FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 15, 2012Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed PHX by 10 after the first quarter and won 101–99.

Final
PHI87
ORL103
Q1 ORL +13; Q2 ORL +16; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +16
Final
SAS113
TOR106
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +7
Final
DET98
BOS88
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET +10
Final
IND87
CLE98
Q1 CLE +12; Q2 CLE +18; Q3 CLE +18; Q4 CLE +11
Final
MEM105
NJN100
Q1 MEM -5; Q2 MEM -2; Q3 MEM -1; Q4 MEM +5
Final
SAC85
NYK100
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +18; Q3 NYK +22; Q4 NYK +15
Final
OKC95
HOU96
Q1 HOU +16; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +1
Final
NOH92
MIL89
Q1 NOH -1; Q2 NOH +5; Q3 NOH +7; Q4 NOH +3
Final
CHA90
MIN102
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN -2; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN +12
Final
DEN84
DAL102
Q1 DAL +10; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +29; Q4 DAL +18
Final
ATL101
PHX99
Q1 ATL -10; Q2 ATL -9; Q3 ATL -4; Q4 ATL +2
Final
POR93
GSW91
Q1 POR -7; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +2
Final
WAS84
LAC102
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC +3; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +18
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 15, 2011: 6 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA @ IND), 41 points.
The lead · ATL @ PHX

Josh Smith scores 30, Atlanta rallies past Phoenix

Atlanta trailed by 10 after one and won 101–99.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0-10-9-4+2ATL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL21262628101
PHX3125212299
Who led
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 6, 7, 11, 9, 18, 28, 23, 8, 15, 30ATL30 PTS · 17 REB · 7 AST
Willie GreenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 7, 9, 0, 14, 0, 2, 17, 6, 20ATL20 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 6, 11, 24, 18, 14, 4, 7, 22PHX22 PTS · 4 REB · 16 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 12, 2, 7, 9, 2, 13, 11, 7, 10, 18PHX18 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.9Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.9 in 15 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 vs 2010–11 avg
Minutes per game
22.72010–11 avg6.3Last 3

6.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.7 in 2010–11 (81 games). Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.4Season avg30.9Today

31 minutes today, against 4.4 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Dallas by 18.

HOU over OKC1ATL over PHX2POR over GSW2NOH over MIL3MEM over NJN5SAS over TOR7DET over BOS10CLE over IND11MIN over CHA12NYK over SAC15ORL over PHI16DAL over DEN18LAC over WAS18Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Rajon Rondo 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.
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 21, 7, 5, 10, 14, 5, 32, 35BOS vs DET · L
15.2 PPG season to date · +20.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 5, 24, 18, 42, 21, 37, 12, 14, 34SAS @ TOR · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 14 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 36, 23, 36, 22, 33, 33, 27, 19, 21, 33OKC @ HOU · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 29, 29, 16, 2, 8, 4, 2, 28, 0, 32HOU vs OKC · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 6, 7, 11, 9, 18, 28, 23, 8, 15, 30ATL @ PHX · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 17 REB · 7 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 18, 33, 29, 21, 20, 25, 32, 32, 19, 30MIN vs CHA · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 18 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
Nikola PekovicMIN+4.6 16.2 last 10 · 11.6 season
Channing FryePHX+4.5 13.5 last 10 · 9.0 season
Drew GoodenMIL+4.2 16.9 last 10 · 12.7 season
Greivis VasquezNOH+4.2 12.0 last 10 · 7.8 season
Nicolas BatumPOR+4.1 17.2 last 10 · 13.1 season
Cold
Chris BoshMIA−5.5 13.1 last 10 · 18.6 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−4.5 17.8 last 10 · 22.3 season
Leandro BarbosaTOR−3.6 8.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Kevin MartinHOU−3.2 15.0 last 10 · 18.2 season
Samuel DalembertHOU−3.2 4.2 last 10 · 7.4 season