FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 21, 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
MIA86
CHI67
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +19
Final
SAS116
LAC90
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS +28; Q4 SAS +26
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 21, 2012: 5 games. Top scorer: Antawn Jamison (CLE vs DET), 32 points.
The lead · MIA @ CHI

Miami makes it nine straight

Miami beat Chicago 86–67 and moved to 38–14. LeBron James led Miami with 26 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final00+10+11+19MIA AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2223202186
CHI2213191367
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 31, 32, 30, 32, 30, 39, 24, 26MIA26 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 20, 31, 20, 30, 24, 13, 20, 17MIA17 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 12, 20, 19, 14, 18, 20, 6, 6, 14CHI14 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 13, 10, 18, 19, 14, 11, 17, 12CHI12 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Second story · SAS @ LAC

San Antonio leads Clippers wire to wire

San Antonio was ahead at every break and won 116–90. Best quarter: the first, 34–21. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 31 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists.

Top-scorer duel · SAS vs LAC
Tony Parker · SASMatt Barnes · LACPTS3118REB26AST72Top 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
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.0Season avg29.0Last 5

29.0 points a game over his last five games, against 21.0 in 52 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.3 in 42 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+8.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.5Season avg20.0Today

20 minutes today, against 11.5 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tony Parker leads the day with 31

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.
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 31, 22, 19, 31, 31, 29, 24, 30, 31SAS @ LAC · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 31, 32, 30, 32, 30, 39, 24, 26MIA @ CHI · W
27.2 PPG season to date · −1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Matt BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 8, 8, 10, 4, 11, 9, 11, 18LAC vs SAS · L
10.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 20, 31, 20, 30, 24, 13, 20, 17MIA @ CHI · W
20.9 PPG season to date · −3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 17, 20, 13, 17, 20, 20, 22, 17LAC vs SAS · L
18.5 PPG season to date · −1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Danny GreenPoints, last 10 games: 0, 17, 15, 28, 15, 14, 18, 4, 21, 15SAS @ LAC · W
10.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
15 PTS · 3 REB · 7 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+7.0 14.1 last 10 · 7.1 season
Tony ParkerSAS+5.9 27.1 last 10 · 21.2 season
Ty LawsonDEN+5.4 21.4 last 10 · 16.0 season
Ricky RubioMIN+4.9 12.8 last 10 · 7.9 season
Maurice HarklessORL+4.7 10.1 last 10 · 5.4 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.8 18.8 last 10 · 26.6 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS−6.0 7.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.6 8.4 last 10 · 14.0 season
Jason KiddNYK−4.9 2.1 last 10 · 7.0 season
Nicolas BatumPOR−4.7 10.6 last 10 · 15.3 season