FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 16, 2012Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed POR by 11 at halftime and won 74–71.

Final · Box score
Nets88
Pacers93
Q1 IND -8; Q2 Pacers 0; Q3 IND -1; Q4 IND +5
Final · Box score
Celtics80
Bulls89
Q1 CHI -6; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI +9
Final · Box score
Clippers74
Blazers71
Q1 LAC -7; Q2 LAC -11; Q3 LAC -8; Q4 LAC +3
On this day · 2010–11Feb 16, 2011: 12 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (Nuggets-Bucks), 38 points.
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The lead · Clippers-Blazers

Clippers fight back from 11 down against Portland

Kris Humphries goes for 24 points

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-11-8+3LAC AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2012202274
Blazers2716171171
Who led
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 31, 18, 21, 18, 25, 16, 21, 20, 23, 21LAC21 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 17, 9, 5, 14, 9, 11, 11, 17LAC17 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 33, 13, 10, 9, 12, 33, 17, 19POR19 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 8, 17, 21, 31, 19, 3, 14, 19POR19 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Nets-Pacers

Indiana turns it around against New Jersey

From 8 down after one to a 5-point win: 93–88. Danny Granger led Indiana with 32 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · Pacers-Nets
Danny Granger · INDDeron Williams · NJNPTS3229REB56AST14Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Nets-Pacers15
Celtics-Bulls9
Clippers-Blazers3
The night in charts
Nets-Pacers combined for 181, 12 more than any other game
Points by game
Nets-PacersNets 88, Pacers 93
181
Celtics-BullsCeltics 80, Bulls 89
169
Clippers-BlazersClippers 74, Blazers 71
145
2 of 3 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Clippers-BlazersClippers 74, Blazers 71
+3 LAC
Nets-PacersNets 88, Pacers 93
+5 IND
Celtics-BullsCeltics 80, Bulls 89
+9 CHI
LAC erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Clippers-BlazersLAC won · Clippers 74, Blazers 71
11 pts
Nets-PacersIND won · Nets 88, Pacers 93
8 pts
Celtics-BullsCHI won · Celtics 80, Bulls 89
6 pts
Humphries shot 11-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
HumphriesNJN · 24 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK
79% (11-14)
BoozerCHI · 23 PTS, 15 REB, 5 AST
73% (11-15)
BlakeLAC · 21 PTS, 14 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
60% (9-15)
KGBOS · 18 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
54% (7-13)
GrangerIND · 32 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
50% (10-20)
Final · Clippers-Blazers
Clippers 74Blazers 71
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers2012202274
Blazers2716171171
The story
Blake Griffin had 21 points and 14 rebounds as Los Angeles beat Portland 74-71

Jamal Crawford led Portland with 19 PTS, 3 AST 21 PTS, 14 REB, 1 AST · 9-15 FG

The swing

Down 8 after the third, the Clippers took the fourth 22-11.

LAC lead by quarter
200 −7−11−8+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Nets-Pacers
Nets 88Pacers 93
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets2921152388
Pacers2129142993
The story
David West's 16 points carried Indiana past New Jersey, 93-88

For New Jersey, MarShon Brooks had 14 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST 16 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST · 6-16 FG

The swing

The Pacers trailed by 8 going into the second, then won it 29-21.

IND lead by quarter
200 −80−1+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Celtics-Bulls
Celtics 80Bulls 89
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics2411242180
Bulls1826162989
The story
Chicago beat Boston 89-80 behind 23 points and 15 rebounds from Carlos Boozer

Kevin Garnett paced Boston: 18 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST 23 PTS, 15 REB, 5 AST · 11-15 FG

The swing

A 26-11 second quarter erased a 6-point hole for the Bulls.

CHI lead by quarter
200 −6+9+1+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.7Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.7 in 30 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.5Season avg21.0Last 3

21.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.5 in 27 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 20.3 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Danny Granger leads the day with 32

Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 36, 16, 19, 16, 21, 19, 26, 3, 32Pacers-Nets · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 34, 26, 12, 21, 25, 34, 14, 27, 26, 29Nets-Pacers · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kris HumphriesPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 16, 20, 10, 9, 5, 15, 10, 24Nets-Pacers · L
13.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 9, 16, 8, 24, 18, 16, 22, 16, 23Bulls-Celtics · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 22, 21, 19, 9, 12, 10, 23, 23Bulls-Celtics · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high23 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 31, 18, 21, 18, 25, 16, 21, 20, 23, 21Clippers-Blazers · W
21.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Nikola PekovicMIN+4.6 16.2 last 10 · 11.6 season
Channing FryePHX+4.5 13.5 last 10 · 9.0 season
Drew GoodenMIL+4.2 16.9 last 10 · 12.7 season
Nicolas BatumPOR+4.2 17.5 last 10 · 13.3 season
Greivis VasquezNOH+4.2 12.0 last 10 · 7.8 season
Cold
Chris BoshMIA−5.5 13.1 last 10 · 18.6 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−4.5 17.8 last 10 · 22.3 season
Leandro BarbosaTOR−3.6 8.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Kevin MartinHOU−3.2 15.0 last 10 · 18.2 season
Samuel DalembertHOU−3.2 4.2 last 10 · 7.4 season