FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 4, 2013Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed SAC by 4 after three quarters and won 98–91.

Final · Box score
Bulls101
Pacers111
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +10
Final · Box score
Magic61
Sixers78
Q1 PHI +12; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +17
Final · Box score
Clippers90
Wizards98
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +8
Final · Box score
Bobcats94
Heat99
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +5
Final · Box score
Pistons85
Knicks99
Q1 NYK +15; Q2 NYK +21; Q3 NYK +18; Q4 NYK +14
Final · Box score
Blazers100
Wolves98
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +19; Q4 POR +2
Final · Box score
Mavs91
Thunder112
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +24; Q3 OKC +25; Q4 OKC +21
Final · OT · Box score
Kings91
Jazz98
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA -4; Q4 Jazz 0; OT1 UTA +7
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The lead · Kings-Jazz

Utah outlasts Sacramento in overtime

LaMarcus Aldridge goes for 25 points

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-2+1-40+7UTA AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Kings22212318791
Jazz202418221498
Who led
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 9, 20, 12, 10, 14, 12, 14, 14, 23, 20UTA20 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 11, 12, 25, 10, 22, 21, 12, 15UTA15 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Jason ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 4, 14, 7, 2, 9, 6, 4, 23SAC23 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 16, 16, 15, 13, 19, 29, 7, 20SAC20 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Bulls-Pacers

Indiana beats Chicago, 111–101

Indiana led 87–76 after three and won by 10. David West led Indiana with 29 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over MIN2MIA over CHA5UTA over SAC7WAS over LAC8IND over CHI10NYK over DET14PHI over ORL17OKC over DAL21Final margin, points. Pink = IND over CHI.
Lead changes
Bobcats-Heat9
Mavs-Thunder5
Bulls-Pacers4
Magic-Sixers2
Pistons-Knicks0
Blazers-Wolves0
The night in charts
Bulls-Pacers combined for 212, 9 more than any other game
Points by game
Bulls-PacersBulls 101, Pacers 111
212
Mavs-ThunderMavs 91, Thunder 112
203
Blazers-WolvesBlazers 100, Wolves 98
198
Bobcats-HeatBobcats 94, Heat 99
193
Kings-JazzKings 91, Jazz 98
189
Clippers-WizardsClippers 90, Wizards 98
188
Pistons-KnicksPistons 85, Knicks 99
184
Magic-SixersMagic 61, Sixers 78
139
2 of 8 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Blazers-WolvesBlazers 100, Wolves 98
+2 POR
Bobcats-HeatBobcats 94, Heat 99
+5 MIA
Kings-JazzKings 91, Jazz 98
+7 UTA
Clippers-WizardsClippers 90, Wizards 98
+8 WAS
Bulls-PacersBulls 101, Pacers 111
+10 IND
Pistons-KnicksPistons 85, Knicks 99
+14 NYK
Magic-SixersMagic 61, Sixers 78
+17 PHI
Mavs-ThunderMavs 91, Thunder 112
+21 OKC
UTA rallied from 4 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Kings-JazzUTA won · Kings 91, Jazz 98
4 pts
Bulls-PacersIND won · Bulls 101, Pacers 111
1 pt
LeBron shot 13-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
LeBronMIA · 31 PTS, 8 REB, 8 AST, 2 STL
93% (13-14)
MarionDAL · 23 PTS, 3 STL, 2 BLK, 1 REB
71% (10-14)
AldridgePOR · 25 PTS, 13 REB, 5 AST, 2 BLK
71% (12-17)
George HillIND · 22 PTS, 6 AST, 2 REB, 1 BLK
70% (7-10)
BelinelliCHI · 24 PTS, 3 AST
69% (9-13)
Final · Blazers-Wolves
Blazers 100Wolves 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers25242823100
Wolves1820204098
The story
Damian Lillard had 21 points as Portland beat Minnesota 100-98

Ricky Rubio led Minnesota with 15 PTS, 14 AST, 2 REB 21 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB, 3 STL · 9-17 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

The Trail Blazers won the third 28-20, their biggest quarter edge.

POR lead by quarter
200 +7+11+19+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bobcats-Heat
Bobcats 94Heat 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bobcats2122203194
Heat2225193399
The story
Miami beat Charlotte 99-94 behind 20 points and 12 rebounds from Dwyane Wade

Byron Mullens paced Charlotte: 12 PTS, 9 REB 20 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST · 7-19 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

A 25-22 second quarter did the most damage for the Heat.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +1+4+3+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Kings-Jazz
Kings 91Jazz 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Kings22212318791
Jazz202418221498
The story
Al Jefferson's 15 points and 12 rebounds carried Utah past Sacramento, 98-91 in OT

For Sacramento, Isaiah Thomas had 17 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB 15 PTS, 12 REB, 5 AST · 7-17 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

It went to overtime, and the Jazz took it 14-7.

UTA lead by quarter
200 −2+1−40+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle

Jason Thompson was the fantasy play: 43.0 FPTS on 23 PTS, 10 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.2Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.2 in 47 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.3Season avg14.6Last 3

14.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.3 in 41 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Season avg43.3Today

43 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 31

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 25, 39, 31, 23, 34, 24, 28, 30, 31Heat-Bobcats · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 20, 14, 21, 24, 17, 14, 30, 29Pacers-Bulls · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 7, 24, 14, 21, 19, 9, 17, 14, 23, 28Clippers-Wizards · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 26, 29, 28, 25, 42, 20, 25, 9, 27Knicks-Pistons · W
28.4 PPG season to date · −1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 17, 27, 12, 21, 29, 16, 18, 25Blazers-Wolves · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 32, 31, 36, 26, 10, 18, 17, 21, 28, 24Thunder-Mavs · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jimmy ButlerCHI+7.3 14.6 last 10 · 7.3 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+6.4 17.4 last 10 · 11.0 season
Michael BeasleyPHX+5.2 15.8 last 10 · 10.6 season
Tristan ThompsonCLE+4.8 15.9 last 10 · 11.1 season
Klay ThompsonGSW+4.7 21.4 last 10 · 16.7 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−8.3 19.4 last 10 · 27.7 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS−6.0 7.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
John SalmonsSAC−4.6 4.1 last 10 · 8.7 season
Nicolas BatumPOR−4.6 11.1 last 10 · 15.7 season
Kevin SeraphinWAS−4.1 6.3 last 10 · 10.4 season