FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 11, 2015Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed ATL by 15 at halftime and won 89–88.

Final
NYK83
ORL89
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL -3; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +6
Final
ATL88
BOS89
Q1 BOS -10; Q2 BOS -15; Q3 BOS -11; Q4 BOS +1
Final
SAS104
DET87
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +19; Q4 SAS +17
Final
WAS93
TOR95
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +2; Q3 TOR -1; Q4 TOR +2
Final
MIA93
CLE113
Q1 CLE +15; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +16; Q4 CLE +20
Final
SAC103
MIL111
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +18; Q4 MIL +8
Final
GSW94
MIN91
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +10; Q3 GSW +6; Q4 GSW +3
Final
IND106
NOP93
Q1 IND +14; Q2 IND +22; Q3 IND +29; Q4 IND +13
Final
MEM89
OKC105
Q1 OKC +9; Q2 OKC +18; Q3 OKC +16; Q4 OKC +16
Final
UTA82
DAL87
Q1 DAL +13; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +5
Final
LAL86
POR102
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +23; Q4 POR +16
Final
HOU95
LAC110
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +15
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 11, 2014: 7 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA @ PHX), 37 points.
The lead · ATL @ BOS

Boston overcomes 15-point deficit, beats Atlanta 89–88

The Celtics trailed by 15 at the half and finished 55–39. Jared Sullinger led Boston with 17 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-10-15-11+1BOS AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2326231688
BOS1321272889
Who led
Jared SullingerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 12, 16, 8, 7, 22, 14, 22, 17, 17BOS17 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 9, 15, 17, 9, 3, 17, 16, 14, 14BOS14 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 17, 23, 8, 21, 12, 6, 28, 22ATL22 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
DeMarre CarrollPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 14, 12, 6, 14, 12, 10, 26, 14ATL14 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 53 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg6.3Last 3

6.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 39 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.1Season avg34.1Today

34 minutes today, against 13.1 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Cleveland by 20.

BOS over ATL1TOR over WAS2GSW over MIN3DAL over UTA5ORL over NYK6MIL over SAC8IND over NOP13LAC over HOU15OKC over MEM16POR over LAL16SAS over DET17CLE over MIA20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

DeMarcus Cousins leads the day with 28

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.
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 13, 21, 20, 26, 23, 27, 28, 15, 28SAC @ MIL · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 19 REB · 5 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 17, 17, 20, 25, 25, 14, 14, 28ORL vs NYK · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 27, 25, 19, 12, 4, 18, 0, 27TOR vs WAS · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 34, 21, 32, 15, 27, 29, 40, 26OKC vs MEM · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 32, 25, 23, 51, 26, 22, 20, 25GSW @ MIN · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Jason SmithPoints, last 10 games: 19, 5, 11, 8, 9, 12, 8, 14, 9, 25NYK @ ORL · L
8.1 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 7 REB · 0 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+9.7 20.3 last 10 · 10.6 season
Wayne EllingtonLAL+6.4 15.7 last 10 · 9.3 season
Khris MiddletonMIL+4.9 16.3 last 10 · 11.4 season
Jarrett JackBKN+4.5 17.1 last 10 · 12.6 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−5.5 7.3 last 10 · 12.8 season
Gerald GreenPHX−5.2 7.3 last 10 · 12.5 season
Deron WilliamsBKN−5.0 7.9 last 10 · 12.9 season
Kyle LowryTOR−4.9 13.7 last 10 · 18.6 season