FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 6, 2011Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed ORL by 5 after the first quarter and won 91–80.

Final
LAC79
MIA97
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +18
Final
IND105
NJN86
Q1 IND +9; Q2 IND +13; Q3 IND +14; Q4 IND +19
Final
PHI103
NYK117
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +14
Final
ORL80
BOS91
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +11
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 6, 2010: 11 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs NYK), 47 points.
The lead · ORL @ BOS

Boston beats Orlando, 91–80

Boston led 70–61 after three and won by 11. Rajon Rondo led Boston with 26 points, 1 rebound and 7 assists.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+3+9+11BOS AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL2221181980
BOS1729242191
Who led
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 13, 11, 11, 7, 10, 17, 8, 26BOS26 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 12, 24, 17, 14, 32, 15, 12, 18BOS18 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 20, 19, 40, 20, 25, 17, 22, 28ORL28 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 21, 14, 9, 23, 10, 9, 19, 12ORL12 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.7Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.7 in 30 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg3.3Last 3

3.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.2 in 46 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.7Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 11.7 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · PHI @ NYK

New York leads Philadelphia wire to wire

New York was ahead at every break and won 117–103. Best quarter: the first, 31–24. Amar'e Stoudemire led New York with 41 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over ORL11NYK over PHI14MIA over LAC18IND over NJN19Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over PHI.
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: 25, 18, 18, 30, 24, 27, 33, 21, 21, 41NYK vs PHI · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Anfernee Hardaway ORL, May 1, 1997: 41 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Ties season high41 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 31, 16, 33, 27, 34, 32, 34, 14, 22, 28MIA vs LAC · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 20, 19, 40, 20, 25, 17, 22, 28ORL @ BOS · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 19, 22, 14, 15, 15, 15, 33, 28PHI @ NYK · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 13, 11, 11, 7, 10, 17, 8, 26BOS vs ORL · W
10.9 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Landry FieldsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 2, 11, 4, 19, 15, 10, 4, 5, 25NYK vs PHI · W
10.2 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high25 PTS · 10 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
Marcin GortatPHX+6.7 13.7 last 10 · 7.0 season
Amir JohnsonTOR+4.7 15.1 last 10 · 10.4 season
Tracy McGradyDET+4.7 12.6 last 10 · 7.9 season
Corey MaggetteMIL+4.7 17.7 last 10 · 13.0 season
Tyson ChandlerDAL+4.4 14.7 last 10 · 10.3 season
Cold
Gilbert ArenasORL−5.3 7.1 last 10 · 12.4 season
Wilson ChandlerNYK−5.0 11.4 last 10 · 16.4 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−5.0 10.8 last 10 · 15.8 season
Michael BeasleyMIN−4.5 15.5 last 10 · 20.0 season
Charlie VillanuevaDET−4.0 7.9 last 10 · 11.9 season