FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 26, 2010Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 4 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed ATL by 11 after three quarters and won 111–103.

Final · OT
DAL111
ATL103
Q1 DAL +10; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL -11; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +8
Final · OT
CLE126
TOR118
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE 0; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +8
Final · OT
NYK118
WAS116
Q1 NYK -6; Q2 NYK -7; Q3 NYK -4; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +2
Final · OT
POR111
CHI115
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +1; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +4
Final
CHA93
MEM89
Q1 CHA -1; Q2 CHA +1; Q3 CHA +3; Q4 CHA +4
Final
MIN92
OKC109
Q1 OKC +11; Q2 OKC +14; Q3 OKC +19; Q4 OKC +17
Final
SAS104
HOU109
Q1 HOU +17; Q2 HOU +18; Q3 HOU +16; Q4 HOU +5
Final
DET102
DEN107
Q1 DEN -7; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +5
Final
LAC112
PHX125
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +13
Final
ORL93
NOH100
Q1 NOH +5; Q2 NOH -10; Q3 NOH -8; Q4 NOH +7
Final
UTA99
SAC103
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC -1; Q3 SAC 0; Q4 SAC +4
Final
PHI90
LAL99
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +9
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 26, 2009: 2 games. Top scorer: Yao Ming (HOU vs CLE), 28 points.
The lead · DAL @ ATL

Dirk Nowitzki scores 37, Dallas wins in overtime

Tied 99–99 after regulation. Final: 111–103.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+100-110+8DAL AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DAL2921153412111
ATL193126234103
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 17, 24, 28, 23, 28, 23, 31, 37DAL37 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 9, 12, 18, 10, 21, 10, 14, 19DAL19 PTS · 16 REB · 17 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 18, 11, 16, 18, 19, 31, 28, 21, 27ATL27 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 17, 18, 20, 21, 14, 18, 27, 18ATL18 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 54 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 51 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.7Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.7 in 60 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.3Season avg45.6Today

46 minutes today, against 22.3 a game in 52 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 1 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games need overtime

Four of 12 games went past regulation.

NYK over WAS2CHI over POR4CHA over MEM4SAC over UTA4HOU over SAS5DEN over DET5NOH over ORL7DAL over ATL8CLE over TOR8LAL over PHI9PHX over LAC13OKC over MIN17Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Top performances

David West 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.
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 11, 21, 27, 15, 5, 29, 27, 17, 19, 40NOH vs ORL · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +21.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Yao Ming HOU, Dec 20, 2004: 40 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
40 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 17, 24, 28, 23, 28, 23, 31, 37DAL @ ATL · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 16, 17, 15, 27, 6, 8, 18, 37NYK @ WAS · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 36, 47, 32, 32, 43, 22, 33, 20, 36, 36CLE @ TOR · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 5, 24, 17, 26, 11, 10, 14, 13, 19, 33HOU vs SAS · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 3, 29, 27, 19, 17, 22, 23, 33CHI vs POR · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 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+12.2 22.1 last 10 · 9.9 season
Andray BlatcheWAS+8.9 19.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+6.4 18.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.2 21.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
C.J. WatsonGSW+5.2 15.1 last 10 · 9.9 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−8.1 3.1 last 10 · 11.2 season
Antawn JamisonCLE−6.3 13.5 last 10 · 19.8 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Devin BrownCHI−5.9 2.4 last 10 · 8.3 season
Ben GordonDET−5.9 8.5 last 10 · 14.4 season