FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 7, 2012Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed GSW by 6 after the first quarter and won 119–116.

Final
UTA99
IND104
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +5
Final
CHA84
BOS94
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +10
Final
CLE91
MIA107
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +6; Q4 MIA +16
Final
PHX107
MIL105
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +17; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +2
Final
SAC84
MIN86
Q1 MIN +15; Q2 MIN +12; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +2
Final
OKC119
GSW116
Q1 OKC -6; Q2 OKC +2; Q3 OKC -2; Q4 OKC +3
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 7, 2011: 8 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN vs HOU), 50 points.
The lead · OKC @ GSW

Kevin Durant scores 33 as OKC wins in Golden State

Final: 119–116. Kevin Durant made 13 of 27 shots from the field. Monta Ellis scored 48 for Golden State in the loss.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+2-2+3OKC AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC29303228119
GSW35223623116
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 25, 37, 36, 23, 36, 22, 33, 33OKC33 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 14, 28, 31, 33, 21, 18, 28, 31OKC31 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 30, 25, 20, 4, 13, 12, 33, 18, 48GSW48 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 29, 12, 10, 13, 26, 19, 15, 23, 10, 25GSW25 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Miami by 16.

PHX over MIL2MIN over SAC2OKC over GSW3IND over UTA5BOS over CHA10MIA over CLE16Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.3Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.3 in 15 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.7 in 18 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Monta Ellis leads the day with 48

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.
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 30, 25, 20, 4, 13, 12, 33, 18, 48GSW vs OKC · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +26.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Vince Carter ORL, Feb 8, 2010: 48 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Career high48 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 25, 37, 36, 23, 36, 22, 33, 33OKC @ GSW · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 14, 28, 31, 33, 21, 18, 28, 31OKC @ GSW · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 34, 17, 12, 28, 15, 22, 23, 26, 25, 26MIA vs CLE · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 29, 12, 10, 13, 26, 19, 15, 23, 10, 25GSW vs OKC · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Chris Webber SAC, Dec 4, 1999: 25 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
25 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 10, 5, 15, 20, 10, 12, 16, 19, 25CLE @ MIA · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 9 REB · 0 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
Paul PierceBOS+4.2 22.6 last 10 · 18.4 season
Drew GoodenMIL+4.0 15.8 last 10 · 11.8 season
Anthony MorrowNJN+3.9 18.6 last 10 · 14.7 season
Derrick BrownCHA+3.8 11.1 last 10 · 7.3 season
Dorell WrightGSW+3.5 14.7 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cold
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−4.5 17.8 last 10 · 22.3 season
Hedo TurkogluORL−3.4 8.4 last 10 · 11.8 season
DeJuan BlairSAS−3.3 5.7 last 10 · 9.0 season
Josh SmithATL−3.1 12.0 last 10 · 15.1 season
Jose CalderonTOR−2.9 6.6 last 10 · 9.5 season