FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 27, 2009Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed ORL by 8 at halftime and won 93–85.

Final
DET93
ORL85
Q1 DET -4; Q2 DET -8; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +8
Final
CHI90
WAS113
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS +4; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +23
Final
MIA83
ATL91
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL +11; Q4 ATL +8
Final
IND99
BOS104
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +5
Final
PHI108
NYK103
Q1 PHI +18; Q2 PHI +17; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +5
Final
POR102
MIN82
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +19; Q4 POR +20
Final
MIL94
NOH95
Q1 NOH +11; Q2 NOH +15; Q3 NOH +14; Q4 NOH +1
Final · OT
OKC108
DAL110
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL -5; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +2
Final
LAL79
DEN90
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +3; Q4 DEN +11
Final
TOR113
PHX133
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +1; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +20
Final
CLE97
SAS86
Q1 CLE +14; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +21; Q4 CLE +11
Final
LAC86
SAC98
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC +13; Q3 SAC +18; Q4 SAC +12
Final
CHA112
GSW109
Q1 CHA +1; Q2 CHA +6; Q3 CHA +3; Q4 CHA +3
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 27, 2008: 10 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (PHX @ NOH), 32 points.
The lead · DET @ ORL

Richard Hamilton scores 31, Detroit rallies past Orlando

Detroit trailed by 8 at the half and won 93–85.

Game flow · DET 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-8+6+8DET AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2023282293
ORL2427142085
Who led
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 38, 27, 30, 14, 22, 4, 11, 9, 24, 31DET31 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 16, 12, 3, 2, 8, 8, 6, 22DET22 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 16, 45, 12, 13, 32, 26, 24, 21ORL21 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Rafer AlstonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 9, 5, 9, 3, 12, 10, 15, 14ORL14 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.4Season avg26.2Last 5

26.2 points a game over his last five games, against 17.4 in 50 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.0 in 52 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg44.3Today

44 minutes today, against 24.3 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Washington by 23.

NOH over MIL1DAL over OKC2CHA over GSW3BOS over IND5PHI over NYK5DET over ORL8ATL over MIA8DEN over LAL11CLE over SAS11SAC over LAC12POR over MIN20PHX over TOR20WAS over CHI23Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Shaquille O'Neal leads the day with 45

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.
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 20, 7, 11, 15, 16, 22, 17, 20, 12, 45PHX vs TOR · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +27.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high45 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 14, 44, 21, 37, 23, 9, 12, 14, 14, 41DAL vs OKC · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 11, 17, 21, 12, 19, 31, 14, 33OKC @ DAL · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 30, 24, 20, 35, 20, 24, 26, 28, 33GSW vs CHA · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 38, 27, 30, 14, 22, 4, 11, 9, 24, 31DET @ ORL · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 52, 16, 47, 26, 20, 55, 20, 15, 21, 30CLE @ SAS · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 14 REB · 4 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
Nate RobinsonNYK+8.5 25.8 last 10 · 17.3 season
Ramon SessionsMIL+7.1 19.1 last 10 · 12.0 season
Lamar OdomLAL+6.5 17.6 last 10 · 11.1 season
Stephen JacksonGSW+6.2 27.3 last 10 · 21.1 season
Deron WilliamsUTA+6.2 25.1 last 10 · 18.9 season
Cold
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Quentin RichardsonNYK−4.9 5.5 last 10 · 10.4 season
Vince CarterNJN−4.3 16.2 last 10 · 20.5 season
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.0 9.1 last 10 · 13.1 season
Chris BoshTOR−3.6 18.7 last 10 · 22.3 season