FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 27, 2010Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed DET by 13 at halftime and won 95–88.

Final
NJN104
BOS96
Q1 NJN +2; Q2 NJN +7; Q3 NJN +10; Q4 NJN +8
Final
MIL94
MIA71
Q1 MIL +8; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +18; Q4 MIL +23
Final
CHI90
IND100
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +10
Final
MEM120
NYK109
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM -3; Q4 MEM +11
Final
POR110
MIN91
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +14; Q3 POR +26; Q4 POR +19
Final
HOU110
UTA133
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +23
Final
DET88
GSW95
Q1 GSW -8; Q2 GSW -13; Q3 GSW -3; Q4 GSW +7
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 27, 2009: 13 games. Top scorer: Shaquille O'Neal (PHX vs TOR), 45 points.
The lead · DET @ GSW

Golden State rallies from 13 down to beat Detroit

Trailing by 13 at the half, Golden State outscored the Pistons 58–38 the rest of the way. Final: 95–88. Stephen Curry led Golden State with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · GSW 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 Q3Final0-8-13-3+7GSW AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET2228191988
GSW1423292995
Who led
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 36, 11, 24, 13, 32, 17, 30, 27GSW27 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Anthony TolliverPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 29, 9, 11, 9, 2, 8, 10, 19GSW19 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 11, 13, 12, 16, 22, 17, 8, 18DET18 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 10, 11, 13, 20, 13, 14, 19, 17DET17 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.9Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.9 in 46 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.8Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.8 in 54 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg39.3Today

39 minutes today, against 20.1 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · MEM @ NYK

Memphis gets past New York

120–109, with Memphis ahead 56–52 at halftime. Zach Randolph led Memphis with 31 points, 25 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
GSW over DET7NJN over BOS8IND over CHI10MEM over NYK11POR over MIN19MIL over MIA23UTA over HOU23Final margin, points. Pink = MEM over NYK.
Top performances

Deron Williams leads the day with 35

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.
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 11, 17, 16, 9, 18, 20, 10, 35UTA vs HOU · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 13 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 26, 11, 10, 14, 13, 19, 33, 32HOU @ UTA · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 18, 24, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 31MEM @ NYK · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 25 REB · 2 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 3, 6, 2, 14, 2, 9, 8, 31POR @ MIN · W
9.5 PPG season to date · +22.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 17, 15, 27, 6, 8, 18, 37, 31NYK vs MEM · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 14, 27, 23, 29, 36, 20, 21, 30IND vs CHI · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 0 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
Stephen CurryGSW+8.1 23.8 last 10 · 15.7 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+6.4 18.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
C.J. WatsonGSW+5.8 15.9 last 10 · 10.1 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−7.8 3.2 last 10 · 11.0 season
Antawn JamisonCLE−6.3 13.5 last 10 · 19.8 season
Charlie VillanuevaDET−6.2 6.2 last 10 · 12.4 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Devin BrownCHI−5.9 2.4 last 10 · 8.3 season