FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 7, 2015Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed POR by 13 after three quarters and won 111–101.

Final
CHI107
NOP72
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +25; Q4 CHI +35
Final
BKN77
WAS114
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS +20; Q3 WAS +28; Q4 WAS +37
Final
GSW106
NYK92
Q1 GSW +13; Q2 GSW +16; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +14
Final
CHA81
PHI89
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI -6; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +8
Final · OT
POR101
DAL111
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL -5; Q3 DAL -13; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +10
Final
BOS93
MIL96
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL +7; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +3
Final
SAC90
UTA102
Q1 UTA +10; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +14; 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 · 2013–14Feb 7, 2014: 10 games. Top scorer: Damian Lillard (POR @ IND), 38 points.
The lead · POR @ DAL

Dallas flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Portland led 55–50 at the break. Tied 96–96 after regulation, Dallas won the extra time 15–5. Final: 111–101. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-1-5-130+10DAL AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
POR253028135101
DAL2426202615111
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 24, 11, 14, 12, 11, 16, 15, 25DAL25 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Chandler ParsonsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 19, 6, 19, 21, 18, 24, 6, 20DAL20 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 21, 20, 14, 13, 19, 25, 13, 26POR26 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 24, 32, 10, 26, 38, 37, 18, 22, 19, 25POR25 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Washington posts the night's biggest win

Washington beat Brooklyn by 37, the widest margin of 7 games.

MIL over BOS3PHI over CHA8DAL over POR10UTA over SAC12GSW over NYK14CHI over NOP35WAS over BKN37Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.0Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.0 in 40 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.7Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.7 in 33 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.9Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 18.9 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Gordon Hayward leads the day with 30

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.
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 24, 26, 11, 26, 27, 15, 24, 30UTA vs SAC · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 28, 28, 13, 21, 20, 26, 23, 27SAC @ UTA · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 21, 20, 14, 13, 19, 25, 13, 26POR @ DAL · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 14, 10, 17, 16, 11, 24, 12, 26MIL vs BOS · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 24, 32, 10, 26, 38, 37, 18, 22, 19, 25POR @ DAL · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 24, 11, 14, 12, 11, 16, 15, 25DAL vs POR · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 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
D.J. AugustinDET+5.7 15.8 last 10 · 10.1 season
Wayne EllingtonLAL+5.2 14.1 last 10 · 8.9 season
Jarrett JackBKN+4.8 17.1 last 10 · 12.3 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+4.5 15.5 last 10 · 11.0 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+4.1 15.3 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Reggie JacksonOKC−6.2 6.8 last 10 · 13.0 season
Deron WilliamsBKN−5.1 8.2 last 10 · 13.3 season
Cory JosephSAS−5.1 3.6 last 10 · 8.7 season
Jeff GreenMEM−4.6 11.6 last 10 · 16.2 season