FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 8, 2015Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed CHA by 17 at halftime and won 103–102.

Final
LAC108
OKC131
Q1 OKC +2; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +26; Q4 OKC +23
Final
LAL105
CLE120
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +15; Q3 CLE +17; Q4 CLE +15
Final
IND103
CHA102
Q1 IND -12; Q2 IND -17; Q3 IND -8; Q4 IND +1
Final
MIN112
DET101
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +8; Q4 MIN +11
Final
ATL88
MEM94
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM +3; Q4 MEM +6
Final
CHI98
ORL97
Q1 CHI +16; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI 0; Q4 CHI +1
Final
POR109
HOU98
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR +13; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +11
Final
SAS82
TOR87
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +5
Final
PHX83
SAC85
Q1 SAC +8; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC +14; Q4 SAC +2
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 8, 2014: 7 games. Top scorer: Brandon Jennings (DET vs DEN), 35 points.
The lead · IND @ CHA

Indiana erases 17-point lead, steals one from Charlotte

Charlotte led 56–39 at halftime. Indiana won the second half 64–46 to take it 103–102. C.J. Watson led Indiana with 22 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-17-8+1IND AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND20193628103
CHA32242719102
Who led
C.J. WatsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 13, 13, 11, 7, 7, 8, 14, 0, 22IND22 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 0, 4, 10, 14, 4, 2, 13, 9, 6, 15IND15 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 22, 9, 17, 14, 18, 8, 18, 30CHA30 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Brian RobertsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 5, 3, 17, 8, 0, 18, 12, 6, 19CHA19 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Thunder rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. OKC beat Clippers by 23.

IND over CHA1CHI over ORL1SAC over PHX2TOR over SAS5MEM over ATL6MIN over DET11POR over HOU11CLE over LAL15OKC over LAC23Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.1Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.1 in 51 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.2Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.2 in 48 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.7Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 13.7 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 45

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 45, 33, 33, 37, 17, 14, 26, 27, 33, 45HOU vs POR · L
27.5 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Paul George OKC, Feb 22, 2019: 45 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Ties season high45 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 9, 19, 7, 10, 23, 14, 5, 24, 5, 32CLE vs LAL · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 22, 9, 17, 14, 18, 8, 18, 30CHA vs IND · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 36, 21, 19, 34, 21, 32, 15, 27, 29OKC vs LAC · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Nikola PekovicPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 8, 14, 18, 14, 8, 13, 13, 29MIN @ DET · W
13.3 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 28, 13, 21, 20, 26, 23, 27, 28SAC vs PHX · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 2 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+6.7 17.0 last 10 · 10.3 season
Wayne EllingtonLAL+5.4 14.4 last 10 · 9.0 season
Jarrett JackBKN+4.8 17.1 last 10 · 12.3 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+4.1 15.3 last 10 · 11.2 season
Brandon JenningsDET+4.1 19.5 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Reggie JacksonOKC−6.4 6.7 last 10 · 13.1 season
Deron WilliamsBKN−5.1 8.2 last 10 · 13.3 season
Gerald GreenPHX−4.7 7.9 last 10 · 12.6 season
Cory JosephSAS−4.6 4.0 last 10 · 8.6 season