FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 11, 2011Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed UTA by 12 after the first quarter and won 95–83.

Final
NJN94
CHA89
Q1 NJN +3; Q2 NJN +15; Q3 NJN +12; Q4 NJN +5
Final
MIN105
IND116
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND -7; Q4 IND +11
Final
NOH99
ORL93
Q1 NOH +4; Q2 NOH +9; Q3 NOH 0; Q4 NOH +6
Final
SAS71
PHI77
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI 0; Q3 PHI +2; Q4 PHI +6
Final
POR102
TOR96
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +6
Final · OT
LAC119
CLE126
Q1 CLE -4; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +7
Final
MIA106
DET92
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +21; Q3 MIA +21; Q4 MIA +14
Final
MIL86
MEM89
Q1 MEM +3; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM -5; Q4 MEM +3
Final
LAL113
NYK96
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +17; Q4 LAL +17
Final
PHX95
UTA83
Q1 PHX -12; Q2 PHX -12; Q3 PHX +2; 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 11, 2010: 2 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs ORL), 32 points.
The lead · PHX @ UTA

Phoenix climbs out of a 12-point hole against Utah

Down 12 after one, the Suns won the third quarter 27–13 and the game 95–83. Steve Nash led Phoenix with 18 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-12+2+12PHX AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX1925272495
UTA3125131483
Who led
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 27, 13, 10, 9, 12, 14, 18, 18PHX18 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Hakim WarrickPoints, last 10 games: 2, 8, 0, 4, 4, 8, 0, 6, 8, 16PHX16 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 5, 20, 17, 39, 26, 14, 21, 11, 19UTA19 PTS · 8 REB · 14 AST
CJ MilesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 7, 20, 18, 13, 6, 5, 4, 19UTA19 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · MIN @ IND

Indiana handles Minnesota by 11

The Pacers won the fourth quarter 33–15. Final: 116–105. Danny Granger led Indiana with 19 points, 6 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over MIL3NJN over CHA5NOH over ORL6PHI over SAS6POR over TOR6CLE over LAC7IND over MIN11PHX over UTA12MIA over DET14LAL over NYK17Final margin, points. Pink = IND over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.0Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.0 in 51 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg11.6Last 3

11.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.1 in 52 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.5Season avg42.2Today

42 minutes today, against 16.5 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

LaMarcus Aldridge 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.
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 9, 17, 40, 18, 14, 20, 42, 37POR @ TOR · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 7, 21, 21, 19, 17, 18, 22, 35CLE vs LAC · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 38, 41, 32, 16, 32, 19, 23, 33LAL @ NYK · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 24, 32, 32, 19, 21, 10, 21, 32LAC @ CLE · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 28, 26, 27, 16, 16, 13, 20, 31NJN @ CHA · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 29, 17, 23, 15, 12, 12, 30, 23, 29, 29TOR vs POR · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 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+5.7 12.8 last 10 · 7.1 season
Corey MaggetteMIL+5.7 18.9 last 10 · 13.2 season
J.J. BareaDAL+5.4 14.6 last 10 · 9.2 season
Tracy McGradyDET+5.2 13.1 last 10 · 7.9 season
JJ HicksonCLE+5.0 17.3 last 10 · 12.3 season
Cold
Brandon JenningsMIL−6.6 9.2 last 10 · 15.8 season
Charlie VillanuevaDET−5.6 6.0 last 10 · 11.6 season
Wilson ChandlerNYK−4.8 11.5 last 10 · 16.3 season
Gilbert ArenasORL−4.1 8.0 last 10 · 12.1 season
Devin HarrisNJN−3.9 11.1 last 10 · 15.0 season