FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 7, 2011Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed SAC by 7 after three quarters and won 107–104.

Final
BOS89
CHA94
Q1 CHA -4; Q2 CHA +1; Q3 CHA -4; Q4 CHA +5
Final
LAL93
MEM84
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +9
Final
MIN104
NOH92
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN +14; Q3 MIN +12; Q4 MIN +12
Final
CLE96
DAL99
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +3
Final
HOU108
DEN103
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +5
Final
CHI103
POR109
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR 0; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +6
Final
UTA107
SAC104
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA -7; Q4 UTA +3
Final
PHX104
GSW92
Q1 PHX +16; Q2 PHX +17; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +12
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 7, 2010: 2 games. Top scorer: Chris Bosh (TOR vs SAC), 36 points.
The lead · UTA @ SAC

Utah takes over late to edge Sacramento

Down 7 after three, Utah won the fourth 27–17. Final: 107–104. Al Jefferson led Utah with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-1-7+3UTA AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA30252527107
SAC30263117104
Who led
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 22, 8, 16, 21, 20, 28, 21, 23UTA23 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 20, 5, 20, 17, 39, 26, 14, 21UTA21 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 5, 21, 14, 9, 27, 25, 20, 7, 25SAC25 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 35, 26, 19, 13, 18, 20, 25, 21SAC21 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Second story · BOS @ CHA

Charlotte knocks off Boston, 94–89

The Celtics came in at 38–12; the Bobcats at 21–29. Gerald Wallace led Charlotte with 19 points, 16 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over CLE3UTA over SAC3CHA over BOS5HOU over DEN5POR over CHI6LAL over MEM9MIN over NOH12PHX over GSW12Final margin, points. Pink = CHA over BOS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.5Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.5 in 48 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.0Season avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.0 in 47 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.0Season avg35.1Today

35 minutes today, against 18.0 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 50

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 36, 23, 18, 33, 12, 37, 20, 31, 25, 50DEN vs HOU · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +26.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Apr 22, 2000: 50 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Ties career high50 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 25, 9, 17, 40, 18, 14, 20, 42POR vs CHI · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kobe Bryant LAL, Apr 6, 2006: 42 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Career high42 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 32, 18, 34, 8, 27, 10, 30, 22, 31, 37HOU @ DEN · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 22, 33, 26, 24, 21, 22, 20, 32, 14, 36CHI @ POR · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 24, 31, 22, 21, 10, 20, 18, 27MIN @ NOH · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 0, 18, 14, 18, 11, 14, 7, 27POR vs CHI · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 6 REB · 11 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+6.9 13.9 last 10 · 7.0 season
Tyson ChandlerDAL+4.8 15.1 last 10 · 10.3 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
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
Charlie VillanuevaDET−4.0 7.9 last 10 · 11.9 season
Martell WebsterMIN−3.8 6.7 last 10 · 10.5 season