FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 10, 2010Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed BOS by 12 at halftime and won 93–85.

Final
MIA94
ATL76
Q1 MIA -7; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +18
Final
PHI93
TOR104
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +9; Q3 TOR +15; Q4 TOR +11
Final
SAC103
DET97
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC -1; Q3 SAC -1; Q4 SAC +6
Final
MIL97
NJN77
Q1 MIL -6; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +20
Final
ORL107
CHI87
Q1 ORL +24; Q2 ORL +22; Q3 ORL +25; Q4 ORL +20
Final
CHA93
MIN92
Q1 CHA +13; Q2 CHA +13; Q3 CHA +10; Q4 CHA +1
Final
BOS85
NOH93
Q1 NOH +2; Q2 NOH -12; Q3 NOH +5; Q4 NOH +8
Final
POR108
PHX101
Q1 POR +10; Q2 POR +16; Q3 POR +16; Q4 POR +7
Final
LAL96
UTA81
Q1 LAL +13; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +19; Q4 LAL +15
Final
LAC102
GSW132
Q1 GSW +18; Q2 GSW +18; Q3 GSW +36; Q4 GSW +30
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 10, 2009: 9 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ IND), 47 points.
The lead · BOS @ NOH

New Orleans beats Boston, 93–85

New Orleans led 72–67 after three and won by 8. Darren Collison led New Orleans with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · NOH 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+2-12+5+8NOH AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS2728121885
NOH2914292193
Who led
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 3, 17, 16, 9, 17, 24, 27, 25NOH25 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 3, 14, 13, 20, 11, 15, 23, 18, 29, 20NOH20 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 24, 22, 12, 35, 15, 12, 13, 15BOS15 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Marquis DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 6, 5, 8, 3, 4, 6, 0, 8, 14BOS14 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.1Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.1 in 46 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−23.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.2Season avg7.8Last 3

7.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.2 in 41 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Season avg41.9Today

42 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Golden State by 30.

CHA over MIN1SAC over DET6POR over PHX7NOH over BOS8TOR over PHI11LAL over UTA15MIA over ATL18MIL over NJN20ORL over CHI20GSW over LAC30Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 36

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 15, 22, 14, 14, 6, 23, 25, 36GSW vs LAC · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +21.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Dec 17, 2004: 36 PTS · 10 REB · 14 AST
Career high36 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 30, 30, 13, 23, 30, 26, 22, 33CHA @ MIN · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Anthony TolliverPoints, last 10 games: 19, 5, 11, 13, 4, 4, 0, 11, 14, 29GSW vs LAC · W
8.8 PPG season to date · +21.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 10, 11, 4, 24, 15, 17, 21, 27NJN vs MIL · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Anthony MorrowPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 12, 5, 3, 24, 0, 5, 33, 26GSW vs LAC · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 7, 4, 11, 14, 11, 9, 16, 26PHI @ TOR · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 2 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
Darren CollisonNOH+7.4 15.9 last 10 · 8.5 season
Stephen CurryGSW+5.9 20.7 last 10 · 14.8 season
Andrei KirilenkoUTA+5.2 17.6 last 10 · 12.4 season
George HillSAS+5.1 16.0 last 10 · 10.9 season
Paul MillsapUTA+5.0 16.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−7.5 4.5 last 10 · 12.0 season
Antawn JamisonWAS−6.9 13.6 last 10 · 20.5 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Ben GordonDET−5.2 10.5 last 10 · 15.7 season
Devin BrownCHI−5.1 3.5 last 10 · 8.6 season