FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 7, 2013Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
LAL95
BOS116
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +14; Q3 BOS +26; Q4 BOS +21
Final
CHI96
DEN128
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +26; Q4 DEN +32
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 · 2011–12Feb 7, 2012: 6 games. Top scorer: Monta Ellis (GSW vs OKC), 48 points.
The lead · LAL @ BOS

Boston routs Lakers by 21

Boston led by 14 at halftime and won 116–95. Paul Pierce led Boston with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4+14+26+21BOS AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2321252695
BOS27313721116
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 22, 12, 17, 16, 14, 22, 12, 24BOS24 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 9, 17, 11, 12, 17, 14, 8, 19BOS19 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 16, 29, 14, 21, 14, 17, 17, 18, 21, 27LAL27 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Jodie MeeksPoints, last 10 games: 0, 9, 8, 5, 13, 0, 8, 5, 5, 13LAL13 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · CHI @ DEN

Denver leads Chicago wire to wire

Denver was ahead at every break and won 128–96. Best quarter: the third, 37–16. Wilson Chandler led Denver with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DEN vs CHI
Wilson Chandler · DENDaequan Cook · CHIPTS2419REB24AST00Top 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
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.8Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.8 in 48 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.1 in 39 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.8Season avg27.4Today

27 minutes today, against 8.8 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 27

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 16, 29, 14, 21, 14, 17, 17, 18, 21, 27LAL @ BOS · L
27.5 PPG season to date · −0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 22, 12, 17, 16, 14, 22, 12, 24BOS vs LAL · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 4, 12, 20, 0, 7, 9, 7, 24DEN vs CHI · W
9.7 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Kenneth FariedPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 16, 0, 11, 4, 19, 13, 13, 21DEN vs CHI · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Daequan CookPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 0, 6, 0, 0, 3, 0, 3, 19CHI @ DEN · L
3.4 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high19 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 9, 17, 11, 12, 17, 14, 8, 19BOS vs LAL · W
10.0 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high19 PTS · 3 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
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+7.7 18.7 last 10 · 11.0 season
Jerryd BaylessMEM+7.0 14.0 last 10 · 7.0 season
Jimmy ButlerCHI+6.4 13.7 last 10 · 7.3 season
Tristan ThompsonCLE+5.3 16.6 last 10 · 11.3 season
Nate RobinsonCHI+4.8 16.7 last 10 · 11.9 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−8.1 19.4 last 10 · 27.5 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS−6.0 7.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Nicolas BatumPOR−5.8 9.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
John SalmonsSAC−4.6 4.1 last 10 · 8.7 season
Alonzo GeeCLE−4.5 5.8 last 10 · 10.3 season