FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 16, 2011Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed NOH by 6 after three quarters and won 103–96.

Final
WAS76
ORL101
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +25; Q4 ORL +25
Final
MIA103
TOR95
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +8
Final
NJN80
BOS94
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +14
Final
LAL99
CLE104
Q1 CLE +8; Q2 CLE +5; Q3 CLE +3; Q4 CLE +5
Final · OT
IND109
DET115
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +6
Final
ATL90
NYK102
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +12
Final
LAC98
MIN90
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC +10; Q4 LAC +8
Final
SAC100
DAL116
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +13; Q3 DAL +20; Q4 DAL +16
Final
PHI114
HOU105
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +9
Final
DEN94
MIL87
Q1 DEN +11; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN +7
Final
GSW107
UTA100
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW 0; Q4 GSW +7
Final
NOH96
POR103
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR -6; Q4 POR +7
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 16, 2010: 10 games. Top scorer: Derrick Rose (CHI vs NYK), 29 points.
The lead · NOH @ POR

LaMarcus Aldridge scores 34 in Portland win over New Orleans

Final: 103–96. LaMarcus Aldridge added 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0+9-1-6+7POR AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH2623272096
POR35132233103
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 17, 40, 18, 14, 20, 42, 37, 36, 21, 34POR34 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 19, 12, 31, 6, 6, 26, 23, 24POR24 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 20, 16, 18, 32, 17, 17, 15, 27NOH27 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Willie GreenPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 5, 2, 11, 19, 24, 8, 12, 24NOH24 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.1Season avg34.0Last 5

34.0 points a game over his last five games, against 22.1 in 55 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.5Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.5 in 38 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.0Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 10.0 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: Orlando by 25.

CLE over LAL5DET over IND6DEN over MIL7GSW over UTA7POR over NOH7MIA over TOR8LAC over MIN8PHI over HOU9NYK over ATL12BOS over NJN14DAL over SAC16ORL over WAS25Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 38

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: 37, 20, 31, 25, 50, 29, 42, 28, 16, 38DEN @ MIL · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 12, 12, 30, 23, 29, 29, 27, 38TOR vs MIA · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 6, 16, 9, 11, 14, 26, 7, 36HOU vs PHI · L
12.1 PPG season to date · +24.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 2, 24, 33, 21, 37, 8, 33, 21, 35GSW @ UTA · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 17, 40, 18, 14, 20, 42, 37, 36, 21, 34POR vs NOH · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 2, 2, 6, 17, 14, 18, 9, 16, 33MIL vs DEN · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 4 REB · 1 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+7.2 14.6 last 10 · 7.4 season
Randy FoyeLAC+6.9 15.3 last 10 · 8.4 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+6.4 31.6 last 10 · 25.2 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+5.6 27.9 last 10 · 22.3 season
Ramon SessionsCLE+5.3 17.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
Cold
Mo WilliamsCLE−5.2 8.0 last 10 · 13.2 season
Gilbert ArenasORL−4.9 6.9 last 10 · 11.8 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−4.8 10.6 last 10 · 15.4 season
Charlie VillanuevaDET−4.4 7.1 last 10 · 11.5 season
D.J. AugustinCHA−4.3 9.8 last 10 · 14.1 season