FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 25, 2013Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed UTA by 5 at halftime and won 110–107.

Final
WAS90
TOR84
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +6
Final
ATL114
DET103
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +10; Q3 ATL +18; Q4 ATL +11
Final
LAL108
DEN119
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +13; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +11
Final · OT
BOS110
UTA107
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS -5; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +3
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 · BOS @ UTA

Boston needs overtime to survive Utah

Tied 97–97 after regulation. Boston won the final period 13–10 for a 110–107 win. Paul Pierce led Boston with 26 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+2-5+80+3BOS AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
BOS2820321713110
UTA2627192510107
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 27, 13, 8, 10, 26, 8, 23, 26BOS26 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Avery BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 13, 8, 10, 17, 6, 13, 8, 18BOS18 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 22, 5, 15, 13, 15, 17, 23, 26UTA26 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 19, 21, 6, 18, 21, 14, 19, 16UTA16 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Second story · WAS @ TOR

Washington never trails at a break against Toronto

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 90–84. Bradley Beal led Washington with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over UTA3WAS over TOR6ATL over DET11DEN over LAL11Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over TOR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.7Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.7 in 51 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.7Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.7 in 45 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.6Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 16.6 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 29

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: 21, 27, 20, 28, 4, 20, 16, 40, 38, 29LAL @ DEN · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 27, 13, 8, 10, 26, 8, 23, 26BOS @ UTA · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 22, 5, 15, 13, 15, 17, 23, 26UTA vs BOS · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 22, 7, 22, 20, 24, 7, 18, 25TOR vs WAS · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 17, 12, 21, 26, 27, 24, 23, 23ATL @ DET · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 22 REB · 3 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 19, 23, 26, 30, 10, 18, 15, 23ATL @ DET · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 4 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 22.8 last 10 · 16.4 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−8.3 4.3 last 10 · 12.6 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−6.9 6.4 last 10 · 13.3 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