FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 28, 2013Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
LAC99
IND91
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +8
Final
PHI82
CHI93
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +11
Final
MIN94
LAL116
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +16; Q4 LAL +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
On this day · 2011–12Feb 28, 2012: 9 games. Top scorer: Brook Lopez (NJN @ DAL), 38 points.
The lead · LAC @ IND

Clippers make it three straight

Clippers beat Indiana 99–91 and moved to 42–18. Chris Paul led Clippers with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1+2+7+8LAC AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC2623272399
IND2522222291
Who led
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 4, 3, 25, 21, 10, 24, 4, 11, 7, 29LAC29 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 13, 27, 20, 13, 8, 15, 12, 23LAC23 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 29, 15, 15, 30, 7, 18, 18, 16, 28, 22IND22 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 29, 15, 26, 5, 23, 27, 12, 12, 21, 20IND20 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Second story · PHI @ CHI

Chicago leads Philadelphia wire to wire

Chicago was ahead at every break and won 93–82. Best quarter: the fourth, 25–20. Joakim Noah led Chicago with 23 points, 21 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over IND8CHI over PHI11LAL over MIN22Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over PHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.5Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.5 in 50 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
33.32011–12 avg18.8Last 3

18.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.3 in 2011–12 (62 games). Today: 12 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+11.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.5Season avg39.9Today

40 minutes today, against 28.5 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 33

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: 27, 20, 28, 4, 20, 16, 40, 38, 29, 33LAL vs MIN · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 4, 3, 25, 21, 10, 24, 4, 11, 7, 29LAC @ IND · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Joakim NoahPoints, last 10 games: 2, 12, 7, 10, 15, 11, 10, 8, 9, 23CHI vs PHI · W
11.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 21 REB · 1 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 13, 27, 20, 13, 8, 15, 12, 23LAC @ IND · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 29, 15, 15, 30, 7, 18, 18, 16, 28, 22IND vs LAC · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 13, 19, 20, 10, 16, 16, 21, 30, 9, 22PHI @ CHI · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 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+7.0 23.6 last 10 · 16.6 season
Derrick WilliamsMIN+5.9 16.5 last 10 · 10.6 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