FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 21, 2012Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed DET by 11 at halftime and won 101–100.

Final · Box score
Pistons100
Cavs101
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE -11; Q3 CLE -11; Q4 CLE +1
Final · OT · Box score
Hornets108
Pacers117
Q1 IND -7; Q2 IND -3; Q3 IND +4; Q4 Pacers 0; OT1 IND +9
Final · Box score
Kings108
Heat120
Q1 MIA -6; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +12
Final · Box score
Sixers76
Grizzlies89
Q1 MEM +20; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +13
Final · Box score
Spurs97
Blazers137
Q1 POR +18; Q2 POR +23; Q3 POR +38; Q4 POR +40
The lead · Pistons-Cavs

Antawn Jamison posts 32 and 10 as Cleveland beats Detroit

Dwyane Wade goes for 30 points

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-11-11+1CLE AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons29262223100
Cavs30142235101
Who led
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 25, 27, 34, 20, 13, 13, 21, 32CLE32 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 32, 23, 21, 18, 20, 16, 22, 17, 23, 25CLE25 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 26, 2, 13, 13, 2, 16, 6, 23, 12, 24DET24 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 20, 18, 27, 4, 22, 3, 17, 19DET19 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Second story · Hornets-Pacers

Indiana flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

New Orleans led 56–53 at the break. Tied 100–100 after regulation, Indiana won the extra time 17–8. Final: 117–108. Roy Hibbert led Indiana with 30 points, 13 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Pacers-Hornets
Roy Hibbert · INDTrevor Ariza · NOHPTS3021REB136AST05Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Pistons-Cavs15
Kings-Heat11
Hornets-Pacers7
Spurs-Blazers4
Sixers-Grizzlies0
The night in charts
Spurs-Blazers combined for 234, 6 more than any other game
Points by game
Spurs-BlazersSpurs 97, Blazers 137
234
Kings-HeatKings 108, Heat 120
228
Hornets-PacersHornets 108, Pacers 117
225
Pistons-CavsPistons 100, Cavs 101
201
Sixers-GrizzliesSixers 76, Grizzlies 89
165
CLE won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Pistons-CavsPistons 100, Cavs 101
+1 CLE
Hornets-PacersHornets 108, Pacers 117
+9 IND
Kings-HeatKings 108, Heat 120
+12 MIA
Sixers-GrizzliesSixers 76, Grizzlies 89
+13 MEM
Spurs-BlazersSpurs 97, Blazers 137
+40 POR
CLE erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Pistons-CavsCLE won · Pistons 100, Cavs 101
11 pts
Hornets-PacersIND won · Hornets 108, Pacers 117
7 pts
Kings-HeatMIA won · Kings 108, Heat 120
6 pts
Collison shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
CollisonIND · 18 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST, 1 STL
73% (8-11)
Elliot WilliamsPOR · 17 PTS, 3 REB, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
D WadeMIA · 30 PTS, 10 AST, 4 REB, 3 STL
69% (11-16)
KnightDET · 24 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
AldridgePOR · 21 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
67% (8-12)
Final · Pistons-Cavs
Pistons 100Cavs 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons29262223100
Cavs30142235101
The story
Kyrie Irving had 25 points and 8 assists as Cleveland beat Detroit 101-100

Brandon Knight led Detroit with 24 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST 25 PTS, 8 AST, 5 REB · 8-15 FG, 3-4 3PT

The swing

Down 11 after the third, the Cavaliers took the fourth 35-23.

CLE lead by quarter
200 +1−11−11+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Greg Monroe led the game in fantasy with 52.7 FPTS (19 PTS, 11 REB, 7 AST)

Final · Hornets-Pacers
Hornets 108Pacers 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Hornets312520248108
Pacers2429272017117
The story
Roy Hibbert's 30 points and 13 rebounds carried Indiana past New Orleans, 117-108 in OT

For New Orleans, Trevor Ariza had 21 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST 30 PTS, 13 REB, 3 BLK · 11-17 FG

The swing

It went to overtime, and the Pacers took it 17-8.

IND lead by quarter
200 −7−3+40+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Kings-Heat
Kings 108Heat 120
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Kings32213520108
Heat26313627120
The story
Miami beat Sacramento 120-108 behind 18 points and 8 assists from LeBron James

Marcus Thornton paced Sacramento: 23 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST 18 PTS, 8 AST, 4 REB · 7-11 FG, 2-2 3PT

The swing

A 31-21 second quarter erased a 6-point hole for the Heat.

MIA lead by quarter
200 −6+4+5+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.7Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.7 in 28 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.4Season avg24.2Last 3

24.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.4 in 32 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.1Season avg36.6Today

37 minutes today, against 8.1 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 0 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Antawn Jamison leads the day with 32

Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 25, 27, 34, 20, 13, 13, 21, 32Cavs-Pistons · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 33, 26, 21, 22, 16, 22, 27, 30Heat-Kings · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Roy HibbertPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 10, 5, 12, 10, 17, 13, 18, 30Pacers-Hornets · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 32, 23, 21, 18, 20, 16, 22, 17, 23, 25Cavs-Pistons · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 2, 15, 4, 2, 5, 11, 0, 4, 4, 24Spurs-Blazers · L
7.1 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high24 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 26, 2, 13, 13, 2, 16, 6, 23, 12, 24Pistons-Cavs · L
12.7 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Tony ParkerSAS+6.0 25.5 last 10 · 19.5 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+6.0 25.4 last 10 · 19.4 season
Channing FryePHX+5.3 14.6 last 10 · 9.3 season
Antawn JamisonCLE+4.8 22.0 last 10 · 17.2 season
Deron WilliamsNJN+4.7 26.9 last 10 · 22.2 season
Cold
Kevin MartinHOU−5.6 12.5 last 10 · 18.1 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−4.7 13.6 last 10 · 18.3 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−4.1 17.7 last 10 · 21.8 season
Chris BoshMIA−4.0 14.2 last 10 · 18.2 season
Byron MullensCHA−4.0 5.7 last 10 · 9.7 season