FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 5, 2014Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed WAS by 14 at halftime and won 125–118.

Final · Box score
LAL119
CLE108
Q1 LAL +19; Q2 LAL +21; Q3 LAL +18; Q4 LAL +11
Final · Box score
DET98
ORL112
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +14; Q4 ORL +14
Final · Box score
BOS114
PHI108
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +6
Final · 2OT · Box score
SAS125
WAS118
Q1 SAS -8; Q2 SAS -14; Q3 SAS -1; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS 0; OT2 SAS +7
Final · Box score
PHX108
HOU122
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +14
Final · Box score
DAL110
MEM96
Q1 DAL -5; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +14
Final · Box score
ATL100
NOP105
Q1 NOP +4; Q2 NOP -4; Q3 NOP -4; Q4 NOP +5
Final · Box score
POR94
NYK90
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +1; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +4
Final · Box score
MIN97
OKC106
Q1 OKC +1; Q2 OKC +2; Q3 OKC +3; Q4 OKC +9
Final · Box score
MIL100
DEN110
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +10
Final · Box score
TOR101
SAC109
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +15; Q3 SAC +20; Q4 SAC +8
Final · Box score
MIA116
LAC112
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +4
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 · 2012–13Feb 5, 2013: 5 games. Top scorer: Samuel Dalembert (MIL @ DEN), 35 points.
The lead · SAS @ WAS

Tim Duncan scores 31, San Antonio wins in double overtime

Tied 99–99 after regulation. Final: 125–118.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-8-14-100+7SAS AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
SAS252334171610125
WAS33292116163118
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 14, 17, 23, 12, 17, 23, 21, 31SAS31 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Patty MillsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 20, 9, 18, 3, 7, 12, 15, 5, 23SAS23 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 34, 14, 28, 18, 13, 15, 19, 17, 22, 29WAS29 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 7, 22, 14, 17, 14, 20, 20, 7, 13, 19WAS19 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.3Season avg32.0Last 5

32.0 points a game over his last five games, against 23.3 in 51 earlier games. Today: 43 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.9minutes, last 3 vs 2012–13 avg
Minutes per game
23.82012–13 avg7.9Last 3

7.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.8 in 2012–13 (59 games). Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.9Season avg41.3Today

41 minutes today, against 13.9 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Orlando by 14.

POR over NYK4MIA over LAC4NOP over ATL5BOS over PHI6SAS over WAS7SAC over TOR8OKC over MIN9DEN over MIL10LAL over CLE11ORL over DET14HOU over PHX14DAL over MEM14Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Blake Griffin leads the day with 43

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.
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 26, 30, 20, 29, 27, 25, 36, 43LAC vs MIA · L
23.7 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Vince Carter TOR, Dec 7, 2001: 42 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Season high43 PTS · 15 REB · 6 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 12, 39, 16, 8, 14, 18, 8, 36BOS @ PHI · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +20.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 24, 26, 11, 10, 23, 21, 26, 34HOU vs PHX · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 34, 30, 29, 27, 18, 34, 30, 24, 31MIA @ LAC · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 12 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 14, 17, 23, 12, 17, 23, 21, 31SAS @ WAS · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 19, 37, 25, 21, 9, 27, 19, 31LAC vs MIA · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 6 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. AugustinCHI+8.3 19.1 last 10 · 10.8 season
Al JeffersonCHA+7.1 27.0 last 10 · 19.9 season
Terrence JonesHOU+5.8 17.9 last 10 · 12.1 season
JR SmithNYK+5.6 18.7 last 10 · 13.1 season
Blake GriffinLAC+5.1 28.8 last 10 · 23.7 season
Cold
Jordan CrawfordGSW−5.9 6.3 last 10 · 12.2 season
Harrison BarnesGSW−3.9 6.1 last 10 · 10.0 season
Jared DudleyLAC−3.9 3.9 last 10 · 7.8 season
Damian LillardPOR−3.9 16.7 last 10 · 20.6 season
Luol DengCLE−3.6 14.0 last 10 · 17.6 season