FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 26, 2011Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed LAC by 8 after the first quarter and won 99–92.

Final
UTA116
DET120
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET +4
Final
SAC92
MEM120
Q1 MEM -5; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +23; Q4 MEM +28
Final
DAL105
WAS99
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +6
Final
NJN108
HOU123
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +15
Final
CHI83
MIL75
Q1 CHI -4; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +8
Final
BOS99
LAC92
Q1 BOS -8; Q2 BOS -7; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +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 26, 2010: 12 games. Top scorer: David West (NOH vs ORL), 40 points.
The lead · BOS @ LAC

Boston climbs back to beat Clippers

Clippers led by 8 after one. Boston won it 99–92. Paul Pierce led Boston with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-8-7+6+7BOS AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS1822342599
LAC2621212492
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 18, 22, 15, 1, 31, 23, 17, 24BOS24 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 11, 25, 20, 13, 12, 18, 10, 22BOS22 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 7, 24, 23, 5, 16, 21, 12, 15, 24, 32LAC32 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 32, 21, 19, 29, 28, 21, 22, 21LAC21 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Memphis posts the night's biggest win

Memphis beat Sacramento by 28, the widest margin of 6 games.

DET over UTA4DAL over WAS6BOS over LAC7CHI over MIL8HOU over NJN15MEM over SAC28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.1Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.1 in 40 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.6Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.6 in 57 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.7Season avg38.1Today

38 minutes today, against 18.7 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Randy Foye leads the day with 32

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.
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 7, 24, 23, 5, 16, 21, 12, 15, 24, 32LAC vs BOS · L
9.6 PPG season to date · +22.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 37, 23, 17, 13, 9, 16, 30, 30HOU vs NJN · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 22, 9, 2, 12, 18, 19, 21, 28DET vs UTA · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Chase BudingerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 2, 11, 2, 1, 15, 0, 10, 30, 27HOU vs NJN · W
8.5 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 23, 22, 25, 7, 12, 16, 13, 25DAL @ WAS · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 15, 8, 19, 27, 15, 21, 24, 24WAS vs DAL · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 5 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+8.3 17.9 last 10 · 9.6 season
Ramon SessionsCLE+7.3 19.9 last 10 · 12.6 season
Samuel DalembertSAC+6.5 13.3 last 10 · 6.8 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+6.1 31.3 last 10 · 25.2 season
Al JeffersonUTA+5.9 23.7 last 10 · 17.8 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
Rashard LewisWAS−4.3 7.8 last 10 · 12.1 season