FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 1, 2011Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed SAC by 9 at halftime and won 95–90.

Final
WAS89
NOH97
Q1 NOH +3; Q2 NOH +11; Q3 NOH +15; Q4 NOH +8
Final
SAS86
POR99
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR -5; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR +13
Final
BOS95
SAC90
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS -9; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +5
Final · OT
HOU106
LAL114
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +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 · 2009–10Feb 1, 2010: 7 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ MEM), 44 points.
The lead · BOS @ SAC

Boston rallies from 9 down to beat Sacramento

Trailing by 9 at the half, Boston outscored the Kings 50–36 the rest of the way. Final: 95–90. Ray Allen led Boston with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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+7-9+3+5BOS AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS2718292195
SAC2034171990
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 7, 11, 16, 18, 18, 8, 21, 22BOS22 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 6, 4, 13, 11, 11, 7, 10, 17BOS17 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 20, 5, 21, 14, 9, 27, 25, 20SAC20 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 9, 25, 16, 16, 35, 26, 19, 13, 18, 20SAC20 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · SAS @ POR

Portland upsets San Antonio

Portland (25–22) beat San Antonio (40–7) 99–86. LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 40 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over SAC5NOH over WAS8LAL over HOU8POR over SAS13Final margin, points. Pink = POR over SAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.0Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 17.0 in 46 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.0Season avg20.0Last 3

20.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.0 in 47 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 24.0 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

LaMarcus Aldridge 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.
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 27, 37, 23, 28, 25, 9, 17, 40POR vs SAS · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Shaquille O'Neal LAL, Apr 7, 2002: 40 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Career high40 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 39, 27, 27, 21, 21, 18, 21, 38, 41, 32LAL vs HOU · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 10, 36, 21, 32, 18, 34, 8, 27, 10, 30HOU @ LAL · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 25, 6, 22, 26, 32, 8, 18, 30WAS @ NOH · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 13, 21, 23, 19, 20, 9, 12, 26LAL vs HOU · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 13, 19, 15, 20, 16, 30, 23, 24HOU @ LAL · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 15 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
Corey MaggetteMIL+6.1 18.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Joe JohnsonATL+5.1 25.2 last 10 · 20.1 season
Ryan AndersonORL+4.6 16.1 last 10 · 11.5 season
LeBron JamesMIA+4.4 30.4 last 10 · 26.0 season
Keyon DoolingMIL+4.2 11.7 last 10 · 7.5 season
Cold
Gilbert ArenasORL−5.4 7.4 last 10 · 12.8 season
Michael BeasleyMIN−4.7 15.6 last 10 · 20.3 season
Marco BelinelliNOH−4.6 5.4 last 10 · 10.0 season
Rudy GayMEM−4.4 15.6 last 10 · 20.0 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−4.2 18.9 last 10 · 23.1 season