FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 14, 2012Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed TOR by 11 at halftime and won 90–87.

Final
MIA105
IND90
Q1 MIA +17; Q2 MIA +29; Q3 MIA +32; Q4 MIA +15
Final
NYK90
TOR87
Q1 NYK -7; Q2 NYK -11; Q3 NYK -9; Q4 NYK +3
Final
SAS99
DET95
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +4
Final
SAC115
CHI121
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +6
Final
HOU83
MEM93
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +8; Q4 MEM +10
Final
UTA85
OKC111
Q1 OKC +6; Q2 OKC +14; Q3 OKC +16; Q4 OKC +26
Final
PHX92
DEN109
Q1 DEN +12; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +16; Q4 DEN +17
Final
WAS124
POR109
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS +12; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +15
Final
ATL78
LAL86
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +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 14, 2011: 6 games. Top scorer: Josh Smith (ATL @ DET), 27 points.
The lead · NYK @ TOR

New York rallies from 11 down to beat Toronto

Trailing by 11 at the half, New York outscored the Raptors 54–40 the rest of the way. Final: 90–87. Jeremy Lin led New York with 27 points, 2 rebounds and 11 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 Q3Final0-7-11-9+3NYK AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK2115302490
TOR2819281287
Who led
Jeremy LinPoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 4, 2, 25, 28, 23, 38, 20, 27NYK27 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 19, 12, 23, 15, 34, 16, 17, 21NYK21 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Jose CalderonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 1, 8, 8, 3, 9, 17, 30, 25TOR25 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Linas KleizaPoints, last 10 games: 2, 15, 7, 15, 17, 30, 12, 9, 15, 15TOR15 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.9Season avg27.2Last 5

27.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.9 in 14 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.9Season avg19.9Last 3

19.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.9 in 18 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.3Season avg33.1Today

33 minutes today, against 15.3 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · SAS @ DET

San Antonio never trails at a break against Detroit

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 99–95. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 18 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over TOR3SAS over DET4CHI over SAC6LAL over ATL8MEM over HOU10MIA over IND15WAS over POR15DEN over PHX17OKC over UTA26Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over DET.
Top performances

Nick Young leads the day with 35

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.
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 24, 21, 14, 29, 7, 22, 22, 35WAS @ POR · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 14, 15, 33, 13, 10, 9, 12, 33POR vs WAS · L
12.9 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high33 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 2, 15, 14, 31, 29, 15, 9, 29WAS @ POR · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 21, 8, 21, 28, 10, 19, 26, 28SAC @ CHI · L
16.3 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 12, 31, 22, 18, 26, 20, 11, 22, 4, 27SAC @ CHI · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Jeremy LinPoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 4, 2, 25, 28, 23, 38, 20, 27NYK @ TOR · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 11 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+5.4 18.1 last 10 · 12.7 season
Trevor BookerWAS+4.5 11.7 last 10 · 7.2 season
Greivis VasquezNOH+4.3 12.2 last 10 · 7.9 season
Nikola PekovicMIN+4.3 15.4 last 10 · 11.1 season
Russell WestbrookOKC+4.1 26.7 last 10 · 22.6 season
Cold
Chris BoshMIA−5.5 13.1 last 10 · 18.6 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−4.5 17.8 last 10 · 22.3 season
DeJuan BlairSAS−3.5 5.5 last 10 · 9.0 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−3.5 14.9 last 10 · 18.4 season
Kevin MartinHOU−3.0 14.7 last 10 · 17.7 season