FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 17, 2010Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed NYK by 11 at halftime and won 115–109.

Final
SAS90
IND87
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +3
Final
DET91
ORL116
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +6; Q4 ORL +25
Final · OT
MEM109
TOR102
Q1 MEM +12; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM +2; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +7
Final
MIN99
WAS108
Q1 WAS -6; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +9
Final
MIA87
NJN84
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +3
Final
CHI115
NYK109
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI -11; Q3 CHI -2; Q4 CHI +6
Final
HOU127
MIL99
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +34; Q4 HOU +28
Final
UTA98
NOH90
Q1 UTA -6; Q2 UTA -2; Q3 UTA +1; Q4 UTA +8
Final
PHX97
DAL107
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +10
Final
SAC98
GSW130
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW +27; Q3 GSW +31; Q4 GSW +32
Final
ATL110
LAC92
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +12; Q3 ATL +6; Q4 ATL +18
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 17, 2009: 10 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs NOH), 47 points.
The lead · CHI @ NYK

Chicago climbs out of an 11-point hole against New York

Down 11 at the half, the Bulls won the fourth quarter 33–25 and the game 115–109. Derrick Rose led Chicago with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-2-11-2+6CHI AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI25282933115
NYK27372025109
Who led
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 16, 30, 19, 24, 21, 3, 29, 27CHI27 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 18, 17, 20, 25, 23, 23, 18, 23CHI23 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 7, 26, 20, 12, 22, 16, 17, 15, 27NYK27 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 13, 27, 15, 19, 6, 35, 10, 26NYK26 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 47 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.9minutes, last 2 vs 2008–09 avg
Minutes per game
30.42008–09 avg11.5Last 2

11.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 30.4 in 2008–09 (65 games). Today: 9 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.3Season avg35.4Today

35 minutes today, against 15.3 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Golden State by 32.

SAS over IND3MIA over NJN3CHI over NYK6MEM over TOR7UTA over NOH8WAS over MIN9DAL over PHX10ATL over LAC18ORL over DET25HOU over MIL28GSW over SAC32Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

C.J. Watson leads the day with 40

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.
C.J. WatsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 4, 13, 9, 14, 0, 0, 11, 20, 40GSW vs SAC · W
9.3 PPG season to date · +31.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Garnett MIN, Feb 7, 2001: 40 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Season high40 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 8, 14, 22, 6, 17, 15, 14, 12, 36DET @ ORL · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 31, 16, 22, 20, 16, 25, 18, 19, 33ORL vs DET · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Andray BlatchePoints, last 10 games: 19, 0, 10, 14, 10, 9, 14, 8, 15, 33WAS vs MIN · W
9.4 PPG season to date · +24.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 24, 27, 26, 35, 20, 36, 23, 32TOR vs MEM · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 9, 4, 11, 4, 14, 16, 15, 15, 11, 31ATL @ LAC · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 6 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
Darren CollisonNOH+8.6 17.4 last 10 · 8.8 season
Peja StojakovicNOH+5.9 18.7 last 10 · 12.8 season
Paul MillsapUTA+5.7 17.3 last 10 · 11.6 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+4.9 15.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Daniel GibsonCLE+4.8 12.1 last 10 · 7.3 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−7.9 3.6 last 10 · 11.5 season
Antawn JamisonWAS−6.9 13.6 last 10 · 20.5 season
Ben GordonDET−6.4 8.8 last 10 · 15.2 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Devin BrownCHI−5.7 2.8 last 10 · 8.5 season