FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 27, 2013Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed DAL by 19 after the first quarter and won 90–84.

Final
TOR92
CLE103
Q1 CLE -5; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 CLE +11
Final
SAC125
ORL101
Q1 SAC +14; Q2 SAC +23; Q3 SAC +30; Q4 SAC +24
Final
DET96
WAS95
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +1
Final
MIL110
HOU107
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL +3
Final
DAL84
MEM90
Q1 MEM -19; Q2 MEM -13; Q3 MEM +6; Q4 MEM +6
Final
GSW105
NYK109
Q1 NYK +9; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +4
Final
NOH74
OKC119
Q1 OKC +9; Q2 OKC +17; Q3 OKC +36; Q4 OKC +45
Final · OT
PHX105
SAS101
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX -7; Q3 PHX -10; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +4
Final
ATL102
UTA91
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL +16; Q4 ATL +11
Final
DEN111
POR109
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN -3; Q4 DEN +2
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 · DAL @ MEM

Memphis storms back from 19 down to beat Dallas

The Grizzlies trailed by 19 after one and won 90–84. Zach Randolph led Memphis with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-19-13+6+6MEM AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL381752484
MEM1923242490
Who led
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 16, 16, 13, 15, 17, 16, 16, 22MEM22 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 20, 9, 24, 8, 5, 19, 14, 21MEM21 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 26, 10, 9, 17, 10, 6, 10, 16DAL16 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 4, 7, 11, 6, 4, 17, 13, 14, 12, 12DAL12 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.8Season avg26.2Last 5

26.2 points a game over his last five games, against 16.8 in 52 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 2 vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
27.52011–12 avg12.1Last 2

12.1 minutes a game over his last two games, against 27.5 in 2011–12 (64 games). Today: 3 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.5Season avg25.7Today

26 minutes today, against 5.5 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

OKC posts the night's biggest win

OKC beat New Orleans by 45, the widest margin of 10 games.

DET over WAS1DEN over POR2MIL over HOU3NYK over GSW4PHX over SAS4MEM over DAL6CLE over TOR11ATL over UTA11SAC over ORL24OKC over NOH45Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 54

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 32, 18, 27, 29, 20, 19, 18, 38, 54GSW @ NYK · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +32.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Dec 13, 2019: 54 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Career high54 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 27, 31, 36, 42, 12, 15, 32, 29, 35NYK vs GSW · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 12, 21, 26, 27, 24, 23, 23, 34ATL @ UTA · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 7, 22, 20, 24, 7, 18, 25, 34TOR @ CLE · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 10, 5, 12, 24, 4, 7, 6, 13, 21, 32DET @ WAS · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 29, 29, 26, 26, 27, 20, 22, 30DEN @ POR · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 6 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+7.0 23.6 last 10 · 16.6 season
Ricky RubioMIN+5.3 13.5 last 10 · 8.2 season
Maurice HarklessORL+5.2 11.2 last 10 · 6.0 season
Al HorfordATL+5.1 22.2 last 10 · 17.1 season
Stephen CurryGSW+5.0 26.9 last 10 · 21.9 season
Cold
Jordan CrawfordBOS−8.3 4.3 last 10 · 12.6 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−7.7 5.2 last 10 · 12.9 season
Kevin DurantOKC−5.0 23.6 last 10 · 28.6 season
Kevin SeraphinWAS−4.9 4.7 last 10 · 9.6 season
Shannon BrownPHX−4.7 6.5 last 10 · 11.2 season