FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 13, 2011Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed DEN by 12 at halftime and won 116–108.

Final
MIA82
BOS85
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +3
Final
LAL75
ORL89
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +4; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +14
Final
WAS115
CLE100
Q1 WAS +12; Q2 WAS +22; Q3 WAS +16; Q4 WAS +15
Final
POR105
DET100
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +5
Final
DEN108
MEM116
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM -12; Q3 MEM -8; Q4 MEM +8
Final
LAC93
TOR98
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +5
Final
OKC94
GSW100
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +6
Final
SAC113
PHX108
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC -7; Q3 SAC -3; Q4 SAC +5
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · DEN @ MEM

Memphis climbs back to beat Denver

Denver led by 12 at the half. Memphis won it 116–108. Darrell Arthur led Memphis with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MEM 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+5-12-8+8MEM AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN26412318108
MEM31242734116
Who led
Darrell ArthurPoints, last 10 games: 9, 22, 14, 4, 4, 9, 5, 4, 12, 24MEM24 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 4, 13, 22, 26, 17, 18, 14, 23MEM23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 12, 37, 20, 31, 25, 50, 29, 42, 28DEN28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 10, 23, 10, 16, 5, 14, 7, 16, 0, 14DEN14 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Second story · SAC @ PHX

Sacramento upsets Phoenix

Sacramento (12–38) beat Phoenix (26–25) 113–108. Tyreke Evans led Sacramento with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over MIA3POR over DET5TOR over LAC5SAC over PHX5GSW over OKC6MEM over DEN8ORL over LAL14WAS over CLE15Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over PHX.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.0Season avg34.8Last 5

34.8 points a game over his last five games, against 25.0 in 47 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.4Season avg17.1Last 3

17.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.4 in 44 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.8Season avg37.1Today

37 minutes today, against 19.8 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

LaMarcus Aldridge leads the day with 36

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: 25, 9, 17, 40, 18, 14, 20, 42, 37, 36POR @ DET · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 21, 2, 24, 33, 21, 37, 8, 33GSW vs OKC · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 40, 20, 25, 17, 22, 28, 22, 30, 20, 31ORL vs LAL · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 26, 32, 8, 18, 30, 17, 21, 26, 4, 31WAS @ CLE · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 47, 40, 33, 43, 24, 21, 31, 35, 29OKC @ GSW · L
29.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 12, 37, 20, 31, 25, 50, 29, 42, 28DEN @ MEM · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 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
Randy FoyeLAC+7.8 15.7 last 10 · 7.9 season
Marcin GortatPHX+6.3 13.7 last 10 · 7.4 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+5.6 30.7 last 10 · 25.1 season
JJ HicksonCLE+5.4 17.7 last 10 · 12.3 season
Stephen JacksonCHA+4.9 24.1 last 10 · 19.2 season
Cold
Brandon JenningsMIL−6.6 9.0 last 10 · 15.6 season
Wilson ChandlerNYK−5.1 11.3 last 10 · 16.4 season
Charlie VillanuevaDET−4.6 7.0 last 10 · 11.6 season
Gilbert ArenasORL−4.5 7.5 last 10 · 12.0 season
Mo WilliamsCLE−4.2 9.4 last 10 · 13.6 season