FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 13, 2011Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed DEN by 12 at halftime and won 116–108.

Final · Box score
Heat82
Celtics85
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +3
Final · Box score
Lakers75
Magic89
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +4; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +14
Final · Box score
Wizards115
Cavs100
Q1 WAS +12; Q2 WAS +22; Q3 WAS +16; Q4 WAS +15
Final · Box score
Blazers105
Pistons100
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +5
Final · Box score
Nuggets108
Grizzlies116
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM -12; Q3 MEM -8; Q4 MEM +8
Final · Box score
Clippers93
Raptors98
Q1 Raptors 0; Q2 Raptors 0; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +5
Final · Box score
Thunder94
Warriors100
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +6
Final · Box score
Kings113
Suns108
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC -7; Q3 SAC -3; Q4 SAC +5
The lead · Nuggets-Grizzlies

Memphis climbs back to beat Denver

John Wall goes for 19 points

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5-12-8+8MEM AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets26412318108
Grizzlies31242734116
Who led
Darrell ArthurPoints, last 10 games: 9, 22, 14, 4, 4, 9, 5, 4, 12, 24MEM24 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 4, 13, 22, 26, 17, 18, 14, 23MEM23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 12, 37, 20, 31, 25, 50, 29, 42, 28DEN28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 10, 23, 10, 16, 5, 14, 7, 16, 0, 14DEN14 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Kings-Suns

Sacramento upsets Phoenix

Sacramento (12–38) beat Phoenix (26–25) 113–108. Tyreke Evans led Sacramento with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over MIA3POR over DET5TOR over LAC5SAC over PHX5GSW over OKC6MEM over DEN8ORL over LAL14WAS over CLE15Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over PHX.
Lead changes
Thunder-Warriors21
Blazers-Pistons18
Clippers-Raptors13
Heat-Celtics12
Nuggets-Grizzlies11
Lakers-Magic7
Kings-Suns6
Wizards-Cavs0
The night in charts
Nuggets-Grizzlies combined for 224, 3 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-GrizzliesNuggets 108, Grizzlies 116
224
Kings-SunsKings 113, Suns 108
221
Wizards-CavsWizards 115, Cavs 100
215
Blazers-PistonsBlazers 105, Pistons 100
205
Thunder-WarriorsThunder 94, Warriors 100
194
Clippers-RaptorsClippers 93, Raptors 98
191
Heat-CelticsHeat 82, Celtics 85
167
Lakers-MagicLakers 75, Magic 89
164
4 of 8 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Heat-CelticsHeat 82, Celtics 85
+3 BOS
Kings-SunsKings 113, Suns 108
+5 SAC
Blazers-PistonsBlazers 105, Pistons 100
+5 POR
Clippers-RaptorsClippers 93, Raptors 98
+5 TOR
Thunder-WarriorsThunder 94, Warriors 100
+6 GSW
Nuggets-GrizzliesNuggets 108, Grizzlies 116
+8 MEM
Lakers-MagicLakers 75, Magic 89
+14 ORL
Wizards-CavsWizards 115, Cavs 100
+15 WAS
MEM erased a 12-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Nuggets-GrizzliesMEM won · Nuggets 108, Grizzlies 116
12 pts
Kings-SunsSAC won · Kings 113, Suns 108
7 pts
Heat-CelticsBOS won · Heat 82, Celtics 85
5 pts
Blazers-PistonsPOR won · Blazers 105, Pistons 100
2 pts
Dwight shot 13-of-16 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DwightORL · 31 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK
81% (13-16)
BlatcheWAS · 17 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL
73% (8-11)
ArthurMEM · 24 PTS, 6 REB, 2 BLK, 1 AST
73% (8-11)
BoshMIA · 24 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
73% (8-11)
AldridgePOR · 36 PTS, 4 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
71% (12-17)
Final · Heat-Celtics
Heat 82Celtics 85
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat2023182182
Celtics1524351185
The story
Kevin Garnett had 19 points as Boston beat Miami 85-82

LeBron James led Miami with 22 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST 19 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST · 6-12 FG

The swing

Down 4 after the second, the Celtics took the third 35-18.

BOS lead by quarter
200 −5−4+13+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Chris Bosh led the game in fantasy with 43.0 FPTS (24 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST)

Final · Thunder-Warriors
Thunder 94Warriors 100
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Thunder2023232894
Warriors23242726100
The story
Golden State beat Oklahoma City 100-94 behind 23 points and 19 rebounds from David Lee

Russell Westbrook paced Oklahoma City: 21 PTS, 5 AST 23 PTS, 19 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST · 11-22 FG

The swing

A 27-23 third quarter did the most damage for the Warriors.

GSW lead by quarter
200 +3+4+8+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wizards-Cavs
Wizards 115Cavs 100
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards35332720115
Cavs23233321100
The story
Nick Young's 31 points carried Washington past Cleveland, 115-100

For Cleveland, Ramon Sessions had 14 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB 31 PTS, 4 REB · 14-21 FG, 1-1 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 35-23, was where the Wizards built it.

WAS lead by quarter
300 +12+22+16+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.0Season avg34.8Last 5

34.8 points a game over his last five games, against 25.0 in 47 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.4Season avg17.1Last 3

17.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.4 in 44 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.8Season avg37.1Today

37 minutes today, against 19.8 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

LaMarcus Aldridge leads the day with 36

LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 25, 9, 17, 40, 18, 14, 20, 42, 37, 36Blazers-Pistons · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 21, 2, 24, 33, 21, 37, 8, 33Warriors-Thunder · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 40, 20, 25, 17, 22, 28, 22, 30, 20, 31Magic-Lakers · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 26, 32, 8, 18, 30, 17, 21, 26, 4, 31Wizards-Cavs · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 47, 40, 33, 43, 24, 21, 31, 35, 29Thunder-Warriors · L
29.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 12, 37, 20, 31, 25, 50, 29, 42, 28Nuggets-Grizzlies · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Randy FoyeLAC+7.8 15.7 last 10 · 7.9 season
Marcin GortatPHX+6.3 13.7 last 10 · 7.4 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+5.6 30.7 last 10 · 25.1 season
JJ HicksonCLE+5.4 17.7 last 10 · 12.3 season
Stephen JacksonCHA+4.9 24.1 last 10 · 19.2 season
Cold
Brandon JenningsMIL−6.6 9.0 last 10 · 15.6 season
Wilson ChandlerNYK−5.1 11.3 last 10 · 16.4 season
Charlie VillanuevaDET−4.6 7.0 last 10 · 11.6 season
Gilbert ArenasORL−4.5 7.5 last 10 · 12.0 season
Mo WilliamsCLE−4.2 9.4 last 10 · 13.6 season