FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 28, 2010Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed DEN by 9 at halftime and won 95–89.

Final
PHX110
SAS113
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +3
Final
DEN89
LAL95
Q1 LAL -8; Q2 LAL -9; Q3 LAL -3; Q4 LAL +6
Final · OT
MIL102
ATL106
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +4
Final
WAS89
NJN85
Q1 WAS -7; Q2 WAS -6; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +4
Final
TOR99
OKC119
Q1 OKC +10; Q2 OKC +14; Q3 OKC +24; Q4 OKC +20
Final
MIA80
ORL96
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +4; Q3 ORL +12; Q4 ORL +16
Final
LAC92
SAC97
Q1 SAC +14; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +5
Final
NOH100
DAL108
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +19; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +8
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 28, 2009: 7 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs NYK), 46 points.
The lead · DEN @ LAL

Lakers climb out of a 9-point hole against Denver

Down 9 at the half, the Lakers won the fourth quarter 28–19 and the game 95–89. Lamar Odom led Lakers with 20 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · LAL 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-9-3+6LAL AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2923181989
LAL2122242895
Who led
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 16, 25, 9, 13, 5, 21, 11, 20LAL20 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 18, 3, 15, 15, 3, 13, 4, 17LAL17 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 19, 19, 40, 23, 23, 27, 24, 21DEN21 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 39, 16, 17, 18, 28, 26, 37, 25, 17DEN17 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+16.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.7Season avg27.0Last 5

27.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 55 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.7Season avg24.4Last 3

24.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.7 in 55 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 37 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg44.1Today

44 minutes today, against 22.8 a game in 53 earlier games. Line: 35 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Thunder rout

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. OKC beat Toronto by 20.

SAS over PHX3ATL over MIL4WAS over NJN4SAC over LAC5LAL over DEN6DAL over NOH8ORL over MIA16OKC over TOR20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Amar'e Stoudemire leads the day with 41

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.
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 21, 30, 22, 19, 30, 22, 20, 41PHX @ SAS · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Bryant Reeves VAN, Jan 15, 1998: 41 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Season high41 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Andray BlatchePoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 15, 33, 18, 24, 25, 24, 26, 36WAS @ NJN · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +25.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 24, 28, 23, 28, 23, 31, 37, 36DAL vs NOH · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 25, 24, 18, 26, 22, 22, 16, 35NOH @ DAL · L
10.4 PPG season to date · +25.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 11, 19, 19, 15, 18, 20, 18, 32MIL @ ATL · L
13.6 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 29, 33, 25, 36, 32, 36, 21, 25, 29OKC vs TOR · W
29.7 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 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+13.5 23.9 last 10 · 10.4 season
Andray BlatcheWAS+11.2 22.3 last 10 · 11.1 season
Stephen CurryGSW+8.1 23.8 last 10 · 15.7 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+6.9 18.8 last 10 · 11.9 season
C.J. WatsonGSW+5.8 15.9 last 10 · 10.1 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−7.3 3.6 last 10 · 10.9 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