FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 18, 2009Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed PHI by 12 after the first quarter and won 101–89.

Final
IND94
CHA103
Q1 CHA +7; Q2 CHA +3; Q3 CHA +10; Q4 CHA +9
Final
DEN101
PHI89
Q1 DEN -12; Q2 DEN -10; Q3 DEN +3; Q4 DEN +12
Final
CLE93
TOR76
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +15; Q4 CLE +17
Final
MIN111
MIA104
Q1 MIN -11; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +7
Final
CHI113
MIL104
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI -2; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +9
Final
ORL85
NOH117
Q1 NOH +15; Q2 NOH +13; Q3 NOH +24; Q4 NOH +32
Final
NJN98
DAL113
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL +22; Q4 DAL +15
Final
MEM90
POR94
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +4
Final
ATL105
SAC100
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL -4; Q3 ATL +6; Q4 ATL +5
Final
LAL129
GSW121
Q1 LAL -4; Q2 LAL -6; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL +8
Final
PHX142
LAC119
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +14; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +23
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 · DEN @ PHI

Denver rallies from 12 down to beat Philadelphia

Trailing by 12 after one, Denver outscored the 76ers 88–64 the rest of the way. Final: 101–89. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 26 points, 14 rebounds and 1 assist.

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 Q3Final0-12-10+3+12DEN AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN13243430101
PHI2522212189
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 19, 35, 32, 23, 15, 19, 29, 26DEN26 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 12, 12, 4, 16, 9, 23, 11, 22DEN22 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 6, 19, 21, 13, 15, 7, 24, 6, 17PHI17 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 9, 11, 5, 10, 11, 4, 17, 15PHI15 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.8Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.8 in 53 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg6.4Last 3

6.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.2 in 48 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.5Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 14.5 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: New Orleans by 32.

POR over MEM4ATL over SAC5MIN over MIA7LAL over GSW8CHA over IND9CHI over MIL9DEN over PHI12DAL over NJN15CLE over TOR17PHX over LAC23NOH over ORL32Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Amar'e Stoudemire leads the day with 42

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: 28, 12, 25, 13, 19, 18, 19, 27, 23, 42PHX @ LAC · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +21.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 30, 32, 29, 21, 22, 33, 24, 37MIA vs MIN · L
28.4 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 27, 12, 31, 38, 12, 13, 21, 36NOH vs ORL · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Al ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 5, 9, 27, 9, 31, 6, 20, 8, 33LAC vs PHX · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 35, 18, 27, 37, 13, 37, 23, 18, 18, 32SAC vs ATL · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 17, 20, 27, 16, 25, 32, 29, 32MIL vs CHI · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 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+7.7 19.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Deron WilliamsUTA+6.8 26.0 last 10 · 19.2 season
Eric GordonLAC+5.6 20.6 last 10 · 15.0 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−6.2 7.1 last 10 · 13.3 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Baron DavisLAC−4.7 10.6 last 10 · 15.3 season
Jamal CrawfordGSW−4.2 14.9 last 10 · 19.1 season
Andris BiedrinsGSW−3.9 9.1 last 10 · 13.0 season