FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 25, 2009Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed ATL by 5 after the first quarter and won 110–109.

Final
MEM99
IND104
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +5
Final
PHI106
WAS98
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI +15; Q4 PHI +8
Final
CHI99
NJN111
Q1 NJN -1; Q2 NJN +1; Q3 NJN -4; Q4 NJN +12
Final
ORL114
NYK109
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +5
Final
UTA120
MIN103
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +17
Final
DET87
NOH90
Q1 NOH +9; Q2 NOH +1; Q3 NOH +1; Q4 NOH +3
Final
MIL96
DAL116
Q1 DAL +10; Q2 DAL +24; Q3 DAL +17; Q4 DAL +20
Final
POR84
SAS99
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +15
Final
ATL109
DEN110
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +14; Q4 DEN +1
Final
CHA98
SAC91
Q1 CHA +10; Q2 CHA +14; Q3 CHA +18; Q4 CHA +7
Final
BOS91
LAC93
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC -4; Q3 LAC -1; Q4 LAC +2
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 25, 2008: 6 games. Top scorer: DeShawn Stevenson (WAS @ NOH), 33 points.
The lead · ATL @ DEN

Chauncey Billups scores 33 in Denver win over Atlanta

Final: 110–109. Chauncey Billups added 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+7+14+1DEN AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL33202531109
DEN28323218110
Who led
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 16, 9, 23, 11, 22, 25, 21, 3, 33DEN33 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 32, 23, 15, 19, 29, 26, 12, 33, 18, 23DEN23 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Marvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 17, 5, 11, 10, 6, 15, 7, 31ATL31 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 17, 22, 27, 14, 20, 21, 15, 26ATL26 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Mavericks rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Dallas beat Milwaukee by 20.

DEN over ATL1LAC over BOS2NOH over DET3IND over MEM5ORL over NYK5CHA over SAC7PHI over WAS8NJN over CHI12SAS over POR15UTA over MIN17DAL over MIL20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.1Season avg29.8Last 5

29.8 points a game over his last five games, against 17.1 in 49 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
38.2Season avg23.7Last 3

23.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 38.2 in 53 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.8Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 18.8 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Devin Harris 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.
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 28, 28, 21, 10, 18, 26, 39, 42NJN vs CHI · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +20.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 7, 20, 22, 14, 19, 9, 37, 39SAS vs POR · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 16, 9, 23, 11, 22, 25, 21, 3, 33DEN vs ATL · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 15, 11, 13, 7, 24, 20, 16, 33ORL @ NYK · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 19, 30, 33, 32, 26, 18, 41, 32NYK vs ORL · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Marvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 29, 17, 5, 11, 10, 6, 15, 7, 31ATL @ DEN · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 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+8.2 20.3 last 10 · 12.1 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+8.1 25.5 last 10 · 17.4 season
Kevin DurantOKC+6.8 33.1 last 10 · 26.3 season
Lamar OdomLAL+6.5 17.4 last 10 · 10.9 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+6.4 22.7 last 10 · 16.3 season
Cold
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−4.5 20.4 last 10 · 24.9 season
Andris BiedrinsGSW−4.3 8.5 last 10 · 12.8 season
Vince CarterNJN−4.3 16.2 last 10 · 20.5 season
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.2 8.7 last 10 · 12.9 season