FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 12, 2014Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 11 points, by SAC (vs NYK) and CLE (vs DET).

Final
DAL81
IND73
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +8
Final
MEM86
ORL81
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 MEM +8; Q3 MEM +3; Q4 MEM +5
Final
ATL83
TOR104
Q1 TOR -5; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +13; Q4 TOR +21
Final
CHA89
BKN105
Q1 BKN +1; Q2 BKN +6; Q3 BKN +22; Q4 BKN +16
Final
SAS104
BOS92
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +12
Final
CLE93
DET89
Q1 CLE -6; Q2 CLE -11; Q3 CLE -7; Q4 CLE +4
Final · OT
SAC106
NYK101
Q1 SAC -11; Q2 SAC -6; Q3 SAC -2; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +5
Final
WAS112
HOU113
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +1
Final
NOP102
MIL98
Q1 NOP +6; Q2 NOP -3; Q3 NOP +7; Q4 NOP +4
Final
DEN90
MIN117
Q1 MIN +12; Q2 MIN +20; Q3 MIN +25; Q4 MIN +27
Final
PHI100
UTA105
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +5
Final
MIA111
GSW110
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA +1
Final
POR117
LAC122
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC -3; Q4 LAC +5
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 12, 2013: 6 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC @ UTA), 33 points.
The lead · CLE @ DET

Cleveland turns it around against Detroit

From 11 down at the half to a 4-point win: 93–89. Tristan Thompson led Cleveland with 25 points, 15 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-11-7+4CLE AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2218193493
DET2823152389
Who led
Tristan ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 5, 2, 6, 17, 13, 10, 4, 16, 25CLE25 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 24, 21, 27, 11, 23, 28, 13, 23CLE23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 16, 9, 12, 25, 23, 30, 12, 18DET18 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 21, 4, 13, 22, 12, 15, 16, 18, 14, 16DET16 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Timberwolves rout

Four of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Minnesota beat Denver by 27.

HOU over WAS1MIA over GSW1CLE over DET4NOP over MIL4MEM over ORL5SAC over NYK5UTA over PHI5LAC over POR5DAL over IND8SAS over BOS12BKN over CHA16TOR over ATL21MIN over DEN27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.9Season avg35.4Last 5

35.4 points a game over his last five games, against 23.9 in 54 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.6Season avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.6 in 49 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.4Season avg37.1Today

37 minutes today, against 15.4 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 36

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: 29, 27, 18, 34, 30, 24, 31, 13, 37, 36MIA @ GSW · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 13 REB · 9 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 62, 35, 24, 29, 26, 36, 26, 31, 15, 36NYK vs SAC · L
27.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 29, 27, 25, 36, 43, 36, 26, 36LAC vs POR · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 24, 10, 16, 28, 23, 22, 19, 35HOU vs WAS · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 31, 30, 28, 43, 31, 26, 31, 32MIN vs DEN · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 23, 9, 13, 18, 20, 15, 14, 8, 10, 32WAS @ HOU · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 11 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
Blake GriffinLAC+6.6 30.8 last 10 · 24.2 season
Al JeffersonCHA+6.3 26.4 last 10 · 20.1 season
Jamal CrawfordLAC+5.0 23.6 last 10 · 18.6 season
Brandon JenningsDET+5.0 22.6 last 10 · 17.6 season
Brian RobertsNOP+4.9 13.3 last 10 · 8.4 season
Cold
Paul GeorgeIND−5.7 16.5 last 10 · 22.2 season
Jordan CrawfordGSW−5.7 6.2 last 10 · 11.9 season
Joe JohnsonBKN−5.0 10.1 last 10 · 15.1 season
Luol DengCLE−4.6 12.6 last 10 · 17.2 season
Evan TurnerPHI−4.1 13.4 last 10 · 17.5 season