FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 11, 2012Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed IND by 9 after the first quarter and won 113–109.

Final
LAC111
CHA86
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +18; Q3 LAC +32; Q4 LAC +25
Final
DEN113
IND109
Q1 DEN -9; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +3; Q4 DEN +4
Final
PHI99
CLE84
Q1 PHI +2; Q2 PHI +17; Q3 PHI +19; Q4 PHI +15
Final
NYK100
MIN98
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK -8; Q3 NYK -5; Q4 NYK +2
Final
SAS103
NJN89
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS +18; Q4 SAS +14
Final · 2OT
POR94
DAL97
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL 0; OT2 DAL +3
Final
ORL99
MIL94
Q1 ORL -5; Q2 ORL -6; Q3 ORL -1; Q4 ORL +5
Final
PHX98
SAC84
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +9; Q3 PHX +15; Q4 PHX +14
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 11, 2011: 10 games. Top scorer: LaMarcus Aldridge (POR @ TOR), 37 points.
The lead · DEN @ IND

Denver climbs back to beat Indiana

Indiana led by 9 after one. Denver won it 113–109. Ty Lawson led Denver with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-90+3+4DEN AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN26342726113
IND35252425109
Who led
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 12, 18, 14, 16, 13, 16, 11, 27DEN27 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 13, 0, 5, 8, 15, 7, 0, 12, 26, 23DEN23 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 21, 36, 16, 19, 16, 21, 19, 26IND26 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 6, 12, 20, 4, 8, 15, 22, 22IND22 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.2Season avg26.8Last 5

26.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.2 in 13 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.2minutes, last 2 vs 2010–11 avg
Minutes per game
22.72010–11 avg6.5Last 2

6.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 22.7 in 2010–11 (81 games). Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.5Season avg42.1Today

42 minutes today, against 23.5 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Clippers rout

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Clippers beat Charlotte by 25.

NYK over MIN2DAL over POR3DEN over IND4ORL over MIL5SAS over NJN14PHX over SAC14PHI over CLE15LAC over CHA25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

LaMarcus Aldridge leads the day with 33

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.
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 25, 22, 28, 29, 39, 13, 14, 33POR @ DAL · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 39, 31, 18, 33, 29, 21, 20, 25, 32, 32MIN vs NYK · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 21 REB · 0 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 13, 2, 13, 19, 17, 20, 9, 14, 31ORL @ MIL · W
12.1 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 34, 26, 12, 21, 25, 34, 14, 27NJN vs SAS · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 12, 18, 14, 16, 13, 16, 11, 27DEN @ IND · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 14, 21, 8, 21, 28, 10, 19, 26SAC vs PHX · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 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
Drew GoodenMIL+6.4 19.2 last 10 · 12.8 season
Dorell WrightGSW+3.8 15.2 last 10 · 11.4 season
Derrick BrownCHA+3.8 11.3 last 10 · 7.5 season
Greivis VasquezNOH+3.7 11.4 last 10 · 7.7 season
Trevor BookerWAS+3.6 10.8 last 10 · 7.2 season
Cold
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−4.5 17.8 last 10 · 22.3 season
Chris BoshMIA−3.4 16.0 last 10 · 19.4 season
Stephen JacksonMIL−3.4 8.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Hedo TurkogluORL−2.9 8.8 last 10 · 11.7 season
Byron MullensCHA−2.8 7.6 last 10 · 10.4 season