FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 4, 2012Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed NJN by 10 after the first quarter and won 99–92.

Final
PHI98
ATL87
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI +16; Q3 PHI +19; Q4 PHI +11
Final
ORL85
IND81
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +4
Final
LAC107
WAS81
Q1 LAC +11; Q2 LAC +24; Q3 LAC +34; Q4 LAC +26
Final
DAL88
CLE91
Q1 CLE -9; Q2 CLE -8; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +3
Final
NOH87
DET89
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET -3; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +2
Final
NJN92
NYK99
Q1 NYK -10; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK -2; Q4 NYK +7
Final
HOU91
MIN100
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +13; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +9
Final
CHI113
MIL90
Q1 CHI +14; Q2 CHI +24; Q3 CHI +23; Q4 CHI +23
Final
OKC96
SAS107
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +18; Q4 SAS +11
Final
CHA89
PHX95
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX -6; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +6
Final
LAL87
UTA96
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA -2; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +9
Final
DEN97
POR117
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +14; Q4 POR +20
Final · OT
GSW106
SAC114
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC -1; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +8
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 4, 2011: 12 games. Top scorer: Jamal Crawford (ATL vs LAC), 34 points.
The lead · NJN @ NYK

New York turns it around against New Jersey

From 10 down after one to a 7-point win: 99–92. Jeremy Lin led New York with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-2-2+7NYK AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN3018242092
NYK2026242999
Who led
Jeremy LinPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 0, 4, 3, 8, 9, 4, 2, 25NYK25 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Tyson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 20, 11, 9, 14, 17, 9, 20, 17NYK17 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 16, 34, 27, 24, 34, 26, 12, 21NJN21 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Kris HumphriesPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 7, 13, 18, 3, 13, 18, 16, 20NJN20 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Clippers rout

Three of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Clippers beat Washington by 26.

DET over NOH2CLE over DAL3ORL over IND4PHX over CHA6NYK over NJN7SAC over GSW8MIN over HOU9UTA over LAL9PHI over ATL11SAS over OKC11POR over DEN20CHI over MIL23LAC over WAS26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.8Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.8 in 23 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg12.1Last 3

12.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 23 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.1Season avg35.9Today

36 minutes today, against 6.1 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Tony Parker 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.
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 20, 15, 20, 9, 5, 24, 18, 42SAS vs OKC · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +24.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephon Marbury PHX, Feb 14, 2003: 43 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Season high42 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 19, 0, 9, 14, 0, 10, 16, 14, 15, 33POR vs DEN · W
12.4 PPG season to date · +21.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 13, 23, 18, 23, 25, 22, 28, 29POR vs DEN · W
23.1 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 13, 14, 12, 17, 17, 2, 20, 28SAC vs GSW · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 14, 16, 28, 24, 17, 23, 19, 27ORL @ IND · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 22, 24, 34, 34, 35, 18, 32, 26CHI @ MIL · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 13 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
Anthony MorrowNJN+3.9 18.6 last 10 · 14.7 season
Dorell WrightGSW+3.6 14.9 last 10 · 11.3 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+3.5 25.2 last 10 · 21.7 season
Danny GrangerIND+3.5 21.7 last 10 · 18.2 season
James JohnsonTOR+3.4 10.5 last 10 · 7.1 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−3.7 25.7 last 10 · 29.4 season
Kyle LowryHOU−3.1 11.5 last 10 · 14.6 season
Josh SmithATL−3.1 11.9 last 10 · 15.0 season
DeJuan BlairSAS−3.0 6.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Jose CalderonTOR−2.7 7.1 last 10 · 9.8 season