FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 23, 2012Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed LAL by 4 after the first quarter and won 100–85.

Final
NYK88
MIA102
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +14
Final
ORL78
ATL83
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +17; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +5
Final
SAS114
DEN99
Q1 SAS +16; Q2 SAS +26; Q3 SAS +20; Q4 SAS +15
Final
LAL85
OKC100
Q1 OKC -4; Q2 OKC +3; Q3 OKC +11; Q4 OKC +15
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 23, 2011: 12 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ POR), 37 points.
The lead · LAL @ OKC

OKC extends win streak to 5

100–85 over Lakers. Record: 27–7. Kevin Durant led OKC with 33 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+3+11+15OKC AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2320192385
OKC19272727100
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 27, 19, 21, 33, 23, 51, 31, 28, 33OKC33 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 31, 33, 28, 16, 26, 18, 40, 31, 31, 19OKC19 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 34, 27, 10, 36, 32, 28, 15, 24LAL24 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 16, 16, 20, 10, 17, 16, 24, 22LAL22 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.5Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 27 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.9minutes, last 3 vs 2010–11 avg
Minutes per game
28.52010–11 avg12.6Last 3

12.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.5 in 2010–11 (58 games). Today: 0 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.0Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 8.0 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 0 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · ORL @ ATL

Atlanta leads Orlando wire to wire

Atlanta was ahead at every break and won 83–78. Best quarter: the first, 29–20. Josh Smith led Atlanta with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over ORL5MIA over NYK14SAS over DEN15OKC over LAL15Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over ORL.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 33

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: 33, 27, 19, 21, 33, 23, 51, 31, 28, 33OKC vs LAL · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
DeJuan BlairPoints, last 10 games: 5, 5, 6, 11, 10, 6, 10, 15, 10, 28SAS @ DEN · W
9.7 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high28 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 24, 14, 8, 13, 16, 8, 20, 25MIA vs NYK · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 34, 27, 10, 36, 32, 28, 15, 24LAL @ OKC · L
28.4 PPG season to date · −4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Corey BrewerPoints, last 10 games: 2, 14, 19, 9, 9, 26, 10, 12, 12, 23DEN vs SAS · L
10.0 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 23, 8, 15, 30, 14, 17, 13, 22ATL vs ORL · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 12 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
Jeremy LinNYK+7.4 21.8 last 10 · 14.4 season
Tony ParkerSAS+5.3 24.7 last 10 · 19.4 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+5.3 24.9 last 10 · 19.6 season
Channing FryePHX+5.2 14.9 last 10 · 9.7 season
Antawn JamisonCLE+5.2 22.6 last 10 · 17.4 season
Cold
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−6.3 15.1 last 10 · 21.4 season
Anthony MorrowNJN−4.3 8.7 last 10 · 13.0 season
LeBron JamesMIA−4.3 23.1 last 10 · 27.4 season
Kevin MartinHOU−4.1 13.9 last 10 · 18.0 season
Byron MullensCHA−4.0 5.7 last 10 · 9.7 season