FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 24, 2014Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed DET by 4 after the first quarter and won 104–96.

Final
MIL130
PHI110
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +29; Q3 MIL +30; Q4 MIL +20
Final
GSW104
DET96
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW -2; Q4 GSW +8
Final
DAL110
NYK108
Q1 DAL +10; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +2
Final
LAC123
NOP110
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +13
Final
BOS98
UTA110
Q1 UTA +9; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +12
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 24, 2013: 9 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ DAL), 38 points.
The lead · GSW @ DET

Golden State makes it four straight

Golden State beat Detroit 104–96 and moved to 35–22. Stephen Curry led Golden State with 19 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+1-2+8GSW AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW33301823104
DET3725211396
Who led
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 44, 17, 34, 28, 23, 29, 13, 25, 17, 19GSW19 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Klay ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 22, 17, 6, 17, 18, 12, 6, 19GSW19 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 13, 22, 17, 23DET23 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 30, 12, 18, 12, 14, 17, 32, 18DET18 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.9Season avg37.4Last 5

37.4 points a game over his last five games, against 27.9 in 53 earlier games. Today: 44 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.5Season avg6.4Last 3

6.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.5 in 54 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg44.5Today

44 minutes today, against 26.3 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · DAL @ NYK

Dallas never trails at a break against New York

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 110–108. Vince Carter led Dallas with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over NYK2GSW over DET8UTA over BOS12LAC over NOP13MIL over PHI20Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over NYK.
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: 36, 26, 31, 15, 36, 22, 42, 44, 35, 44NYK vs DAL · L
28.2 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: David Robinson SAS, Mar 8, 1996: 44 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
44 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 20, 5, 15, 12, 19, 15, 30, 28PHI vs MIL · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Anthony DavisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 26, 24, 19, 12, 14, 18, 26, 26NOP vs LAC · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 16, 5, 0, 9, 0, 9, 2, 11, 8, 25MIL @ PHI · W
12.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 31, 21, 21, 25, 25, 23, 36, 24LAC @ NOP · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 0 REB · 5 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 13, 22, 17, 23DET vs GSW · L
14.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 1 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
Kevin LoveMIN+6.6 33.1 last 10 · 26.5 season
Blake GriffinLAC+6.4 30.7 last 10 · 24.3 season
Jamal CrawfordLAC+6.1 25.2 last 10 · 19.1 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+4.9 33.1 last 10 · 28.2 season
Brian RobertsNOP+4.6 13.2 last 10 · 8.6 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−4.8 1.4 last 10 · 6.2 season
Gordon HaywardUTA−4.7 11.1 last 10 · 15.8 season
Spencer HawesCLE−4.2 8.7 last 10 · 12.9 season