FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 24, 2009Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed MIN by 12 after the first quarter and won 118–110.

Final
MEM79
CLE94
Q1 CLE +11; Q2 CLE +22; Q3 CLE +20; Q4 CLE +15
Final
MIN110
TOR118
Q1 TOR -12; Q2 TOR -4; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR +8
Final
DET91
MIA103
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +12
Final
ORL102
CHI120
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +18
Final
LAL107
OKC93
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +14
Final
POR94
HOU98
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +17; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +4
Final
DAL76
SAS93
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +17
Final
CHA102
PHX112
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +10
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 24, 2008: 8 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (PHX vs DET), 31 points.
The lead · MIN @ TOR

Toronto fights back from 12 down against Minnesota

Final: 118–110, after trailing by 12 after one. Andrea Bargnani led Toronto with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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 Q3Final0-12-4+2+8TOR AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN37192628110
TOR25273234118
Who led
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 19, 8, 18, 23, 11, 18, 28, 26TOR26 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 18, 18, 11, 29, 12, 12, 11, 26TOR26 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 10, 10, 33, 23, 14, 36, 16, 25MIN25 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Ryan GomesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 3, 12, 21, 17, 15, 20, 26, 20, 23MIN23 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Second story · DET @ MIA

Miami gets past Detroit

103–91, with Miami ahead 52–51 at halftime. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 31 points, 7 rebounds and 16 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over POR4TOR over MIN8PHX over CHA10MIA over DET12LAL over OKC14CLE over MEM15SAS over DAL17CHI over ORL18Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over DET.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.7Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.7 in 50 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.1Season avg25.8Last 3

25.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.1 in 54 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.6Season avg34.0Today

34 minutes today, against 12.6 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 14 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Tony Parker leads the day with 37

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.
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 25, 23, 7, 20, 22, 14, 19, 9, 37SAS vs DAL · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 36, 26, 19, 34, 37, 10, 30, 39, 28, 36LAL @ OKC · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 31, 31, 39, 31, 20, 47, 35, 32, 32OKC vs LAL · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 32, 29, 21, 22, 33, 24, 37, 25, 50, 31MIA vs DET · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 16 AST
Boris DiawPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 10, 15, 14, 14, 14, 15, 13, 27CHA @ PHX · L
12.2 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 35, 12, 21, 30, 16, 45, 12, 13, 32, 26ORL @ CHI · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 1 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+7.1 26.2 last 10 · 19.1 season
Kevin DurantOKC+6.8 33.1 last 10 · 26.3 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+6.7 22.8 last 10 · 16.1 season
Lamar OdomLAL+6.5 17.4 last 10 · 10.9 season
Cold
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.3 8.7 last 10 · 13.0 season
Andris BiedrinsGSW−4.3 8.5 last 10 · 12.8 season
Rashard LewisORL−4.2 14.1 last 10 · 18.3 season
Chris BoshTOR−3.9 18.5 last 10 · 22.4 season