FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 21, 2008Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed SEA by 2 after the first quarter and won 92–88.

Final · Box score
Heat100
Rockets112
Q1 HOU +15; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +12
Final · Box score
Spurs100
Wolves99
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 Spurs 0; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +1
Final · Box score
Sonics88
Blazers92
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +4
On this day · 2006–07Feb 21, 2007: 11 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (Nets-Hornets), 46 points.
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The lead · Sonics-Blazers

Portland beats Seattle, 92–88

Tim Duncan goes for 24 points

Game flow · POR margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+10+3+4POR AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Sonics2516262188
Blazers2328192292
Who led
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 16, 20, 26, 28, 15, 25, 11, 19POR19 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Travis OutlawPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 16, 14, 4, 15, 7, 13, 23, 19POR19 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 26, 24, 21, 20, 17, 9, 19, 20SEA20 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Earl WatsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 2, 5, 9, 10, 23, 7, 7, 26, 15SEA15 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Second story · Spurs-Wolves

San Antonio holds off Minnesota, 100–99

San Antonio led 74–72 after three and held on to win by one. Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 44 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over MIN1POR over SEA4HOU over MIA12Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over MIN.
Lead changes
Spurs-Wolves18
Sonics-Blazers6
Heat-Rockets0
Shot of the night

Manu's jumper with 6.2 seconds left puts the Spurs ahead, 100-99 final

The night in charts
Heat-Rockets combined for 212, 13 more than any other game
Points by game
Heat-RocketsHeat 100, Rockets 112
212
Spurs-WolvesSpurs 100, Wolves 99
199
Sonics-BlazersSonics 88, Blazers 92
180
2 of 3 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Spurs-WolvesSpurs 100, Wolves 99
+1 SAS
Sonics-BlazersSonics 88, Blazers 92
+4 POR
Heat-RocketsHeat 100, Rockets 112
+12 HOU
Yao shot 10-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
YaoHOU · 21 PTS, 9 REB, 1 BLK
91% (10-11)
ManuSAS · 44 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
72% (13-18)
D WadeMIA · 33 PTS, 11 AST, 4 REB
62% (13-21)
JeffersonMIN · 28 PTS, 5 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST
58% (11-19)
FinleySAS · 13 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
55% (6-11)
Final · Spurs-Wolves
Spurs 100Wolves 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs22312126100
Wolves2132192799
The story
Michael Finley had 13 points as San Antonio beat Minnesota 100-99

Randy Foye led Minnesota with 13 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB 13 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST · 6-11 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The Spurs won the third 21-19, their biggest quarter edge.

SAS lead by quarter
200 +10+2+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sonics-Blazers
Sonics 88Blazers 92
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sonics2516262188
Blazers2328192292
The story
Brandon Roy's 19 points and 14 rebounds carried Portland past Seattle, 92-88

For Seattle, Nick Collison had 14 REB, 13 PTS, 2 AST 19 PTS, 14 REB, 5 AST, 3 STL · 7-17 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

The Trail Blazers trailed by 2 going into the second, then won it 28-16.

POR lead by quarter
200 −2+10+3+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Heat-Rockets
Heat 100Rockets 112
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat26222725100
Rockets41212525112
The story
Houston beat Miami 112-100 behind 23 points and 10 assists from Tracy McGrady

Shawn Marion paced Miami: 18 PTS, 10 REB 23 PTS, 10 AST, 3 REB · 8-19 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

A 41-26 first quarter did the most damage for the Rockets.

HOU lead by quarter
200 +15+14+12+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Dwyane Wade topped the game at 51.8 FPTS: 33 PTS, 11 AST, 4 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+12.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.0Season avg32.6Last 5

32.6 points a game over his last five games, against 20.0 in 47 earlier games. Today: 44 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.6Season avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.6 in 6 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.8Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 23.8 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Manu Ginobili leads the day with 44

Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 29, 19, 15, 9, 20, 21, 34, 46, 18, 44Spurs-Wolves · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +24.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
44 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 35, 7, 15, 12, 30, 19, 19, 29, 30, 33Heat-Rockets · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 25, 33, 18, 18, 16, 19, 19, 28Wolves-Spurs · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 19, 23, 21, 22, 22, 23, 7, 24Spurs-Wolves · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 33, 26, 8, 15, 12, 10, 17, 23Rockets-Heat · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 36, 17, 12, 16, 22, 28, 25, 25, 16, 21Rockets-Heat · W
22.1 PPG season to date · −1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Larry HughesCLE+7.6 19.9 last 10 · 12.3 season
Al ThorntonLAC+7.4 18.0 last 10 · 10.6 season
Kirk HinrichCHI+7.4 20.7 last 10 · 13.3 season
Thabo SefoloshaCHI+6.5 13.0 last 10 · 6.5 season
Mark BlountMIA+5.8 14.2 last 10 · 8.4 season
Cold
John SalmonsSAC−6.4 7.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Richard JeffersonNJN−4.6 18.5 last 10 · 23.1 season
Richard HamiltonDET−4.5 13.5 last 10 · 18.0 season
Beno UdrihSAC−4.5 7.5 last 10 · 12.0 season