FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 20, 2012Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed MIN by 12 after the first quarter and won 103–101.

Final
ATL79
CHI90
Q1 CHI +18; Q2 CHI +18; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI +11
Final
NJN100
NYK92
Q1 NJN -3; Q2 NJN +8; Q3 NJN +18; Q4 NJN +8
Final
BOS73
DAL89
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +17; Q4 DAL +16
Final
MEM93
HOU97
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU 0; Q4 HOU +4
Final
ORL93
MIL90
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL -3; Q4 ORL +3
Final
NOH93
OKC101
Q1 OKC +13; Q2 OKC +22; Q3 OKC +15; Q4 OKC +8
Final · OT
MIN101
DEN103
Q1 DEN -12; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +3; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +2
Final
WAS88
PHX104
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +24; Q4 PHX +16
Final
SAS106
UTA102
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS +4
Final
LAC97
GSW104
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +7
Final
POR92
LAL103
Q1 LAL +22; Q2 LAL +22; Q3 LAL +14; Q4 LAL +11
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 · MIN @ DEN

Al Harrington scores 31 in Denver win over Minnesota

Final: 103–101. Al Harrington added 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-12+5+30+2DEN AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIN301627208101
DEN1833251710103
Who led
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 17, 11, 10, 12, 13, 4, 11, 31DEN31 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 7, 0, 12, 26, 23, 20, 3, 8, 27, 20DEN20 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 25, 32, 32, 19, 30, 33, 20, 22MIN22 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 17, 13, 20, 8, 13, 4, 6, 4, 17MIN17 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Dallas by 16.

DEN over MIN2ORL over MIL3HOU over MEM4SAS over UTA4GSW over LAC7NJN over NYK8OKC over NOH8CHI over ATL11LAL over POR11DAL over BOS16PHX over WAS16Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.6Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.6 in 30 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.5Season avg22.6Last 3

22.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.5 in 23 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 35 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.5Season avg42.6Today

43 minutes today, against 19.5 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Deron Williams leads the day with 38

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.
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 34, 14, 27, 26, 29, 29, 26, 38NJN @ NYK · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 33, 18, 48, 14, 33, 18, 10, 11, 33, 32GSW vs LAC · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 33, 33, 27, 19, 21, 33, 23, 51, 31OKC vs NOH · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 17, 11, 10, 12, 13, 4, 11, 31DEN vs MIN · W
14.6 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 31, 33, 28, 16, 26, 18, 40, 31OKC vs NOH · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 33, 25, 18, 11, 11, 17, 26, 12, 28ORL @ MIL · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 16 REB · 4 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
Tony ParkerSAS+6.0 25.5 last 10 · 19.5 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+6.0 25.4 last 10 · 19.4 season
Channing FryePHX+5.3 14.6 last 10 · 9.3 season
Nicolas BatumPOR+4.9 18.6 last 10 · 13.7 season
Deron WilliamsNJN+4.7 26.9 last 10 · 22.2 season
Cold
Kevin MartinHOU−5.6 12.5 last 10 · 18.1 season
Chris BoshMIA−4.8 13.4 last 10 · 18.2 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−4.7 13.6 last 10 · 18.3 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−4.1 17.7 last 10 · 21.8 season
Byron MullensCHA−4.0 5.7 last 10 · 9.7 season