FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 22, 2014Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed NYK by 13 at halftime and won 107–98.

Final
MEM89
CHA92
Q1 CHA +7; Q2 CHA -6; Q3 CHA +1; Q4 CHA +3
Final
NOP93
WAS94
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS 0; Q3 WAS 0; Q4 WAS +1
Final
NYK98
ATL107
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL -13; Q3 ATL -5; Q4 ATL +9
Final
DAL113
DET102
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +11
Final
IND110
MIL100
Q1 IND +9; Q2 IND +12; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +10
Final
MIN121
UTA104
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +13; Q4 MIN +17
Final
BOS98
SAC105
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +8; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +7
Final
BKN86
GSW93
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW +4; Q4 GSW +7
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 22, 2013: 12 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs POR), 40 points.
The lead · NYK @ ATL

Mike Scott scores 30, Atlanta rallies past New York

Atlanta trailed by 13 at the half and won 107–98. Carmelo Anthony scored 35 for New York in the loss.

Game flow · ATL 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+1-13-5+9ATL AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK2329212598
ATL24152939107
Who led
Mike ScottPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 16, 0, 8, 6, 13, 4, 20, 30ATL30 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 9, 11, 8, 12, 13, 8, 16, 28ATL28 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 36, 26, 31, 15, 36, 22, 42, 44, 35NYK35 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 3, 7, 9, 16, 8, 6, 5, 15, 16NYK16 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.8Season avg35.8Last 5

35.8 points a game over his last five games, against 27.8 in 52 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg6.7Last 3

6.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.7 in 53 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.7Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 16.7 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 1 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · MEM @ CHA

Charlotte holds off Memphis, 92–89

Charlotte led 64–63 after three and held on to win by three. Kemba Walker led Charlotte with 31 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over NOP1CHA over MEM3SAC over BOS7GSW over BKN7ATL over NYK9IND over MIL10DAL over DET11MIN over UTA17Final margin, points. Pink = CHA over MEM.
Top performances

Kevin Love leads the day with 37

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 LovePoints, last 10 games: 31, 30, 28, 43, 31, 26, 31, 32, 42, 37MIN @ UTA · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: LeBron James CLE, Apr 25, 2010: 37 PTS · 12 REB · 11 AST
37 PTS · 12 REB · 10 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 36, 26, 31, 15, 36, 22, 42, 44, 35NYK @ ATL · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 18, 17, 27, 12, 12, 26, 35, 32IND @ MIL · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 23, 30, 12, 18, 12, 14, 17, 32DET vs DAL · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 6, 7, 18, 7, 16, 22, 24, 13, 31CHA vs MEM · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 24, 10, 23, 25, 16, 23, 22, 22, 18, 30MIL vs IND · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 8 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
Kevin LoveMIN+6.7 33.1 last 10 · 26.4 season
Brian RobertsNOP+4.7 13.4 last 10 · 8.7 season
Pau GasolLAL+4.4 21.4 last 10 · 17.0 season
Al JeffersonCHA+4.3 24.8 last 10 · 20.5 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
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeDET−4.9 1.4 last 10 · 6.3 season
Gordon HaywardUTA−4.9 11.1 last 10 · 16.0 season