FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 26, 2013Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed CHA by 6 after the first quarter and won 106–84.

Final
GSW97
IND108
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +11
Final
ORL98
PHI84
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +14
Final · 2OT
SAC129
MIA141
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA 0; OT2 MIA +12
Final
CLE101
CHI98
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE 0; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +3
Final
BKN101
NOH97
Q1 BKN +11; Q2 BKN +16; Q3 BKN +8; Q4 BKN +4
Final
MIL95
DAL90
Q1 MIL -4; Q2 MIL -5; Q3 MIL -4; Q4 MIL +5
Final · OT
MIN83
PHX84
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +14; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +1
Final
CHA84
LAC106
Q1 LAC -6; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC +19; Q4 LAC +22
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 · CHA @ LAC

Clippers rout Charlotte by 22

Clippers led by 9 at halftime and won 106–84. Blake Griffin led Clippers with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+9+19+22LAC AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA3015182184
LAC24302824106
Who led
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 13, 17, 20, 20, 22, 17, 18, 24LAC24 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Matt BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 10, 4, 11, 9, 11, 18, 8, 17LAC17 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Gerald HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 13, 16, 14, 24, 13, 9, 19, 24CHA24 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 5, 18, 6, 18, 8, 24, 24, 27, 24, 15CHA15 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Clippers by 22.

PHX over MIN1CLE over CHI3BKN over NOH4MIL over DAL5IND over GSW11MIA over SAC12ORL over PHI14LAC over CHA22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
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
5.8Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 5.8 in 50 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 2 vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
33.32011–12 avg18.8Last 2

18.8 minutes a game over his last two games, against 33.3 in 2011–12 (62 games). Today: 5 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.8Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 8.8 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 30, 32, 30, 39, 24, 26, 16, 28, 40MIA vs SAC · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden BKN, Dec 27, 2021: 39 PTS · 8 REB · 15 AST
Season high40 PTS · 8 REB · 16 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 30, 24, 13, 20, 17, 33, 24, 39MIA vs SAC · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 32, 18, 27, 29, 20, 19, 18, 38GSW @ IND · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 3, 9, 24, 3, 15, 16, 8, 12, 36SAC @ MIA · L
12.1 PPG season to date · +24.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 12, 20, 15, 19, 23, 15, 24, 33BKN @ NOH · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 30, 29, 15, 15, 30, 7, 18, 18, 16, 28IND vs GSW · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 2 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
Tony ParkerSAS+5.5 26.6 last 10 · 21.1 season
Jarrett JackGSW+5.4 19.1 last 10 · 13.7 season
Ricky RubioMIN+5.3 13.5 last 10 · 8.2 season
Danny GreenSAS+5.2 15.8 last 10 · 10.6 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