FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 21, 2010Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed ATL by 17 after three quarters and won 108–104.

Final
CLE95
ORL101
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL -1; Q4 ORL +6
Final
BOS105
DEN114
Q1 DEN +18; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +9; Q4 DEN +9
Final · OT
SAS101
DET109
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +8
Final
MEM104
NJN94
Q1 MEM -16; Q2 MEM -11; Q3 MEM +4; Q4 MEM +10
Final
OKC109
MIN107
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +11; Q3 OKC +6; Q4 OKC +2
Final
HOU94
NOH102
Q1 NOH +8; Q2 NOH +11; Q3 NOH +12; Q4 NOH +8
Final
ATL104
GSW108
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW -1; Q3 GSW -17; Q4 GSW +4
Final
SAC88
PHX104
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +16
Final · OT
UTA93
POR89
Q1 UTA -13; Q2 UTA -12; Q3 UTA -13; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +4
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 21, 2009: 5 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ GSW), 32 points.
The lead · ATL @ GSW

Stephen Curry drops 32 in 17-point comeback win over Atlanta

Atlanta led by 17 after three. Final: 108–104.

Game flow · GSW 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 Q3Final0-3-1-17+4GSW AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL24283814104
GSW21302235108
Who led
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 6, 23, 25, 36, 11, 24, 13, 32GSW32 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 4, 19, 22, 25, 34, 46, 15, 27, 6, 26GSW26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 37, 34, 18, 11, 16, 18, 19, 31ATL31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 11, 4, 14, 16, 15, 15, 11, 31, 10, 26ATL26 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.0Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.0 in 49 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.8Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.8 in 51 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg42.4Today

42 minutes today, against 21.7 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Phoenix by 16.

OKC over MIN2GSW over ATL4UTA over POR4ORL over CLE6DET over SAS8NOH over HOU8DEN over BOS9MEM over NJN10PHX over SAC16Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 33

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 32, 22, 36, 47, 32, 32, 43, 22, 33CLE @ ORL · L
30.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 6, 23, 25, 36, 11, 24, 13, 32GSW vs ATL · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 45, 33, 30, 29, 33, 25, 36, 32OKC @ MIN · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 37, 34, 18, 11, 16, 18, 19, 31ATL @ GSW · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 22, 15, 11, 16, 16, 8, 10, 29SAS @ DET · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 10, 25, 15, 11, 27, 18, 21, 29, 15, 29MEM @ NJN · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 1 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+11.0 20.3 last 10 · 9.3 season
Peja StojakovicNOH+6.2 19.1 last 10 · 12.9 season
Andray BlatcheWAS+5.7 15.5 last 10 · 9.8 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+5.0 15.8 last 10 · 10.8 season
Paul MillsapUTA+5.0 16.5 last 10 · 11.5 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−8.0 3.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Devin BrownCHI−5.9 2.4 last 10 · 8.3 season
Antawn JamisonCLE−5.8 14.2 last 10 · 20.0 season
Charlie VillanuevaDET−5.7 7.1 last 10 · 12.8 season