FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 23, 2015Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOP trailed TOR by 12 at halftime and won 100–97.

Final
PHI108
MIA119
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +11
Final
MIL71
CHI87
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +15; Q3 CHI +15; Q4 CHI +16
Final
MIN102
HOU113
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +11
Final
TOR97
NOP100
Q1 NOP -11; Q2 NOP -12; Q3 NOP -7; Q4 NOP +3
Final
BKN110
DEN82
Q1 BKN +3; Q2 BKN +9; Q3 BKN +16; Q4 BKN +28
Final
BOS115
PHX110
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +17; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +5
Final
SAS81
UTA90
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +9
Final
MEM90
LAC87
Q1 MEM -1; Q2 MEM -6; Q3 MEM -2; Q4 MEM +3
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 23, 2014: 8 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs LAC), 42 points.
The lead · TOR @ NOP

New Orleans climbs back to beat Toronto

Toronto led by 12 at the half. New Orleans won it 100–97. Luke Babbitt led New Orleans with 18 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · NOP margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-12-7+3NOP AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2828182397
NOP17272333100
Who led
Luke BabbittPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 0, 0, 3, 15, 15, 4, 9, 18NOP18 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Alexis AjincaPoints, last 10 games: 5, 17, 6, 0, 10, 8, 14, 2, 8, 16NOP16 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 10, 23, 2, 13, 21, 12, 13, 10, 11, 22TOR22 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Jonas ValanciunasPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 12, 9, 4, 8, 6, 8, 11, 17TOR17 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.8Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 4.8 in 46 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg7.2Last 3

7.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 53 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+38.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.5Season avg45.2Today

45 minutes today, against 6.5 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · MEM @ LAC

Memphis takes over late to edge Clippers

Down 2 after three, Memphis won the fourth 24–19. Final: 90–87. Mike Conley led Memphis with 18 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOP over TOR3MEM over LAC3BOS over PHX5UTA over SAS9MIA over PHI11HOU over MIN11CHI over MIL16BKN over DEN28Final margin, points. Pink = MEM over LAC.
Top performances

James Harden 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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 14, 26, 27, 33, 45, 40, 9, 26, 20, 31HOU vs MIN · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Grant Hill DET, Apr 2, 1997: 31 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
31 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 10, 22, 18, 25, 12, 22, 10, 30LAC vs MEM · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Andrew WigginsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 33, 14, 6, 18, 18, 15, 6, 20, 30MIN @ HOU · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 10, 18, 17, 12, 17, 13, 6, 29MIA vs PHI · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 10, 15, 9, 9, 13, 20, 12, 23MIA vs PHI · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Avery BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 26, 17, 18, 10, 11, 28, 20, 23BOS @ PHX · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 3 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. AugustinOKC+6.3 16.9 last 10 · 10.6 season
Wayne EllingtonLAL+5.6 14.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Jarrett JackBKN+4.5 17.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Alan AndersonBKN+4.4 11.3 last 10 · 6.9 season
Hassan WhitesideMIA+4.4 14.6 last 10 · 10.2 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 15.1 last 10 · 22.3 season
Gerald GreenPHX−5.7 6.8 last 10 · 12.5 season
Dwyane WadeMIA−5.4 15.6 last 10 · 21.0 season
Cory JosephSAS−4.8 3.6 last 10 · 8.4 season
Kyle LowryTOR−4.7 13.7 last 10 · 18.4 season