FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 3, 2012Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed MEM by 8 after three quarters and won 101–94.

Final
CLE94
ORL102
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +11; Q3 ORL +19; Q4 ORL +8
Final
MIA99
PHI79
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +20
Final
WAS89
TOR106
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +10; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +17
Final
MIL80
DET88
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +8
Final
MIN108
NJN105
Q1 MIN +4; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +3
Final
NYK89
BOS91
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS -6; Q3 BOS -3; Q4 BOS +2
Final
PHX81
HOU99
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +20; Q3 HOU +19; Q4 HOU +18
Final
MEM94
OKC101
Q1 OKC -5; Q2 OKC -6; Q3 OKC -8; Q4 OKC +7
Final
IND98
DAL87
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +11
Final
LAL93
DEN89
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +4
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 · 2010–11Feb 3, 2011: 3 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA @ ORL), 51 points.
The lead · MEM @ OKC

Kevin Durant scores 36, OKC rallies past Memphis

OKC trailed by 8 after three and won 101–94.

Game flow · OKC 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 Q3Final0-5-6-8+7OKC AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM3020271794
OKC25192532101
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 33, 20, 20, 25, 37, 36, 23, 36OKC36 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 5, 13, 16, 24, 18, 19, 7, 10, 24OKC24 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 15, 7, 18, 18, 7, 20, 11, 24MEM24 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 23, 11, 24, 18, 1, 20, 21, 23MEM23 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Second story · NYK @ BOS

Boston takes over late to edge New York

Down 3 after three, Boston won the fourth 22–17. Final: 91–89. Paul Pierce led Boston with 30 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over NYK2MIN over NJN3LAL over DEN4OKC over MEM7ORL over CLE8DET over MIL8IND over DAL11TOR over WAS17HOU over PHX18MIA over PHI20Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over NYK.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.6Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.6 in 22 earlier games. Today: 42 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg7.5Last 3

7.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.5 in 20 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.7Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 18.7 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Anthony Morrow leads the day with 42

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.
Anthony MorrowPoints, last 10 games: 2, 13, 6, 19, 15, 16, 22, 14, 28, 42NJN vs MIN · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +28.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Rex Chapman PHX, Apr 25, 1997: 42 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Season high42 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 33, 20, 20, 25, 37, 36, 23, 36OKC vs MEM · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 10, 7, 13, 7, 13, 16, 6, 24, 10, 30IND @ DAL · W
12.4 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 34, 19, 24, 28, 18, 20, 17, 30BOS vs NYK · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 14, 21, 17, 12, 10, 10, 8, 30DAL vs IND · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Nikola PekovicPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 8, 2, 13, 14, 13, 8, 13, 27MIN @ NJN · W
9.2 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 11 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
Kevin MartinHOU+4.8 25.5 last 10 · 20.7 season
Derrick RoseCHI+3.8 27.3 last 10 · 23.5 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+3.7 25.5 last 10 · 21.8 season
Landry FieldsNYK+3.6 13.6 last 10 · 10.0 season
Shawn MarionDAL+3.5 15.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Cold
Kyle LowryHOU−3.8 10.4 last 10 · 14.2 season
Tyler HansbroughIND−3.2 5.8 last 10 · 9.0 season
DeJuan BlairSAS−2.9 6.5 last 10 · 9.4 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−2.7 21.2 last 10 · 23.9 season
Jose CalderonTOR−2.7 7.1 last 10 · 9.8 season