FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 17, 2009Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed CHA by 7 at halftime and won 107–102.

Final
PHI91
IND100
Q1 IND +10; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND +17; Q4 IND +9
Final · OT
CHA102
ORL107
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL -7; Q3 ORL -6; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +5
Final
MIN103
WAS111
Q1 WAS +11; Q2 WAS +9; Q3 WAS 0; Q4 WAS +8
Final
MIL92
DET86
Q1 MIL +12; Q2 MIL +13; Q3 MIL +13; Q4 MIL +6
Final · OT
SAS107
NYK112
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK 0; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +5
Final
NOH100
OKC98
Q1 NOH +14; Q2 NOH +6; Q3 NOH +7; Q4 NOH +2
Final
NJN88
HOU114
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +16; Q3 HOU +19; Q4 HOU +26
Final
LAC100
PHX140
Q1 PHX +15; Q2 PHX +32; Q3 PHX +46; Q4 PHX +40
Final
MEM99
UTA117
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +18
Final
ATL83
LAL96
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +25; Q4 LAL +13
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · CHA @ ORL

Dwight Howard scores 45 as Orlando beats Charlotte

Orlando won 107–102. Dwight Howard: 45 points, 19 rebounds, 0 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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+4-7-60+5ORL AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
CHA212924217102
ORL2518252712107
Who led
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 22, 29, 35, 12, 21, 30, 16, 45ORL45 PTS · 19 REB · 0 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 19, 15, 12, 7, 16, 14, 12, 17ORL17 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 21, 7, 9, 16, 15, 9, 15, 15, 22CHA22 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Emeka OkaforPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 18, 10, 15, 15, 10, 19, 16, 14CHA14 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Phoenix posts the night's biggest win

Phoenix beat Clippers by 40, the widest margin of 10 games.

NOH over OKC2ORL over CHA5NYK over SAS5MIL over DET6WAS over MIN8IND over PHI9LAL over ATL13UTA over MEM18HOU over NJN26PHX over LAC40Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.7Season avg24.2Last 5

24.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.7 in 52 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.5Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.5 in 47 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.7Season avg24Today

24 minutes today, against 6.7 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant 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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 18, 35, 29, 33, 31, 31, 39, 31, 20, 47OKC vs NOH · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +21.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high47 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 22, 29, 35, 12, 21, 30, 16, 45ORL vs CHA · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +24.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high45 PTS · 19 REB · 0 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 12, 16, 25, 24, 17, 9, 15, 37NOH @ OKC · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 14, 13, 11, 13, 19, 30, 33, 32NYK vs SAS · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 23, 8, 27, 18, 7, 15, 20, 12, 25, 30NJN @ HOU · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 25, 29, 10, 26, 34, 17, 23, 29WAS vs MIN · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 2 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
Ramon SessionsMIL+7.9 19.7 last 10 · 11.8 season
Deron WilliamsUTA+6.8 26.0 last 10 · 19.2 season
Raja BellCHA+6.3 17.9 last 10 · 11.6 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.5 19.5 last 10 · 14.0 season
Kevin DurantOKC+5.5 31.4 last 10 · 25.9 season
Cold
Marquis DanielsIND−7.3 5.9 last 10 · 13.2 season
Baron DavisLAC−5.8 9.5 last 10 · 15.3 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Jamal CrawfordGSW−5.1 13.9 last 10 · 19.0 season
Andris BiedrinsGSW−3.9 9.1 last 10 · 13.0 season