FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 23, 2014Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed PHX by 10 after three quarters and won 115–112.

Final
LAC125
OKC117
Q1 LAC -4; Q2 LAC +6; Q3 LAC +6; Q4 LAC +8
Final
CHI79
MIA93
Q1 MIA -4; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +14
Final
WAS96
CLE83
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +13
Final
ORL90
TOR105
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +15; Q4 TOR +15
Final
SAC109
DEN95
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC -4; Q3 SAC +17; Q4 SAC +14
Final
BKN108
LAL102
Q1 BKN +12; Q2 BKN +16; Q3 BKN +12; Q4 BKN +6
Final
HOU115
PHX112
Q1 HOU +14; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU -10; Q4 HOU +3
Final
MIN97
POR108
Q1 POR -8; Q2 POR -8; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +11
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 23, 2013: 7 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA @ PHI), 33 points.
The lead · HOU @ PHX

Houston climbs back to beat Phoenix

Phoenix led by 10 after three. Houston won it 115–112. Dwight Howard led Houston with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists. Goran Dragic scored 35 for Phoenix in the loss.

Game flow · HOU 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+14+4-10+3HOU AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU30302332115
PHX16403719112
Who led
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 26, 34, 27, 18, 24, 20, 11, 25HOU25 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 28, 23, 22, 19, 35, 29, 39, 23HOU23 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 24, 23, 34, 15, 21, 17, 8, 35PHX35 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Gerald GreenPoints, last 10 games: 16, 5, 5, 13, 25, 26, 36, 17, 13, 23PHX23 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MIN @ POR

Portland fights back from 8 down against Minnesota

Final: 108–97, after trailing by 8 after one. Damian Lillard led Portland with 32 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · POR vs MIN
Damian Lillard · PORKevin Love · MINPTS3231REB210AST50Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
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
7.2Season avg16.2Last 5

16.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.2 in 48 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.9Season avg15.8Last 3

15.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.9 in 57 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.1Season avg29.4Today

29 minutes today, against 7.1 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 0 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 42

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 DurantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 31, 26, 29, 41, 36, 43, 28, 42OKC vs LAC · L
31.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tony Parker SAS, Mar 25, 2009: 42 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
42 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 9, 27, 19, 31, 21, 21, 25, 25, 23, 36LAC @ OKC · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 24, 23, 34, 15, 21, 17, 8, 35PHX vs HOU · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 23, 24, 30, 16, 20, 26, 21, 33SAC @ DEN · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 35, 23, 14, 24, 5, 14, 20, 16, 22, 32SAC @ DEN · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 12, 38, 14, 16, 21, 31, 28, 32POR vs MIN · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 5 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+6.9 31.2 last 10 · 24.3 season
Kevin LoveMIN+6.6 33.1 last 10 · 26.5 season
Brian RobertsNOP+4.7 13.4 last 10 · 8.7 season
Jamal CrawfordLAC+4.6 23.7 last 10 · 19.1 season
Al JeffersonCHA+4.3 24.8 last 10 · 20.5 season
Cold
Jameer NelsonORL−5.2 7.3 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
Jordan CrawfordGSW−4.7 7.0 last 10 · 11.7 season