FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 24, 2010Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed CHA by 11 at halftime and won 102–93.

Final · Box score
MIN92
ATL98
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL +12; Q4 ATL +6
Final · Box score
POR101
TOR87
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +10; Q4 POR +14
Final · Box score
MEM99
WAS94
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM -2; Q3 MEM +1; Q4 MEM +5
Final · Box score
IND110
CHI120
Q1 CHI +19; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +13; Q4 CHI +10
Final · Box score
NOH95
MIL115
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL +17; Q4 MIL +20
Final · Box score
ORL110
HOU92
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +20; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +18
Final · Box score
OKC87
SAS95
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +8
Final · Box score
LAL96
DAL101
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +5
Final · Box score
PHI95
PHX106
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +11; Q3 PHX +15; Q4 PHX +11
Final · Box score
CHA93
UTA102
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA -11; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +9
Final · Box score
DET91
LAC97
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC -8; Q3 LAC -4; Q4 LAC +6
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 · 2008–09Feb 24, 2009: 8 games. Top scorer: Tony Parker (SAS vs DAL), 37 points.
The lead · CHA @ UTA

Carlos Boozer posts 33 and 16 as Utah beats Charlotte

33 points and 16 rebounds in a 102–93 win.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-3-11+4+9UTA AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA3122162493
UTA28143129102
Who led
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 34, 11, 12, 16, 30, 22, 12, 33UTA33 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 22, 13, 11, 17, 16, 9, 18, 20UTA20 PTS · 4 REB · 12 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 38, 17, 14, 17, 5, 21, 17, 11, 32, 27CHA27 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Tyrus ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 12, 4, 9, 16, 11, 8, 9, 12, 10, 20CHA20 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.1Season avg24.8Last 5

24.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.1 in 53 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−23.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.7Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.7 in 48 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.2Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 10.2 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: Milwaukee by 20.

MEM over WAS5DAL over LAL5ATL over MIN6LAC over DET6SAS over OKC8UTA over CHA9CHI over IND10PHX over PHI11POR over TOR14ORL over HOU18MIL over NOH20Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Carlos Boozer leads the day with 33

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.
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 34, 11, 12, 16, 30, 22, 12, 33UTA vs CHA · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 23, 23, 18, 23, 18, 12, 11, 31CHI vs IND · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 15, 17, 24, 28, 23, 28, 23, 31DAL vs LAL · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 16, 25, 18, 19, 33, 29, 22, 30ORL @ HOU · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 36, 16, 14, 17, 16, 4, 14, 30DAL vs LAL · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 18, 17, 18, 20, 21, 14, 18, 27ATL vs MIN · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 10 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
Darren CollisonNOH+11.6 21.4 last 10 · 9.8 season
Andray BlatcheWAS+7.6 18.0 last 10 · 10.4 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+6.7 18.3 last 10 · 11.6 season
Peja StojakovicNOH+5.2 18.0 last 10 · 12.8 season
C.J. WatsonGSW+5.2 15.1 last 10 · 9.9 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−8.1 3.1 last 10 · 11.2 season
Charlie VillanuevaDET−6.4 6.2 last 10 · 12.6 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Antawn JamisonCLE−6.0 14.0 last 10 · 20.0 season
Devin BrownCHI−5.9 2.4 last 10 · 8.3 season