FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 9, 2011Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed PHI by 9 after the first quarter and won 99–95.

Final
DET103
CLE94
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +12; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +9
Final
CHA103
IND104
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +1
Final · OT
NOH101
NJN103
Q1 NJN -4; Q2 NJN +4; Q3 NJN -2; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +2
Final
ORL99
PHI95
Q1 ORL -9; Q2 ORL +2; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +4
Final
SAS111
TOR100
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS -3; Q4 SAS +11
Final
MIL85
WAS100
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +17; Q4 WAS +15
Final
LAC116
NYK108
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +10; Q4 LAC +8
Final
CHI91
UTA86
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +5
Final
DAL102
SAC100
Q1 DAL -8; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL +2
Final
DEN114
GSW116
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW +2; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +2
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 9, 2010: 11 games. Top scorer: Wilson Chandler (NYK vs SAC), 35 points.
The lead · ORL @ PHI

Dwight Howard scores 30 as Orlando wins in Philadelphia

Final: 99–95. Dwight Howard made 8 of 13 shots from the field.

Game flow · ORL 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 Q3Final0-9+2+5+4ORL AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL1831252599
PHI2720222695
Who led
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 40, 20, 25, 17, 22, 28, 22, 30ORL30 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 13, 5, 10, 8, 17, 2, 15, 8, 12, 13ORL13 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 15, 9, 12, 26, 9, 19, 20, 23PHI23 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 22, 8, 15, 12, 24, 16, 18, 14, 11, 21PHI21 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.7Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.7 in 51 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.5Season avg5.0Last 3

5.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.5 in 33 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.6Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 10.6 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Washington by 15.

IND over CHA1NJN over NOH2DAL over SAC2GSW over DEN2ORL over PHI4CHI over UTA5LAC over NYK8DET over CLE9SAS over TOR11WAS over MIL15Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Monta Ellis leads the day with 37

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.
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 25, 26, 21, 2, 24, 33, 21, 37GSW vs DEN · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 22, 21, 17, 10, 20, 16, 18, 32NOH @ NJN · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 40, 20, 25, 17, 22, 28, 22, 30ORL @ PHI · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Roy HibbertPoints, last 10 games: 12, 4, 20, 2, 24, 13, 15, 11, 20, 29IND vs CHA · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high29 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 33, 26, 24, 21, 22, 20, 32, 14, 36, 29CHI @ UTA · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 33, 12, 37, 20, 31, 25, 50, 29DEN @ GSW · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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+4.9 15.2 last 10 · 10.3 season
J.J. BareaDAL+4.7 13.7 last 10 · 9.0 season
Tracy McGradyDET+4.6 12.5 last 10 · 7.9 season
Amir JohnsonTOR+4.5 14.8 last 10 · 10.3 season
Cold
Brandon JenningsMIL−5.9 9.9 last 10 · 15.8 season
Wilson ChandlerNYK−5.2 11.1 last 10 · 16.3 season
Charlie VillanuevaDET−5.2 6.6 last 10 · 11.8 season
Gilbert ArenasORL−4.8 7.3 last 10 · 12.1 season
Jrue HolidayPHI−4.5 9.0 last 10 · 13.5 season