FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 19, 2010Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed ORL by 10 after the first quarter and won 95–85.

Final
CLE93
CHA110
Q1 CHA -5; Q2 CHA 0; Q3 CHA +14; Q4 CHA +17
Final
SAS94
PHI106
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI -7; Q3 PHI -3; Q4 PHI +12
Final
DEN97
WAS107
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS -8; Q3 WAS -9; Q4 WAS +10
Final
MIL91
DET85
Q1 MIL -6; Q2 MIL +4; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +6
Final · 2OT
MIA100
MEM87
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +15; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA 0; OT2 MIA +13
Final
CHI100
MIN94
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI -3; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI +6
Final
TOR106
NJN89
Q1 TOR +11; Q2 TOR +15; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +17
Final
IND101
NOH107
Q1 NOH +12; Q2 NOH +19; Q3 NOH +12; Q4 NOH +6
Final
DAL95
ORL85
Q1 DAL -10; Q2 DAL -5; Q3 DAL -4; Q4 DAL +10
Final
ATL80
PHX88
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +8
Final
UTA100
GSW89
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA +18; Q3 UTA +20; Q4 UTA +11
Final
BOS96
POR76
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +18; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +20
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 19, 2009: 2 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (DET vs SAS), 31 points.
The lead · DAL @ ORL

Dallas climbs back to beat Orlando

Orlando led by 10 after one. Dallas won it 95–85. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final0-10-5-4+10DAL AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2319233095
ORL3314221685
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 19, 28, 28, 20, 21, 15, 17, 24, 28, 23DAL23 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 19, 21, 20, 36, 16, 14, 17, 16DAL16 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 22, 20, 16, 25, 18, 19, 33, 29ORL29 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 5, 12, 15, 4, 11, 13, 14, 16ORL16 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.8Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.8 in 48 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.9Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.9 in 44 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.5Season avg43.4Today

43 minutes today, against 16.5 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · DEN @ WAS

Washington fights back late to top Denver

Denver led 82–73 after three. Washington won the fourth 34–15 and the game 107–97. Al Thornton led Washington with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · WAS vs DEN
Al Thornton · WASChauncey Billups · DENPTS2128REB53AST12Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Carlos Boozer leads the day with 30

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.
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 21, 14, 19, 34, 11, 12, 16, 30UTA @ GSW · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 16, 13, 21, 6, 10, 7, 12, 23, 30MIA @ MEM · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 22, 20, 16, 25, 18, 19, 33, 29ORL vs DAL · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 29, 22, 20, 15, 11, 21, 27, 15, 5, 29NOH vs IND · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 13, 23, 30, 26, 22, 33, 15, 29CHA vs CLE · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 13, 8, 23, 25, 14, 27, 23, 29IND @ NOH · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 3 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+9.0 18.0 last 10 · 9.0 season
Peja StojakovicNOH+6.1 19.0 last 10 · 12.9 season
Paul MillsapUTA+5.3 16.8 last 10 · 11.5 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+5.1 15.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
George HillSAS+4.7 15.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−8.0 3.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Antawn JamisonCLE−6.9 13.1 last 10 · 20.0 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Devin BrownCHI−5.7 2.8 last 10 · 8.5 season
Ben GordonDET−5.7 9.2 last 10 · 14.9 season