FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 22, 2011Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed DET by 8 after the first quarter and won 108–100.

Final
TOR101
CHA114
Q1 CHA +6; Q2 CHA +17; Q3 CHA +20; Q4 CHA +13
Final
IND113
WAS96
Q1 IND -5; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND +22; Q4 IND +17
Final
HOU108
DET100
Q1 HOU -8; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +8
Final
SAC97
MIA117
Q1 MIA +19; Q2 MIA +19; Q3 MIA +23; Q4 MIA +20
Final
MIN88
MIL94
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL +6
Final
LAC88
OKC111
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC +16; Q3 OKC +11; Q4 OKC +23
Final
MEM107
DEN120
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +19; Q3 DEN +26; Q4 DEN +13
Final
BOS115
GSW93
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +22
Final
ATL80
LAL104
Q1 LAL +13; Q2 LAL +21; Q3 LAL +26; Q4 LAL +24
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 22, 2010: 5 games. Top scorer: Gerald Wallace (CHA @ LAC), 32 points.
The lead · HOU @ DET

Houston rallies from 8 down to beat Detroit

Trailing by 8 after one, Houston outscored the Pistons 88–72 the rest of the way. Final: 108–100. Patrick Patterson led Houston with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-80+3+8HOU AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU20312730108
DET28232425100
Who led
Patrick PattersonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 4, 0, 2, 2, 0, 2, 10, 20HOU20 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 10, 30, 22, 31, 37, 23, 17, 13, 9, 16HOU16 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Will BynumPoints, last 10 games: 8, 6, 9, 21, 17, 6, 15, 8, 5, 21DET21 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 7, 10, 22, 9, 2, 12, 18, 19DET19 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 48 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.2Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.2 in 39 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.4Season avg42.4Today

42 minutes today, against 24.4 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · IND @ WAS

Indiana beats Washington, 113–96

Indiana led 90–68 after three and won by 17. Danny Granger led Indiana with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over MIN6HOU over DET8CHA over TOR13DEN over MEM13IND over WAS17MIA over SAC20BOS over GSW22OKC over LAC23LAL over ATL24Final margin, points. Pink = IND over WAS.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 31

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 51, 19, 12, 41, 16, 22, 27, 23, 31MIA vs SAC · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 32, 19, 21, 10, 21, 32, 21, 19, 29, 28LAC @ OKC · L
22.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 2, 4, 12, 20, 16, 10, 20, 4, 27MIL vs MIN · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 16, 5, 14, 7, 16, 0, 14, 6, 3, 26DEN vs MEM · W
11.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Tony AllenPoints, last 10 games: 6, 6, 0, 6, 6, 27, 10, 17, 10, 26MEM @ DEN · L
7.4 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 12, 16, 16, 9, 10, 19, 14, 24BOS @ GSW · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 12 REB · 6 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+6.4 13.9 last 10 · 7.5 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+6.4 31.6 last 10 · 25.2 season
Randy FoyeLAC+6.0 14.5 last 10 · 8.5 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
Charlie VillanuevaDET−4.9 6.5 last 10 · 11.4 season
Gilbert ArenasORL−4.9 6.9 last 10 · 11.8 season
Jamal CrawfordATL−4.7 10.3 last 10 · 15.0 season
Wilson ChandlerNYK−4.1 12.3 last 10 · 16.4 season