FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 24, 2013Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed MIN by 14 after the first quarter and won 100–99.

Final
LAL103
DAL99
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +4
Final
GSW100
MIN99
Q1 GSW -14; Q2 GSW -3; Q3 GSW -5; Q4 GSW +1
Final
CLE105
MIA109
Q1 MIA +13; Q2 MIA +18; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA +4
Final
SAC95
NOH110
Q1 NOH +3; Q2 NOH +6; Q3 NOH +6; Q4 NOH +15
Final
MEM76
BKN72
Q1 MEM -3; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM +4; Q4 MEM +4
Final
PHI93
NYK99
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +12; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +6
Final
SAS97
PHX87
Q1 SAS -2; Q2 SAS +14; Q3 SAS +17; Q4 SAS +10
Final
BOS86
POR92
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +6
Final
CHI72
OKC102
Q1 OKC +8; Q2 OKC +13; Q3 OKC +26; Q4 OKC +30
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · GSW @ MIN

Golden State takes over late to edge Minnesota

Down 5 after three, Golden State won the fourth 24–18. Final: 100–99. Jarrett Jack led Golden State with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · GSW 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 Q3Final0-14-3-5+1GSW AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW18342424100
MIN3223261899
Who led
Jarrett JackPoints, last 10 games: 14, 26, 13, 6, 20, 22, 19, 21, 30, 23GSW23 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 12, 26, 10, 12, 18, 19, 25, 22GSW22 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Derrick WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 1, 15, 19, 9, 13, 24, 17, 9, 23MIN23 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Nikola PekovicPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 21, 16, 8, 16, 19, 27, 5, 21MIN21 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: OKC by 30.

GSW over MIN1LAL over DAL4MIA over CLE4MEM over BKN4NYK over PHI6POR over BOS6SAS over PHX10NOH over SAC15OKC over CHI30Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.6Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 6.6 in 54 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.0Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.0 in 44 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.0Season avg31.5Today

32 minutes today, against 11.0 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 38

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: 18, 21, 27, 20, 28, 4, 20, 16, 40, 38LAL @ DAL · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 10, 16, 15, 24, 17, 12, 25, 30DAL vs LAL · L
16.0 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 13, 19, 20, 10, 16, 16, 21, 30PHI @ NYK · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 9, 27, 31, 36, 42, 12, 15, 32, 29NYK vs PHI · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 31, 32, 30, 32, 30, 39, 24, 26, 16, 28MIA vs CLE · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Dion WaitersPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 19, 15, 3, 12, 20, 16, 12, 26CLE @ MIA · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 3 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+6.4 22.7 last 10 · 16.3 season
Maurice HarklessORL+6.1 11.9 last 10 · 5.8 season
Isaiah ThomasSAC+5.9 18.8 last 10 · 12.9 season
Jarrett JackGSW+5.6 19.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Ricky RubioMIN+5.5 13.9 last 10 · 8.4 season
Cold
Jordan CrawfordBOS−6.8 6.0 last 10 · 12.8 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.9 7.6 last 10 · 13.5 season
Kevin SeraphinWAS−5.3 4.3 last 10 · 9.6 season
Shannon BrownPHX−4.7 6.5 last 10 · 11.2 season
Ben GordonCHA−4.5 7.7 last 10 · 12.2 season