FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 19, 2012Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by OKC (vs DEN) and MIN (vs PHI).

Final
DAL97
NYK104
Q1 NYK +12; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK -3; Q4 NYK +7
Final
ORL78
MIA90
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +12; Q3 MIA +16; Q4 MIA +12
Final
SAC92
CLE93
Q1 CLE -4; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +1
Final
BOS81
DET96
Q1 DET 0; Q2 DET +13; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +15
Final
CHA73
IND108
Q1 IND +12; Q2 IND +20; Q3 IND +40; Q4 IND +35
Final
UTA85
HOU101
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +16
Final
PHI91
MIN92
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN -5; Q3 MIN -2; Q4 MIN +1
Final
MIL92
NJN85
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +14; Q4 MIL +7
Final · OT
DEN118
OKC124
Q1 OKC -2; Q2 OKC -5; Q3 OKC 0; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +6
Final
LAL90
PHX102
Q1 PHX +16; Q2 PHX +23; Q3 PHX +15; Q4 PHX +12
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · PHI @ MIN

Minnesota wins a tight one over Philadelphia

92–91. Neither team led by more than 5 at any break. Ricky Rubio led Minnesota with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-2-5-2+1MIN AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI2425251791
MIN2222282092
Who led
Ricky RubioPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 6, 4, 10, 12, 11, 6, 18, 22MIN22 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 20, 25, 32, 32, 19, 30, 33, 20MIN20 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 13, 15, 8, 20, 19, 3, 3, 20PHI20 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 12, 17, 12, 8, 3, 15, 10, 13PHI13 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.5Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 13.5 in 17 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.1Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.1 in 23 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.9Season avg42.9Today

43 minutes today, against 18.9 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 8 rebounds, 11 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Indiana posts the night's biggest win

Indiana beat Charlotte by 35, the widest margin of 10 games.

CLE over SAC1MIN over PHI1OKC over DEN6NYK over DAL7MIL over NJN7MIA over ORL12PHX over LAL12DET over BOS15HOU over UTA16IND over CHA35Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 51

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 36, 22, 33, 33, 27, 19, 21, 33, 23, 51OKC vs DEN · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +24.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James LAL, Nov 18, 2018: 51 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Career high51 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 28, 31, 33, 28, 16, 26, 18, 40OKC vs DEN · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, Feb 14, 2001: 40 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Season high40 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 8, 30, 24, 25, 33, 20, 22, 12, 28, 34DAL @ NYK · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 26, 28, 27, 34, 27, 10, 36, 32LAL @ PHX · L
29.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 5, 24, 20, 12, 14, 10, 24, 11, 17, 32HOU vs UTA · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
Ersan IlyasovaPoints, last 10 games: 9, 9, 3, 17, 12, 17, 7, 23, 14, 29MIL @ NJN · W
10.1 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 25 REB · 0 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+6.2 18.8 last 10 · 12.6 season
Nicolas BatumPOR+4.7 18.3 last 10 · 13.6 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+4.5 23.6 last 10 · 19.1 season
Greivis VasquezNOH+4.4 12.5 last 10 · 8.1 season
Tony ParkerSAS+4.3 23.7 last 10 · 19.4 season
Cold
Kevin MartinHOU−6.0 11.9 last 10 · 17.9 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−4.8 13.4 last 10 · 18.2 season
Chris BoshMIA−4.8 13.4 last 10 · 18.2 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−4.5 17.8 last 10 · 22.3 season
Byron MullensCHA−4.0 5.7 last 10 · 9.7 season