; Q4 MIL +12
Final
BOS89
NOH77
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +12
Final
SAC82
HOU94
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +18; Q4 HOU +12
Final
LAL109
UTA113
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA -2; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +4
Final
OKC92
POR106
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +14
Final · OT
NYK124
LAC128
Q1 LAC -6; Q2 LAC -1; Q3 LAC -1; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 LAC +4
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 11, 2008: 7 games. Top scorer: Stephen Jackson (GSW vs WAS), 41 points.
The lead · NYK @ LAC

Eric Gordon scores 30, Clippers win in overtime

Tied 110–110 after regulation. Final: 128–124.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-6-1-10+4LAC AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NYK3425272414124
LAC2830272518128
Who led
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 27, 25, 12, 14, 23, 11, 17, 30LAC30 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Steve NovakPoints, last 10 games: 21, 2, 19, 17, 7, 11, 6, 6, 13, 23LAC23 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 24, 14, 13, 11, 13, 19, 30, 33NYK33 PTS · 9 REB · 15 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 18, 12, 16, 20, 7, 9, 4, 6, 27NYK27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Cleveland by 17.

TOR over SAS2PHI over MEM4ATL over DET4UTA over LAL4LAC over NYK4DEN over ORL9CHA over WAS12MIL over IND12BOS over NOH12HOU over SAC12POR over OKC14CLE over PHX17Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.8Season avg33.0Last 5

33.0 points a game over his last five games, against 18.8 in 38 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.8 in 44 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.0Season avg51.5Today

52 minutes today, against 29.0 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 33 points, 9 rebounds, 15 assists.

Top performances

Mo Williams leads the day with 44

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.
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 43, 12, 23, 22, 16, 9, 19, 15, 44CLE vs PHX · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +26.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high44 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 38, 30, 25, 61, 36, 26, 19, 34, 37LAL @ UTA · L
27.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 24, 14, 13, 11, 13, 19, 30, 33NYK @ LAC · L
16.0 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 9 REB · 15 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 26, 8, 9, 13, 30, 22, 32, 19, 9, 32SAS @ TOR · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 20, 10, 19, 17, 20, 27, 16, 25, 32MIL vs IND · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 32, 17, 15, 19, 24, 35, 34, 34, 31, 31UTA vs LAL · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 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
Deron WilliamsUTA+8.0 27.2 last 10 · 19.2 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+7.0 22.7 last 10 · 15.7 season
Ramon SessionsMIL+6.5 18.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Raja BellCHA+6.0 17.6 last 10 · 11.6 season
Kevin DurantOKC+5.8 31.3 last 10 · 25.5 season
Cold
Marquis DanielsIND−7.3 6.0 last 10 · 13.3 season
Baron DavisLAC−5.8 9.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Andris BiedrinsGSW−3.9 9.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Matt BarnesPHX−3.8 5.6 last 10 · 9.4 season