FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 12, 2012Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed HOU by 6 after the first quarter and won 106–97.

Final
LAL94
TOR92
Q1 LAL +15; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +2
Final
CHI91
BOS95
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +4
Final
WAS98
DET77
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS 0; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +21
Final
MIA107
ATL87
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA +22; Q3 MIA +27; Q4 MIA +20
Final
HOU97
GSW106
Q1 GSW -6; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW +2; Q4 GSW +9
Final
UTA98
MEM88
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +10
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 12, 2011: 8 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ SAC), 35 points.
The lead · HOU @ GSW

Monta Ellis scores 33 in Golden State win over Houston

Final: 106–97. Monta Ellis added 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · GSW 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+4+2+9GSW AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU2915302397
GSW23252830106
Who led
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 4, 13, 12, 33, 18, 48, 14, 33GSW33 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 26, 19, 15, 23, 10, 25, 12, 15GSW15 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 31, 29, 29, 29, 16, 2, 8, 4, 2, 28HOU28 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 8, 4, 14, 24, 25, 12, 16, 14HOU14 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Second story · LAL @ TOR

Lakers lead Toronto wire to wire

Lakers were ahead at every break and won 94–92. Best quarter: the first, 34–19. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 27 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over TOR2BOS over CHI4GSW over HOU9UTA over MEM10MIA over ATL20WAS over DET21Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over TOR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.2Season avg29.2Last 5

29.2 points a game over his last five games, against 22.2 in 22 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.6Season avg20.9Last 3

20.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.6 in 25 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 35 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.4Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 5.4 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Monta Ellis 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.
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 4, 13, 12, 33, 18, 48, 14, 33GSW vs HOU · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 12, 21, 7, 5, 10, 14, 5, 32BOS vs CHI · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dejounte Murray SAS, Feb 11, 2022: 32 PTS · 10 REB · 15 AST
Ties career high32 PTS · 10 REB · 15 AST
Jose CalderonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 10, 6, 1, 8, 8, 3, 9, 17, 30TOR vs LAL · L
10.4 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 31, 29, 29, 29, 16, 2, 8, 4, 2, 28HOU @ GSW · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 16, 13, 21, 18, 24, 20, 18, 27DET vs WAS · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 35, 24, 20, 26, 28, 27, 34, 27LAL @ TOR · W
29.3 PPG season to date · −2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 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
Trevor BookerWAS+4.2 11.5 last 10 · 7.2 season
Gordon HaywardUTA+3.8 14.2 last 10 · 10.4 season
Derrick BrownCHA+3.8 11.3 last 10 · 7.5 season
Greivis VasquezNOH+3.7 11.4 last 10 · 7.7 season
Cold
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−4.5 17.8 last 10 · 22.3 season
Chris BoshMIA−4.5 14.7 last 10 · 19.2 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