FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 22, 2009Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed DEN by 3 at halftime and won 120–117.

Final
CHI91
IND98
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND +1; Q4 IND +7
Final
NYK100
TOR111
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +8; Q4 TOR +11
Final
BOS128
PHX108
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +14; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +20
Final
CHA78
HOU99
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +21
Final
DEN117
MIL120
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL +3
Final
MIA99
ORL122
Q1 ORL +15; Q2 ORL +18; Q3 ORL +19; Q4 ORL +23
Final
LAC87
POR116
Q1 POR +22; Q2 POR +26; Q3 POR +24; Q4 POR +29
Final
LAL111
MIN108
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL +3
Final
DET78
CLE99
Q1 CLE +14; Q2 CLE +33; Q3 CLE +30; Q4 CLE +21
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 22, 2008: 13 games. Top scorer: Jamal Crawford (NYK vs TOR), 43 points.
The lead · DEN @ MIL

Charlie Villanueva hits seven threes, Milwaukee tops Denver

36 points for Charlie Villanueva. Final: 120–117.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-30+3MIL AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN35372421117
MIL36332724120
Who led
Charlie VillanuevaPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 11, 33, 25, 17, 10, 17, 26, 36MIL36 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Ramon SessionsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 20, 19, 44, 26, 15, 17, 12, 12, 27MIL27 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 35, 32, 23, 15, 19, 29, 26, 12, 33DEN33 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 4, 16, 9, 23, 11, 22, 25, 21DEN21 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · LAL @ MIN

Lakers take over late to edge Minnesota

Down 2 after three, Lakers won the fourth 33–28. Final: 111–108. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over DEN3LAL over MIN3IND over CHI7TOR over NYK11BOS over PHX20HOU over CHA21CLE over DET21ORL over MIA23POR over LAC29Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.6Season avg27.8Last 5

27.8 points a game over his last five games, against 16.6 in 47 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.4Season avg28.8Last 3

28.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.4 in 53 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.2Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 15.2 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 50

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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 30, 32, 29, 21, 22, 33, 24, 37, 25, 50MIA @ ORL · L
28.8 PPG season to date · +21.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high50 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Charlie VillanuevaPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 11, 33, 25, 17, 10, 17, 26, 36MIL vs DEN · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 35, 32, 23, 15, 19, 29, 26, 12, 33DEN @ MIL · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 29, 35, 12, 21, 30, 16, 45, 12, 13, 32ORL vs MIA · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 8, 5, 20, 16, 12, 6, 6, 19, 15, 32BOS @ PHX · W
11.7 PPG season to date · +20.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 39, 27, 19, 24, 19, 11, 20, 31NYK @ TOR · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 0 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 20.0 last 10 · 12.1 season
Deron WilliamsUTA+7.4 26.6 last 10 · 19.2 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+6.7 22.8 last 10 · 16.1 season
Kevin DurantOKC+6.6 32.8 last 10 · 26.2 season
Lamar OdomLAL+6.3 17.2 last 10 · 10.9 season
Cold
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Chris BoshTOR−4.5 17.8 last 10 · 22.3 season
Baron DavisLAC−4.1 11.2 last 10 · 15.3 season
Andris BiedrinsGSW−3.9 9.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Rashard LewisORL−3.8 14.6 last 10 · 18.4 season