FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 8, 2012Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed WAS by 6 after the first quarter and won 107–93.

Final
LAC92
CLE99
Q1 CLE -5; Q2 CLE 0; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +7
Final
MIA89
ORL102
Q1 ORL +8; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +16; Q4 ORL +13
Final
SAS100
PHI90
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +10
Final
MIL105
TOR99
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +3; Q4 MIL +6
Final
NYK107
WAS93
Q1 NYK -6; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +14
Final
IND87
ATL97
Q1 ATL +11; Q2 ATL +18; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +10
Final
DET99
NJN92
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET +12; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +7
Final
MIN80
MEM85
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM +10; Q3 MEM +12; Q4 MEM +5
Final
CHI90
NOH67
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +13; Q3 CHI +24; Q4 CHI +23
Final
DAL105
DEN95
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +10
Final
HOU103
POR96
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +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 · 2010–11Feb 8, 2011: 7 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA vs IND), 41 points.
The lead · NYK @ WAS

New York makes it three straight

New York beat Washington 107–93 and moved to 11–15. Tyson Chandler led New York with 25 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+6+9+14NYK AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK17352530107
WAS2323222593
Who led
Tyson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 9, 14, 17, 9, 20, 17, 10, 25NYK25 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Jeremy LinPoints, last 10 games: 0, 4, 3, 8, 9, 4, 2, 25, 28, 23NYK23 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 17, 13, 20, 2, 15, 14, 31, 29WAS29 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Trevor BookerPoints, last 10 games: 3, 2, 4, 14, 14, 8, 13, 4, 19, 17WAS17 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Second story · LAC @ CLE

Cleveland upsets Clippers

Cleveland (9–14) beat Clippers (15–7) 99–92. Antawn Jamison led Cleveland with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over MIN5MIL over TOR6CLE over LAC7DET over NJN7HOU over POR7SAS over PHI10ATL over IND10DAL over DEN10ORL over MIA13NYK over WAS14CHI over NOH23Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over LAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.2Season avg28.4Last 5

28.4 points a game over his last five games, against 18.2 in 26 earlier games. Today: 37 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.1Season avg22.7Last 3

22.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.1 in 22 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.4Season avg35.7Today

36 minutes today, against 12.4 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists.

Top performances

Tony Parker leads the day with 37

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: 20, 15, 20, 9, 5, 24, 18, 42, 21, 37SAS @ PHI · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 34, 27, 24, 34, 26, 12, 21, 25, 34NJN vs DET · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 28, 15, 22, 23, 26, 25, 26, 33MIA @ ORL · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 17, 13, 20, 2, 15, 14, 31, 29WAS vs NYK · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 8, 19, 13, 19, 6, 7, 11, 9, 18, 28ATL vs IND · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 24, 12, 11, 14, 23, 17, 12, 10, 27ORL vs MIA · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 3 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
Drew GoodenMIL+5.5 17.6 last 10 · 12.1 season
Deron WilliamsNJN+4.4 25.3 last 10 · 20.9 season
Paul PierceBOS+4.2 22.6 last 10 · 18.4 season
Derrick BrownCHA+3.8 11.1 last 10 · 7.3 season
Anthony MorrowNJN+3.6 17.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Cold
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−4.5 17.8 last 10 · 22.3 season
Stephen JacksonMIL−3.7 8.7 last 10 · 12.3 season
Hedo TurkogluORL−3.5 8.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
DeJuan BlairSAS−3.4 5.5 last 10 · 8.9 season
Mike ConleyMEM−2.7 10.2 last 10 · 12.9 season