FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 5, 2010Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed ORL by 19 after the first quarter and won 92–91.

Final
DET83
IND107
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +15; Q3 IND +20; Q4 IND +24
Final
WAS92
ORL91
Q1 WAS -19; Q2 WAS -15; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +1
Final
NJN87
BOS96
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS -1; Q4 BOS +9
Final
MIL114
NYK107
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL -5; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +7
Final
CHI81
ATL91
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL -6; Q4 ATL +10
Final
HOU101
MEM83
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +18
Final
PHI101
NOH94
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI +9; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +7
Final
MIN117
DAL108
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN -4; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +9
Final
PHX114
SAC102
Q1 PHX +15; Q2 PHX +15; Q3 PHX +25; Q4 PHX +12
Final
DEN126
LAL113
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN -5; Q3 DEN +5; Q4 DEN +13
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 · 2008–09Feb 5, 2009: 3 games. Top scorer: Deron Williams (UTA vs DAL), 34 points.
The lead · WAS @ ORL

Caron Butler drops 31 in 19-point comeback win over Orlando

Orlando led by 19 after one. Final: 92–91.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-19-15+7+1WAS AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS1322391892
ORL3218172491
Who led
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 20, 14, 10, 18, 8, 10, 20, 31WAS31 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 14, 6, 11, 6, 14, 2, 15, 22WAS22 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 9, 6, 11, 21, 15, 6, 6, 2, 17, 21ORL21 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 24, 32, 19, 10, 27, 19, 31, 16, 22, 20ORL20 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.1Season avg12.4Last 5

12.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.1 in 43 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.3Season avg11.8Last 3

11.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.3 in 39 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.1Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 18.1 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · CHI @ ATL

Atlanta gets past Chicago

91–81, with Atlanta ahead 50–46 at halftime. Josh Smith led Atlanta with 18 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over ORL1MIL over NYK7PHI over NOH7BOS over NJN9MIN over DAL9ATL over CHI10PHX over SAC12DEN over LAL13HOU over MEM18IND over DET24Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over CHI.
Top performances

Chauncey Billups leads the day with 39

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.
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 37, 20, 20, 27, 21, 19, 25, 23, 11, 39DEN @ LAL · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 27, 27, 26, 29, 24, 19, 44, 5, 33LAL vs DEN · L
28.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 26, 11, 31, 11, 28, 29, 24, 16, 22, 32NYK vs MIL · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 20, 14, 10, 18, 8, 10, 20, 31WAS @ ORL · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Donte GreenePoints, last 10 games: 12, 0, 5, 8, 4, 0, 6, 7, 12, 31SAC vs PHX · L
8.6 PPG season to date · +22.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 15, 16, 12, 22, 36, 25, 20, 30PHX @ SAC · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 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
Marcus ThorntonNOH+5.9 16.8 last 10 · 10.9 season
Stephen CurryGSW+5.6 19.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Corey MaggetteGSW+5.0 25.7 last 10 · 20.7 season
Brandon RushIND+5.0 13.8 last 10 · 8.8 season
Carlos DelfinoMIL+4.6 14.7 last 10 · 10.1 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−6.9 5.7 last 10 · 12.6 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Antawn JamisonWAS−5.8 14.8 last 10 · 20.6 season
Beno UdrihSAC−5.1 7.1 last 10 · 12.2 season
Devin BrownCHI−4.8 4.3 last 10 · 9.1 season