FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 20, 2009Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed DEN by 10 after the first quarter and won 116–99.

Final
ORL92
CHA80
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +16; Q4 ORL +12
Final
TOR97
NYK127
Q1 NYK +20; Q2 NYK +25; Q3 NYK +26; Q4 NYK +30
Final
DAL86
HOU93
Q1 HOU -9; Q2 HOU -7; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +7
Final
SAC115
MEM106
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC +3; Q4 SAC +9
Final
IND112
MIN105
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +15; Q4 IND +7
Final
WAS107
NJN96
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +15; Q4 WAS +11
Final
DEN99
CHI116
Q1 CHI -10; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +17
Final
CLE111
MIL103
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -6; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +8
Final
OKC118
PHX140
Q1 PHX +15; Q2 PHX +22; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +22
Final
ATL98
POR108
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +10
Final · OT
NOH111
LAL115
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +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 20, 2008: 10 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ PHX), 41 points.
The lead · DEN @ CHI

Ben Gordon scores 37, Chicago rallies past Denver

Chicago trailed by 10 after one and won 116–99.

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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-100+6+17CHI AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN3123232299
CHI21332933116
Who led
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 26, 20, 19, 28, 24, 34, 18, 37CHI37 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 17, 28, 13, 10, 7, 6, 21, 22CHI22 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 12, 12, 4, 16, 9, 23, 11, 22, 25DEN25 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Nene HilarioPoints, last 10 games: 11, 22, 17, 20, 6, 9, 6, 12, 17, 19DEN19 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · DAL @ HOU

Houston climbs back to beat Dallas

Dallas led by 9 after one. Houston won it 93–86. Yao Ming led Houston with 22 points, 13 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · HOU vs DAL
Yao Ming · HOUJ.J. Barea · DALPTS2226REB134AST05Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.4Season avg28.0Last 5

28.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.4 in 46 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg10.1Last 3

10.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.9 in 49 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.1Season avg27.4Today

27 minutes today, against 5.1 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 55

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, 25, 33, 33, 52, 16, 47, 26, 20, 55CLE @ MIL · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +26.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high55 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Leandro BarbosaPoints, last 10 games: 32, 11, 20, 8, 17, 9, 9, 24, 13, 41PHX vs OKC · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +27.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high41 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 61, 36, 26, 19, 34, 37, 10, 30, 39LAL vs NOH · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 26, 20, 19, 28, 24, 34, 18, 37CHI vs DEN · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 19, 15, 10, 10, 33, 23, 14, 36MIN vs IND · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 29, 33, 31, 31, 39, 31, 20, 47, 35OKC @ PHX · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 5 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+7.1 18.9 last 10 · 11.8 season
Kevin DurantOKC+7.0 33.1 last 10 · 26.1 season
Deron WilliamsUTA+7.0 26.1 last 10 · 19.1 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+6.2 22.0 last 10 · 15.8 season
Tyrus ThomasCHI+5.9 15.8 last 10 · 9.9 season
Cold
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
Marquis DanielsIND−4.0 9.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Andris BiedrinsGSW−3.9 9.1 last 10 · 13.0 season