FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 24, 2011Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed MIA by 9 at halftime and won 93–89.

Final · Box score
Heat89
Bulls93
Q1 CHI -8; Q2 CHI -9; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +4
Final · Box score
Celtics75
Nuggets89
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +14
On this day · 2009–10Feb 24, 2010: 11 games. Top scorer: Carlos Boozer (Jazz-Bobcats), 33 points.
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The lead · Heat-Bulls

Chicago climbs out of a 9-point hole against Miami

LeBron James goes for 29 points

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-9+4+4CHI AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat3122142289
Bulls2321272293
Who led
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 20, 32, 14, 36, 29, 23, 18, 42, 32, 26CHI26 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 18, 15, 8, 14, 24, 19, 19, 20CHI20 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 28, 17, 24, 16, 41, 28, 23, 34MIA34 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 51, 19, 12, 41, 16, 22, 27, 23, 31, 29MIA29 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Celtics-Nuggets

Denver makes it three straight

Denver beat Boston 89–75 and moved to 34–25. Kenyon Martin led Denver with 18 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · DEN
Lvs UTA106–113W@ MIN113–100Lvs HOU103–108L@ GSW114–116Wvs DAL121–120L@ MEM108–116L@ HOU102–121W@ MIL94–87Wvs MEM120–107Wvs BOS89–75
Lead changes
Celtics-Nuggets14
Heat-Bulls4
Shot of the night

Deng's three with 16 seconds left breaks the tie, 93-89 final

The night in charts
Heat-Bulls combined for 182, 18 more than any other game
Points by game
Heat-BullsHeat 89, Bulls 93
182
Celtics-NuggetsCeltics 75, Nuggets 89
164
CHI won the closest game by 4
Closest finishes
Heat-BullsHeat 89, Bulls 93
+4 CHI
Celtics-NuggetsCeltics 75, Nuggets 89
+14 DEN
CHI rallied from 9 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Heat-BullsCHI won · Heat 89, Bulls 93
9 pts
Celtics-NuggetsDEN won · Celtics 75, Nuggets 89
5 pts
Kenyon Martin shot 8-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Kenyon MartinDEN · 18 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
62% (8-13)
DengCHI · 20 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST, 1 STL
58% (7-12)
BoozerCHI · 16 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST
58% (7-12)
LeBronMIA · 29 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL
57% (12-21)
KGBOS · 14 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
50% (7-14)
Final · Heat-Bulls
Heat 89Bulls 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat3122142289
Bulls2321272293
The story
Luol Deng had 20 points and 10 rebounds as Chicago beat Miami 93-89

Mario Chalmers led Miami with 12 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST 20 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST · 7-12 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

Down 9 after the second, the Bulls took the third 27-14.

CHI lead by quarter
200 −8−9+4+4 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Celtics-Nuggets
Celtics 75Nuggets 89
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics2313241575
Nuggets1819242889
The story
Kenyon Martin's 18 points and 10 rebounds carried Denver past Boston, 89-75

For Boston, Paul Pierce had 17 PTS, 6 REB 18 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST · 8-13 FG, 1-1 3PT

The swing

The fourth quarter, 28-15, was where the Nuggets built it.

DEN lead by quarter
200 −5+1+1+14 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Kevin Garnett was the fantasy play: 46.1 FPTS on 14 PTS, 13 REB, 3 AST

Fantasy angle
Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.3Season avg26.0Last 3

26.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.3 in 25 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg39.7Today

40 minutes today, against 22.1 a game in 51 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Rebounding up
+4.5rebounds, last 5 vs season avg
Rebounds per game
3.5Season avg8.0Last 5

8.0 rebounds a game over his last five games, against 3.5 in 54 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 21 minutes.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 34

Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 28, 17, 24, 16, 41, 28, 23, 34Heat-Bulls · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 51, 19, 12, 41, 16, 22, 27, 23, 31, 29Heat-Bulls · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 20, 32, 14, 36, 29, 23, 18, 42, 32, 26Bulls-Heat · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 18, 15, 8, 14, 24, 19, 19, 20Bulls-Heat · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 6, 9, 6, 12, 2, 11, 5, 18Nuggets-Celtics · W
6.7 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high18 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 32, 15, 12, 18, 22, 15, 1, 31, 23, 17Celtics-Nuggets · L
18.9 PPG season to date · −1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+6.7 29.1 last 10 · 22.4 season
Ramon SessionsCLE+6.4 18.8 last 10 · 12.4 season
Randy FoyeLAC+5.9 14.6 last 10 · 8.7 season
Marcin GortatPHX+5.7 13.3 last 10 · 7.6 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+5.4 30.6 last 10 · 25.2 season
Cold
Gilbert ArenasORL−5.3 6.4 last 10 · 11.7 season
Mo WilliamsCLE−5.2 8.0 last 10 · 13.2 season
Brandon RushIND−5.0 5.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
Charlie VillanuevaDET−5.0 6.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Manu GinobiliSAS−5.0 12.8 last 10 · 17.8 season