FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 24, 2015Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed DET by 9 at halftime and won 102–93.

Final
GSW114
WAS107
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW +3; Q4 GSW +7
Final
CLE102
DET93
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE -9; Q3 CLE +3; Q4 CLE +9
Final
IND92
OKC105
Q1 OKC +10; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +11; Q4 OKC +13
Final
TOR92
DAL99
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL -6; Q3 DAL -3; Q4 DAL +7
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 24, 2014: 5 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (NYK vs DAL), 44 points.
The lead · CLE @ DET

Cleveland fights back from 9 down against Detroit

Final: 102–93, after trailing by 9 at the half. Kevin Love led Cleveland with 24 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-9+3+9CLE AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE30232425102
DET2735121993
Who led
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 5, 24, 5, 32, 12, 8, 16, 24CLE24 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 36, 18, 23, 25, 22, 18, 31, 28, 18, 19CLE19 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 0, 4, 6, 15, 5, 8, 17, 22DET22 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 3, 9, 15, 5, 20, 12, 26, 21DET21 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.4Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.4 in 48 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg5.0Last 3

5.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.0 in 41 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.5Season avg31.6Today

32 minutes today, against 13.5 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · TOR @ DAL

Dallas takes care of Toronto

A 7-point win, 99–92. Monta Ellis led Dallas with 20 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
GSW over WAS7DAL over TOR7CLE over DET9OKC over IND13Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over TOR.
Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 32

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 32, 25, 23, 51, 26, 22, 20, 25, 25, 32GSW @ WAS · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 0 REB · 8 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 4, 19, 2, 6, 17, 9, 8, 25WAS vs GSW · L
12.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 5, 24, 5, 32, 12, 8, 16, 24CLE @ DET · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Serge IbakaPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 10, 13, 7, 7, 21, 16, 20, 23OKC vs IND · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Reggie JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 0, 4, 6, 15, 5, 8, 17, 22DET vs CLE · L
13.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Kentavious Caldwell-PopePoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 3, 9, 15, 5, 20, 12, 26, 21DET vs CLE · L
12.3 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 2 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. AugustinOKC+6.5 17.0 last 10 · 10.5 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
Monta EllisDAL−4.8 14.7 last 10 · 19.5 season