FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 12, 2013Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed PHX by 6 after three quarters and won 91–85.

Final
DEN108
TOR109
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +2; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +1
Final
POR104
MIA117
Q1 MIA -4; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +13
Final
SAC101
MEM108
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +7
Final
OKC94
UTA109
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +15
Final
HOU116
GSW107
Q1 HOU -4; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +9
Final
PHX85
LAL91
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL -6; Q4 LAL +6
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 12, 2012: 6 games. Top scorer: Monta Ellis (GSW vs HOU), 33 points.
The lead · PHX @ LAL

Lakers get past Phoenix

91–85, with Lakers ahead 56–47 at halftime. Dwight Howard led Lakers with 19 points, 18 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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+8+9-6+6LAL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX2225241485
LAL302692691
Who led
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 17, 8, 24, 9, 9, 12, 15, 19LAL19 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 13, 18, 10, 9, 11, 9, 3, 19LAL19 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 12, 27, 4, 24, 6, 11, 25, 4, 18PHX18 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 12, 18, 9, 10, 11, 6, 6, 15PHX15 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Second story · HOU @ GSW

Houston beats Golden State, 116–107

Houston led 88–79 after three and won by 9. James Harden led Houston with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over DEN1LAL over PHX6MEM over SAC7HOU over GSW9MIA over POR13UTA over OKC15Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over GSW.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.0Season avg13.2Last 5

13.2 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 36 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 50 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.4Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 6.4 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

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, 24, 35, 27, 32, 19, 25, 21, 18, 33OKC @ UTA · L
29.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 10, 26, 23, 21, 19, 18, 4, 33POR @ MIA · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 7, 12, 14, 16, 16, 13, 28, 23, 12, 32MIA vs POR · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 34, 24, 28, 30, 31, 32, 30, 32, 30MIA vs POR · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 18, 16, 21, 22, 16, 11, 29, 29DEN @ TOR · L
15.7 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 29, 16, 18, 25, 27, 31, 25, 29POR @ MIA · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 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
Jerryd BaylessMEM+8.0 15.1 last 10 · 7.1 season
Nate RobinsonCHI+6.2 18.3 last 10 · 12.1 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+5.4 16.7 last 10 · 11.3 season
Ty LawsonDEN+5.2 20.9 last 10 · 15.7 season
Michael BeasleyPHX+4.8 15.6 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−8.3 18.7 last 10 · 27.0 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS−6.0 7.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Shannon BrownPHX−4.7 6.5 last 10 · 11.2 season
Michael Kidd-GilchristCHA−4.4 4.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Dwight HowardLAL−4.0 12.3 last 10 · 16.3 season