FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 26, 2014Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed NOP by 7 after the first quarter and won 108–89.

Final
ORL101
PHI90
Q1 ORL -3; Q2 ORL -4; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +11
Final
ATL104
BOS115
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +11
Final
GSW83
CHI103
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +21; Q4 CHI +20
Final
NOP89
DAL108
Q1 DAL -7; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +19
Final
LAL103
MEM108
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +19; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +5
Final
CLE114
OKC104
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE -4; Q4 CLE +10
Final
DET110
SAS120
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +10
Final
PHX86
UTA109
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +14; Q4 UTA +23
Final
BKN80
POR124
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +24; Q3 POR +23; Q4 POR +44
Final
HOU93
LAC101
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +8
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 26, 2013: 8 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA vs SAC), 40 points.
The lead · NOP @ DAL

New Orleans's skid reaches five

Dallas won 108–89; the Pelicans fall to 23–34. Monta Ellis led Dallas with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+6+11+19DAL AHEAD ↑NOP AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOP2716242289
DAL20292930108
Who led
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 11, 16, 23, 12, 11, 12, 22, 23DAL23 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 20, 16, 18, 22, 25, 24, 15, 18DAL18 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 7, 10, 21, 28, 14, 10, 10, 19NOP19 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Brian RobertsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 12, 18, 17, 10, 20, 7, 4, 17NOP17 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
3.5Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 3.5 in 44 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−22.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.2Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.2 in 45 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.1Season avg28.4Today

28 minutes today, against 6.1 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: Portland by 44.

MEM over LAL5LAC over HOU8CLE over OKC10SAS over DET10ORL over PHI11BOS over ATL11DAL over NOP19CHI over GSW20UTA over PHX23POR over BKN44Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Kyrie Irving leads the day with 31

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.
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 13, 23, 14, 22, 17, 15, 25, 31CLE @ OKC · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Jerryd BaylessPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 2, 4, 11, 2, 5, 16, 13, 29BOS vs ATL · W
8.6 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 26, 29, 41, 36, 43, 28, 42, 28OKC vs CLE · L
31.5 PPG season to date · −3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 8, 12, 13, 8, 16, 28, 26, 26ATL @ BOS · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 21, 20, 31, 27, 14, 14, 13, 24OKC vs CLE · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 12, 18, 12, 14, 17, 32, 18, 24DET @ SAS · L
16.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 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
Kevin LoveMIN+6.8 33.4 last 10 · 26.6 season
Blake GriffinLAC+6.2 30.5 last 10 · 24.3 season
Brian RobertsNOP+5.3 14.0 last 10 · 8.7 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+4.9 33.1 last 10 · 28.2 season
Jeff GreenBOS+4.7 21.5 last 10 · 16.8 season
Cold
Evan TurnerIND−5.2 12.1 last 10 · 17.3 season
Gordon HaywardUTA−4.5 11.3 last 10 · 15.8 season
Jameer NelsonORL−4.3 8.1 last 10 · 12.4 season
Kentavious Caldwell-PopeDET−4.3 1.9 last 10 · 6.2 season
Luol DengCLE−4.2 12.7 last 10 · 16.9 season