FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 10, 2011Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed BOS by 8 at halftime and won 92–86.

Final
LAL92
BOS86
Q1 LAL -7; Q2 LAL -8; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +6
Final
GSW88
PHX112
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +23; Q3 PHX +26; Q4 PHX +24
Final
DAL120
DEN121
Q1 DEN +14; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN -4; Q4 DEN +1
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 10, 2010: 10 games. Top scorer: Stephen Curry (GSW vs LAC), 36 points.
The lead · LAL @ BOS

Lakers rally from 8 down to beat Boston

Trailing by 8 at the half, Lakers outscored the Celtics 47–33 the rest of the way. Final: 92–86. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

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 Q3Final0-7-8+4+6LAL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2025272092
BOS2726151886
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 21, 38, 41, 32, 16, 32, 19, 23LAL23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 20, 9, 12, 26, 19, 34, 17, 20LAL20 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 18, 8, 21, 22, 24, 11, 25, 20BOS20 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 17, 14, 32, 15, 12, 18, 22, 15BOS15 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · DAL @ DEN

Denver wins a tight one over Dallas

121–120. Neither team led by more than 14 at any break. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 42 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over DAL1LAL over BOS6PHX over GSW24Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over DAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
24.7Season avg35.4Last 5

35.4 points a game over his last five games, against 24.7 in 46 earlier games. Today: 42 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.2 in 42 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.2Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 12.2 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 42

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: 18, 33, 12, 37, 20, 31, 25, 50, 29, 42DEN vs DAL · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Redd MIL, Feb 23, 2008: 42 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
42 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 11, 27, 19, 20, 13, 21, 5, 30DEN vs DAL · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 18, 14, 12, 17, 21, 23, 22, 25DAL @ DEN · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 9, 5, 9, 13, 22, 4, 12, 24DEN vs DAL · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 21, 38, 41, 32, 16, 32, 19, 23LAL @ BOS · W
25.4 PPG season to date · −2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 20, 9, 12, 26, 19, 34, 17, 20LAL @ BOS · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 10 REB · 4 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+5.9 12.9 last 10 · 7.0 season
J.J. BareaDAL+5.4 14.6 last 10 · 9.2 season
Tyson ChandlerDAL+4.8 15.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+4.7 29.7 last 10 · 25.0 season
Tracy McGradyDET+4.6 12.5 last 10 · 7.9 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