FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 25, 2011Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed DEN by 7 after three quarters and won 107–106.

Final
SAC98
CHA110
Q1 CHA -2; Q2 CHA +8; Q3 CHA +5; Q4 CHA +12
Final
UTA95
IND84
Q1 UTA +11; Q2 UTA +5; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +11
Final
DET94
PHI110
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +11; Q4 PHI +16
Final
PHX110
TOR92
Q1 PHX +21; Q2 PHX +18; Q3 PHX +24; Q4 PHX +18
Final
NYK109
CLE115
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE 0; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +6
Final
WAS113
MIA121
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +8
Final
NOH95
MIN81
Q1 NOH +9; Q2 NOH +12; Q3 NOH +18; Q4 NOH +14
Final
OKC88
ORL111
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +11; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +23
Final
NJN96
SAS106
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +16; Q4 SAS +10
Final
ATL95
GSW79
Q1 ATL +12; Q2 ATL +20; Q3 ATL +26; Q4 ATL +16
Final
LAC95
LAL108
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +18; Q4 LAL +13
Final · OT
DEN106
POR107
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR -7; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +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 25, 2010: 3 games. Top scorer: Chauncey Billups (DEN @ GSW), 37 points.
The lead · DEN @ POR

Portland needs overtime to survive Denver

Tied 97–97 after regulation. Portland won the final period 10–9 for a 107–106 win. LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 24 points, 14 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+6+10-70+1POR AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DEN192033259106
POR2524163210107
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 20, 42, 37, 36, 21, 34, 29, 24POR24 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 7, 27, 13, 15, 6, 18, 7, 18POR18 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 18, 10, 21, 14, 7, 17, 2, 30DEN30 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 7, 3, 12, 11, 13, 21, 20, 16, 20DEN20 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.3Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.3 in 55 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.3Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.3 in 52 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.1Season avg39.1Today

39 minutes today, against 8.1 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · WAS @ MIA

Washington's skid reaches four

Miami won 121–113; the Wizards fall to 15–42. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 41 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · WAS
L@ NOH89–97Lvs ORL92–110Lvs ATL92–99Wvs MIL100–85Lvs SAS94–118W@ CLE115–100L@ ORL76–101Lvs IND96–113L@ PHI94–117L@ MIA113–121WAS: last 10 games through Feb 25, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 41

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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 17, 24, 16, 41, 28, 23, 34, 41MIA vs WAS · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Durant OKC, Apr 27, 2011: 41 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
41 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 28, 22, 30, 20, 31, 32, 31, 40ORL vs OKC · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Alonzo Mourning MIA, Feb 13, 1998: 39 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Ties season high40 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 17, 21, 26, 4, 31, 16, 15, 38WAS @ MIA · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 27, 33, 21, 21, 41, 23, 24, 23, 19, 31NYK @ CLE · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 21, 23, 26, 4, 32, 23, 30, 30UTA @ IND · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 18, 10, 21, 14, 7, 17, 2, 30DEN @ POR · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 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
Ramon SessionsCLE+7.3 19.9 last 10 · 12.6 season
Randy FoyeLAC+7.1 16.2 last 10 · 9.1 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+6.1 31.3 last 10 · 25.2 season
Al JeffersonUTA+5.9 23.7 last 10 · 17.8 season
Samuel DalembertSAC+5.8 12.6 last 10 · 6.8 season
Cold
Gilbert ArenasORL−5.5 6.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Mo WilliamsCLE−5.2 8.0 last 10 · 13.2 season
Brandon RushIND−4.8 5.4 last 10 · 10.2 season
Daniel GibsonCLE−4.6 7.9 last 10 · 12.5 season
Manu GinobiliSAS−4.2 13.7 last 10 · 17.9 season