FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 7, 2013Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Lakers95
Celtics116
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +14; Q3 BOS +26; Q4 BOS +21
Final · Box score
Bulls96
Nuggets128
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +26; Q4 DEN +32
On this day · 2011–12Feb 7, 2012: 6 games. Top scorer: Monta Ellis (Warriors-Thunder), 48 points.
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The lead · Lakers-Celtics

Boston routs Lakers by 21

Paul Pierce goes for 24 points

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4+14+26+21BOS AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers2321252695
Celtics27313721116
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 22, 12, 17, 16, 14, 22, 12, 24BOS24 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 9, 17, 11, 12, 17, 14, 8, 19BOS19 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 16, 29, 14, 21, 14, 17, 17, 18, 21, 27LAL27 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Jodie MeeksPoints, last 10 games: 0, 9, 8, 5, 13, 0, 8, 5, 5, 13LAL13 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Bulls-Nuggets

Denver leads Chicago wire to wire

Denver was ahead at every break and won 128–96. Best quarter: the third, 37–16. Wilson Chandler led Denver with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Nuggets-Bulls
Wilson Chandler · DENDaequan Cook · CHIPTS2419REB24AST00Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Lakers-Celtics4
Bulls-Nuggets4
The night in charts
Bulls-Nuggets combined for 224, 13 more than any other game
Points by game
Bulls-NuggetsBulls 96, Nuggets 128
224
Lakers-CelticsLakers 95, Celtics 116
211
BOS won the closest game by 21
Closest finishes
Lakers-CelticsLakers 95, Celtics 116
+21 BOS
Bulls-NuggetsBulls 96, Nuggets 128
+32 DEN
Faried shot 9-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
FariedDEN · 21 PTS, 12 REB, 2 STL
90% (9-10)
KobeLAL · 27 PTS, 7 REB
60% (9-15)
BoozerCHI · 18 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
60% (9-15)
KGBOS · 15 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL
60% (6-10)
PierceBOS · 24 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 1 BLK
59% (10-17)
Final · Lakers-Celtics
Lakers 95Celtics 116
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers2321252695
Celtics27313721116
The story
Kevin Garnett had 15 points as Boston beat Los Angeles 116-95

Jodie Meeks led Los Angeles with 13 PTS, 3 REB 15 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 3 STL · 6-10 FG

The swing

The Celtics won the third 37-25, their biggest quarter edge.

BOS lead by quarter
300 +4+14+26+21 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bulls-Nuggets
Bulls 96Nuggets 128
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls2533162296
Nuggets33303728128
The story
Kenneth Faried's 21 points and 12 rebounds carried Denver past Chicago, 128-96

For Chicago, Daequan Cook had 19 PTS, 4 REB 21 PTS, 12 REB · 9-10 FG

The swing

The third quarter, 37-16, was where the Nuggets built it.

DEN lead by quarter
400 +8+5+26+32 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Ty Lawson was the fantasy play: 41.6 FPTS on 16 PTS, 12 AST, 3 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.8Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.8 in 48 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.1 in 39 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.8Season avg27.4Today

27 minutes today, against 8.8 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 27

Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 16, 29, 14, 21, 14, 17, 17, 18, 21, 27Lakers-Celtics · L
27.5 PPG season to date · −0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 22, 12, 17, 16, 14, 22, 12, 24Celtics-Lakers · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 4, 12, 20, 0, 7, 9, 7, 24Nuggets-Bulls · W
9.7 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Kenneth FariedPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 16, 0, 11, 4, 19, 13, 13, 21Nuggets-Bulls · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Daequan CookPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 0, 6, 0, 0, 3, 0, 3, 19Bulls-Nuggets · L
3.4 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high19 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 9, 17, 11, 12, 17, 14, 8, 19Celtics-Lakers · W
10.0 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high19 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+7.7 18.7 last 10 · 11.0 season
Jerryd BaylessMEM+7.0 14.0 last 10 · 7.0 season
Jimmy ButlerCHI+6.4 13.7 last 10 · 7.3 season
Tristan ThompsonCLE+5.3 16.6 last 10 · 11.3 season
Nate RobinsonCHI+4.8 16.7 last 10 · 11.9 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−8.1 19.4 last 10 · 27.5 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS−6.0 7.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Nicolas BatumPOR−5.8 9.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
John SalmonsSAC−4.6 4.1 last 10 · 8.7 season
Alonzo GeeCLE−4.5 5.8 last 10 · 10.3 season