FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 23, 2007Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by NYK (vs MIL) and PHX (vs MIN).

Final · Box score
PHI87
CHA102
Q1 CHA +8; Q2 CHA +12; Q3 CHA +14; Q4 CHA +15
Final · Box score
DET94
ORL89
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET -1; Q3 DET -4; Q4 DET +5
Final · Box score
IND88
TOR110
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +16; Q3 TOR +27; Q4 TOR +22
Final · Box score
HOU99
ATL105
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +6
Final · Box score
SAC96
NJN109
Q1 NJN +8; Q2 NJN +18; Q3 NJN +18; Q4 NJN +13
Final · Box score
MIL93
NYK95
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK -4; Q3 NYK -5; Q4 NYK +2
Final · Box score
WAS90
CHI105
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +15
Final · Box score
PHX116
MIN104
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX +12; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +12
Final · Box score
SEA97
NOK98
Q1 NOK +4; Q2 NOK +3; Q3 NOK 0; Q4 NOK +1
Final · Box score
MEM103
POR102
Q1 MEM +10; Q2 MEM +8; Q3 MEM -3; Q4 MEM +1
Final · Box score
UTA114
DEN104
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +19; Q4 UTA +10
Final · Box score
BOS96
LAL122
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +24; Q4 LAL +26
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 · 2005–06Feb 23, 2006: 3 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs SAC), 36 points.
The lead · MIL @ NYK

New York takes over late to edge Milwaukee

Down 5 after three, New York won the fourth 27–20. Final: 95–93. Stephon Marbury led New York with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-4-5+2NYK AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL2328222093
NYK2324212795
Who led
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 7, 14, 15, 7, 8, 7, 14, 12, 22NYK22 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 6, 23, 29, 24, 6, 20, 14, 22NYK22 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 38, 13, 30, 16, 15, 31, 7, 24, 28MIL28 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Andrew BogutPoints, last 10 games: 21, 4, 4, 10, 8, 16, 9, 15, 19, 19MIL19 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.4Season avg28.0Last 5

28.0 points a game over his last five games, against 18.4 in 47 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.0Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.0 in 45 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.3Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 8.3 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Lakers post the night's biggest win

Lakers beat Boston by 26, the widest margin of 12 games.

NOK over SEA1MEM over POR1NYK over MIL2DET over ORL5ATL over HOU6UTA over DEN10PHX over MIN12NJN over SAC13CHA over PHI15CHI over WAS15TOR over IND22LAL over BOS26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 38

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 39, 27, 18, 25, 36, 31, 34, 25, 38LAL vs BOS · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 36, 18, 32, 33, 20, 16, 28, 27, 32, 37HOU @ ATL · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 20, 31, 27, 34, 29, 28, 28, 15, 36DEN vs UTA · L
30.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 36, 27, 37, 16, 29, 9, 22, 38, 43, 36WAS @ CHI · L
29.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 10, 20, 21, 39, 18, 18, 32, 33SAC @ NJN · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 36, 23, 21, 33, 18, 31, 22, 9, 33DEN vs UTA · L
28.3 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 5 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
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+7.2 27.4 last 10 · 20.2 season
Nene HilarioDEN+6.4 17.2 last 10 · 10.8 season
Rudy GayMEM+5.7 15.6 last 10 · 9.9 season
Dwight HowardORL+5.5 23.5 last 10 · 18.0 season
Cold
Tyronn LueATL−5.5 6.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Fred JonesTOR−5.5 2.1 last 10 · 7.6 season
Willie GreenPHI−5.4 4.8 last 10 · 10.2 season
Richard HamiltonDET−5.3 16.2 last 10 · 21.5 season
Rasual ButlerNOK−4.8 5.6 last 10 · 10.4 season