FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 22, 2013Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed SAC by 8 after the first quarter and won 122–108.

Final
CHI105
CHA75
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +14; Q3 CHI +21; Q4 CHI +30
Final
DET82
IND114
Q1 IND +17; Q2 IND +24; Q3 IND +38; Q4 IND +32
Final
NYK98
TOR100
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR -3; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +2
Final
DEN113
WAS119
Q1 WAS +5; Q2 WAS 0; Q3 WAS +16; Q4 WAS +6
Final
SAC108
ATL122
Q1 ATL -8; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +14
Final
HOU106
BKN96
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +10
Final
ORL82
MEM88
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM +14; Q4 MEM +6
Final
DAL104
NOH100
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL -5; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +4
Final
MIN111
OKC127
Q1 OKC +10; Q2 OKC +8; Q3 OKC +17; Q4 OKC +16
Final
BOS113
PHX88
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +12; Q3 BOS +14; Q4 BOS +25
Final · OT
SAS101
GSW107
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW -1; Q3 GSW -1; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW +6
Final
POR107
LAL111
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL -2; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL +4
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 22, 2012: 13 games. Top scorer: Chris Paul (LAC vs DEN), 36 points.
The lead · SAC @ ATL

Atlanta climbs back to beat Sacramento

Sacramento led by 8 after one. Atlanta won it 122–108. Al Horford led Atlanta with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-2+5+14ATL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC33302520108
ATL25363229122
Who led
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 14, 15, 17, 12, 21, 26, 27, 24ATL24 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 27, 9, 16, 24, 22, 21, 20, 7, 9, 20ATL20 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 8, 24, 8, 17, 25, 23, 11, 12, 22, 30SAC30 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 25, 10, 13, 20, 23, 17, 11, 26SAC26 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.0Season avg27.4Last 5

27.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.0 in 54 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.2 in 43 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg45.8Today

46 minutes today, against 20.0 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Pacers rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Indiana beat Detroit by 32.

TOR over NYK2DAL over NOH4LAL over POR4WAS over DEN6MEM over ORL6GSW over SAS6HOU over BKN10ATL over SAC14OKC over MIN16BOS over PHX25CHI over CHA30IND over DET32Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 40

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: 17, 18, 21, 27, 20, 28, 4, 20, 16, 40LAL vs POR · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tracy McGrady ORL, Dec 13, 2001: 40 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
40 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 24, 22, 17, 24, 22, 26, 28, 37OKC vs MIN · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 9, 27, 31, 36, 42, 12, 15, 32NYK @ TOR · L
28.4 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 25, 23, 20, 17, 11, 24, 13, 32TOR vs NYK · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 8, 19, 17, 18, 8, 20, 15, 31BOS @ PHX · W
10.9 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 8, 24, 8, 17, 25, 23, 11, 12, 22, 30SAC @ ATL · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 9 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
Ty LawsonDEN+6.1 22.3 last 10 · 16.2 season
Danny GreenSAS+6.0 16.7 last 10 · 10.7 season
Jeff GreenBOS+5.8 16.7 last 10 · 10.9 season
Maurice HarklessORL+5.8 11.4 last 10 · 5.6 season
Jerryd BaylessMEM+5.7 12.8 last 10 · 7.1 season
Cold
Jordan CrawfordBOS−6.2 6.9 last 10 · 13.1 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.9 7.6 last 10 · 13.5 season
Kobe BryantLAL−5.8 21.1 last 10 · 26.9 season
Kevin SeraphinWAS−5.3 4.3 last 10 · 9.6 season
Shannon BrownPHX−4.7 6.5 last 10 · 11.2 season