FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 16, 2012Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed POR by 11 at halftime and won 74–71.

Final
NJN88
IND93
Q1 IND -8; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +5
Final
BOS80
CHI89
Q1 CHI -6; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI +9
Final
LAC74
POR71
Q1 LAC -7; Q2 LAC -11; Q3 LAC -8; Q4 LAC +3
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 16, 2011: 12 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN @ MIL), 38 points.
The lead · LAC @ POR

Clippers fight back from 11 down against Portland

Final: 74–71, after trailing by 11 at the half. Blake Griffin led Clippers with 21 points, 14 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · LAC 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 Q3Final0-7-11-8+3LAC AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC2012202274
POR2716171171
Who led
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 31, 18, 21, 18, 25, 16, 21, 20, 23, 21LAC21 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 17, 9, 5, 14, 9, 11, 11, 17LAC17 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 33, 13, 10, 9, 12, 33, 17, 19POR19 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 8, 17, 21, 31, 19, 3, 14, 19POR19 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Second story · NJN @ IND

Indiana turns it around against New Jersey

From 8 down after one to a 5-point win: 93–88. Danny Granger led Indiana with 32 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · IND vs NJN
Danny Granger · INDDeron Williams · NJNPTS3229REB56AST14Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.7Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.7 in 30 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.5Season avg21.0Last 3

21.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.5 in 27 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 20.3 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Danny Granger leads the day with 32

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.
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 36, 16, 19, 16, 21, 19, 26, 3, 32IND vs NJN · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 34, 26, 12, 21, 25, 34, 14, 27, 26, 29NJN @ IND · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kris HumphriesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 16, 20, 10, 9, 5, 15, 10, 24NJN @ IND · L
13.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 9, 16, 8, 24, 18, 16, 22, 16, 23CHI vs BOS · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 22, 21, 19, 9, 12, 10, 23, 23CHI vs BOS · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high23 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 31, 18, 21, 18, 25, 16, 21, 20, 23, 21LAC @ POR · W
21.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 14 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
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
Nicolas BatumPOR+4.2 17.5 last 10 · 13.3 season
Greivis VasquezNOH+4.2 12.0 last 10 · 7.8 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