FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 4, 2014Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed ATL by 1 at halftime and won 89–85.

Final
IND89
ATL85
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +4
Final
LAL99
MIN109
Q1 MIN +12; Q2 MIN +16; Q3 MIN +11; Q4 MIN +10
Final
CHI101
PHX92
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +9
Final
CHA91
GSW75
Q1 CHA +13; Q2 CHA +12; Q3 CHA +15; Q4 CHA +16
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 · 2012–13Feb 4, 2013: 8 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA vs CHA), 31 points.
The lead · IND @ ATL

Indiana makes it three straight

Indiana beat Atlanta 89–85 and moved to 38–10. David West led Indiana with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4-1+11+4IND AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND1923242389
ATL1528123085
Who led
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 4, 17, 13, 22, 16, 19, 18, 17, 8, 22IND22 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 36, 23, 26, 36, 18, 14, 12, 20, 15, 18IND18 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Mike ScottPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 12, 10, 10, 14, 16, 18, 14, 15ATL15 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 8, 4, 9, 10, 0, 18, 8, 12ATL12 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Second story · CHI @ PHX

Chicago never trails at a break against Phoenix

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 101–92. Carlos Boozer led Chicago with 19 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
IND over ATL4CHI over PHX9MIN over LAL10CHA over GSW16Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over PHX.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.6Season avg29.4Last 5

29.4 points a game over his last five games, against 19.6 in 40 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.1Season avg16.6Last 3

16.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.1 in 47 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Martin leads the day with 32

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.
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 18, 26, 30, 8, 18, 14, 17, 32MIN vs LAL · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 19, 26, 15, 31, 30, 28, 43, 31MIN vs LAL · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 22, 22, 24, 25, 32, 35, 40, 10, 30CHA @ GSW · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 21, 19, 15, 24, 30, 28, 25, 24PHX vs CHI · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 28, 9, 29, 31, 19, 16, 13, 12, 21, 24LAL @ MIN · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 4, 17, 13, 22, 16, 19, 18, 17, 8, 22IND @ ATL · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 10 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
D.J. AugustinCHI+8.3 19.1 last 10 · 10.8 season
Al JeffersonCHA+7.1 27.0 last 10 · 19.9 season
Terrence JonesHOU+6.0 17.9 last 10 · 11.9 season
JR SmithNYK+5.1 18.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Pau GasolLAL+4.8 21.8 last 10 · 17.0 season
Cold
Jordan CrawfordGSW−5.9 6.3 last 10 · 12.2 season
Harrison BarnesGSW−3.9 6.1 last 10 · 10.0 season
Jared DudleyLAC−3.7 4.2 last 10 · 7.9 season
Glen DavisORL−3.6 9.0 last 10 · 12.6 season
James HardenHOU−3.3 20.5 last 10 · 23.8 season