FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 21, 2014Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 11 points, by DET (vs ATL) and LAL (vs BOS).

Final
NOP87
CHA90
Q1 CHA +8; Q2 CHA +11; Q3 CHA +9; Q4 CHA +3
Final · 2OT
NYK121
ORL129
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL -7; Q3 ORL -7; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL 0; OT2 ORL +8
Final
DAL124
PHI112
Q1 DAL +18; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +12
Final
CLE91
TOR98
Q1 TOR -6; Q2 TOR -5; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +7
Final
ATL107
DET115
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET -11; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET +8
Final
DEN89
CHI117
Q1 CHI +13; Q2 CHI +23; Q3 CHI +25; Q4 CHI +28
Final
LAC96
MEM102
Q1 MEM -6; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +6
Final
SAS85
PHX106
Q1 PHX -4; Q2 PHX +12; Q3 PHX +17; Q4 PHX +21
Final
UTA94
POR102
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR -9; Q4 POR +8
Final
BOS92
LAL101
Q1 LAL -9; Q2 LAL -2; Q3 LAL -11; Q4 LAL +9
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 21, 2013: 2 games. Top scorer: Tony Parker (SAS @ LAC), 31 points.
The lead · ATL @ DET

Detroit climbs out of an 11-point hole against Atlanta

Down 11 at the half, the Pistons won the third quarter 34–20 and the game 115–107. Greg Monroe led Detroit with 22 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-3-11+3+8DET AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL22412024107
DET19333429115
Who led
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 12, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 13, 22DET22 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Andre DrummondPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 15, 16, 18, 14, 16, 16, 8, 20DET20 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 7, 26, 20, 15, 17, 7, 21, 23ATL23 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Shelvin MackPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 7, 4, 0, 4, 0, 11, 6, 21ATL21 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.2Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.2 in 30 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.1 in 52 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.5Season avg33.3Today

33 minutes today, against 6.5 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · BOS @ LAL

Lakers fight back late to top Boston

Boston led 74–63 after three. Lakers won the fourth 38–18 and the game 101–92. Chris Kaman led Lakers with 16 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAL vs BOS
Chris Kaman · LALJeff Green · BOSPTS1621REB83AST32Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 44

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 36, 26, 31, 15, 36, 22, 42, 44NYK @ ORL · L
27.8 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Hakeem Olajuwon HOU, Mar 29, 1997: 45 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
44 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 40, 10, 30, 26, 30, 12, 32, 29, 33CHA vs NOP · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 20, 15, 16, 7, 10, 21, 23, 32ORL vs NYK · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Victor OladipoPoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 6, 20, 14, 23, 7, 6, 4, 30ORL vs NYK · W
13.8 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 14 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 29, 14, 17, 20, 5, 15, 12, 19, 15, 30PHI vs DAL · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 25, 36, 43, 36, 26, 36, 35, 28LAC @ MEM · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 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
Blake GriffinLAC+7.7 32.1 last 10 · 24.4 season
Al JeffersonCHA+6.9 27.7 last 10 · 20.8 season
Brian RobertsNOP+4.9 13.6 last 10 · 8.7 season
Kevin LoveMIN+4.7 30.9 last 10 · 26.2 season
Tim Hardaway Jr.NYK+4.5 14.1 last 10 · 9.6 season
Cold
Spencer HawesCLE−5.2 7.7 last 10 · 12.9 season
Jameer NelsonORL−5.0 7.5 last 10 · 12.5 season
Evan TurnerPHI−5.0 12.4 last 10 · 17.4 season
Jordan CrawfordGSW−4.6 7.3 last 10 · 11.9 season
Gordon HaywardUTA−4.4 11.8 last 10 · 16.2 season