FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 19, 2009Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed BOS by 9 after the first quarter and won 90–85.

Final · Box score
Spurs83
Pistons79
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +4
Final · Box score
Celtics85
Jazz90
Q1 UTA -9; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA -6; Q4 UTA +5
On this day · 2007–08Feb 19, 2008: 10 games. Top scorer: Deron Williams (Jazz-Warriors), 29 points.
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The lead · Celtics-Jazz

Utah climbs out of a 9-point hole against Boston

Allen Iverson goes for 31 points

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-1-6+5UTA AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics2217271985
Jazz1325223090
Who led
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 20, 18, 22, 16, 28, 21, 22, 19UTA19 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 24, 35, 34, 34, 31, 31, 20, 18UTA18 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 8, 20, 36, 29, 21, 26, 19, 30, 31, 20BOS20 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 24, 8, 5, 20, 16, 12, 6, 6, 19, 15BOS15 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Second story · Spurs-Pistons

Detroit's skid reaches five

San Antonio won 83–79; the Pistons fall to 27–26. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists.

Streak strip · DET
W@ MIN98–89Lvs BOS78–86Lvs CLE80–90Wvs MIA93–90W@ MIL126–121Lvs PHX97–107L@ CHI102–107Lvs ATL95–99Lvs MIL86–92Lvs SAS79–83
Lead changes
Celtics-Jazz9
Spurs-Pistons3
The night in charts
Celtics-Jazz combined for 175, 13 more than any other game
Points by game
Celtics-JazzCeltics 85, Jazz 90
175
Spurs-PistonsSpurs 83, Pistons 79
162
2 of 2 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Spurs-PistonsSpurs 83, Pistons 79
+4 SAS
Celtics-JazzCeltics 85, Jazz 90
+5 UTA
UTA rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Celtics-JazzUTA won · Celtics 85, Jazz 90
9 pts
Spurs-PistonsSAS won · Spurs 83, Pistons 79
4 pts
Okur shot 6-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
OkurUTA · 19 PTS, 6 REB, 1 BLK
50% (6-12)
BrewerUTA · 16 PTS, 4 REB, 4 STL, 1 BLK
50% (5-10)
AIDET · 31 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
46% (13-28)
BonnerSAS · 15 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
45% (5-11)
DuncanSAS · 18 PTS, 18 REB, 3 BLK
37% (7-19)
Final · Spurs-Pistons
Spurs 83Pistons 79
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2025191983
Pistons2416182179
The story
Tim Duncan had 18 points and 18 rebounds as San Antonio beat Detroit 83-79

Antonio McDyess led Detroit with 13 PTS, 13 REB 18 PTS, 18 REB, 3 BLK · 7-19 FG

The swing

Down 4 after the first, the Spurs took the second 25-16.

SAS lead by quarter
200 −4+5+6+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Celtics-Jazz
Celtics 85Jazz 90
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics2217271985
Jazz1325223090
The story
Ronnie Brewer's 16 points carried Utah past Boston, 90-85

For Boston, Kendrick Perkins had 12 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST 16 PTS, 4 REB, 4 STL · 5-10 FG

The swing

The Jazz trailed by 6 going into the fourth, then won it 30-19.

UTA lead by quarter
200 −9−1−6+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Paul Pierce was the fantasy play: 38.3 FPTS on 20 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.2Season avg26.8Last 5

26.8 points a game over his last five games, against 19.2 in 40 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.6Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.6 in 39 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 24.3 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 31

Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 19, 22, 11, 27, 25, 28, 10, 31Pistons-Spurs · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 8, 20, 36, 29, 21, 26, 19, 30, 31, 20Celtics-Jazz · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 26, 25, 23, 7, 20, 22, 14, 19Spurs-Pistons · W
20.2 PPG season to date · −1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 20, 18, 22, 16, 28, 21, 22, 19Jazz-Celtics · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 20, 12, 32, 23, 27, 20, 26, 18Spurs-Pistons · W
20.8 PPG season to date · −2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 24, 35, 34, 34, 31, 31, 20, 18Jazz-Celtics · W
19.1 PPG season to date · −1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Ramon SessionsMIL+7.7 19.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Deron WilliamsUTA+7.0 26.1 last 10 · 19.1 season
Eric GordonLAC+5.6 20.6 last 10 · 15.0 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.5 19.5 last 10 · 14.0 season
Kevin DurantOKC+5.5 31.4 last 10 · 25.9 season
Cold
Marquis DanielsIND−6.2 7.1 last 10 · 13.3 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Baron DavisLAC−4.7 10.6 last 10 · 15.3 season
Jamal CrawfordGSW−4.2 14.9 last 10 · 19.1 season
Andris BiedrinsGSW−3.9 9.1 last 10 · 13.0 season