FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 12, 2013Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed PHX by 6 after three quarters and won 91–85.

Final · Box score
Nuggets108
Raptors109
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +2; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +1
Final · Box score
Blazers104
Heat117
Q1 MIA -4; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +13
Final · Box score
Kings101
Grizzlies108
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +7
Final · Box score
Thunder94
Jazz109
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +15
Final · Box score
Rockets116
Warriors107
Q1 HOU -4; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +9
Final · Box score
Suns85
Lakers91
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL -6; Q4 LAL +6
On this day · 2011–12Feb 12, 2012: 6 games. Top scorer: Monta Ellis (Warriors-Rockets), 33 points.
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The lead · Suns-Lakers

Lakers get past Phoenix

LeBron James goes for 30 points

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+8+9-6+6LAL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns2225241485
Lakers302692691
Who led
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 17, 8, 24, 9, 9, 12, 15, 19LAL19 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 13, 18, 10, 9, 11, 9, 3, 19LAL19 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 12, 27, 4, 24, 6, 11, 25, 4, 18PHX18 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 12, 18, 9, 10, 11, 6, 6, 15PHX15 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Rockets-Warriors

Houston beats Golden State, 116–107

Houston led 88–79 after three and won by 9. James Harden led Houston with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over DEN1LAL over PHX6MEM over SAC7HOU over GSW9MIA over POR13UTA over OKC15Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over GSW.
Lead changes
Rockets-Warriors12
Thunder-Jazz7
Blazers-Heat6
Nuggets-Raptors5
Shot of the night

Gay's jumper with 4 seconds left puts the Raptors ahead, 109-108 final

The night in charts
Rockets-Warriors combined for 223, 2 more than any other game
Points by game
Rockets-WarriorsRockets 116, Warriors 107
223
Blazers-HeatBlazers 104, Heat 117
221
Nuggets-RaptorsNuggets 108, Raptors 109
217
Kings-GrizzliesKings 101, Grizzlies 108
209
Thunder-JazzThunder 94, Jazz 109
203
Suns-LakersSuns 85, Lakers 91
176
TOR won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Nuggets-RaptorsNuggets 108, Raptors 109
+1 TOR
Suns-LakersSuns 85, Lakers 91
+6 LAL
Kings-GrizzliesKings 101, Grizzlies 108
+7 MEM
Rockets-WarriorsRockets 116, Warriors 107
+9 HOU
Blazers-HeatBlazers 104, Heat 117
+13 MIA
Thunder-JazzThunder 94, Jazz 109
+15 UTA
LAL rallied from 6 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Suns-LakersLAL won · Suns 85, Lakers 91
6 pts
Rockets-WarriorsHOU won · Rockets 116, Warriors 107
4 pts
Blazers-HeatMIA won · Blazers 104, Heat 117
4 pts
Bosh shot 13-of-16 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BoshMIA · 32 PTS, 11 REB, 2 STL
81% (13-16)
LeBronMIA · 30 PTS, 9 AST, 6 REB, 3 STL
73% (11-15)
KDOKC · 33 PTS, 6 REB, 5 AST, 4 STL
69% (11-16)
Tony AllenMEM · 19 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
67% (8-12)
AldridgePOR · 29 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST
65% (13-20)
Final · Nuggets-Raptors
Nuggets 108Raptors 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets21312630108
Raptors28262827109
The story
DeMar DeRozan had 22 points as Toronto beat Denver 109-108

Anthony Randolph led Denver with 16 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST 22 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST · 8-18 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

The Raptors won the first 28-21, their biggest quarter edge.

TOR lead by quarter
200 +7+2+4+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Ty Lawson led the game in fantasy with 51.2 FPTS (29 PTS, 9 AST)

Final · Suns-Lakers
Suns 85Lakers 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns2225241485
Lakers302692691
The story
Dwight Howard's 19 points and 18 rebounds carried Los Angeles past Phoenix, 91-85

For Phoenix, Luis Scola had 15 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST 19 PTS, 18 REB · 8-15 FG

The swing

The Lakers trailed by 6 going into the fourth, then won it 26-14.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +8+9−6+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Jermaine O'Neal was the fantasy play: 48.6 FPTS on 13 REB, 12 PTS, 4 AST

Final · Blazers-Heat
Blazers 104Heat 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers33262322104
Heat29292831117
The story
Miami beat Portland 117-104 behind 32 points and 11 rebounds from Chris Bosh

Damian Lillard paced Portland: 33 PTS, 3 AST 32 PTS, 11 REB · 13-16 FG, 0-1 3PT

The swing

A 31-22 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Heat.

MIA lead by quarter
200 −4−1+4+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.0Season avg13.2Last 5

13.2 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 36 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 50 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.4Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 6.4 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 33

Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 24, 35, 27, 32, 19, 25, 21, 18, 33Thunder-Jazz · L
29.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 10, 26, 23, 21, 19, 18, 4, 33Blazers-Heat · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 7, 12, 14, 16, 16, 13, 28, 23, 12, 32Heat-Blazers · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 34, 24, 28, 30, 31, 32, 30, 32, 30Heat-Blazers · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 18, 16, 21, 22, 16, 11, 29, 29Nuggets-Raptors · L
15.7 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 29, 16, 18, 25, 27, 31, 25, 29Blazers-Heat · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jerryd BaylessMEM+8.0 15.1 last 10 · 7.1 season
Nate RobinsonCHI+6.2 18.3 last 10 · 12.1 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+5.4 16.7 last 10 · 11.3 season
Ty LawsonDEN+5.2 20.9 last 10 · 15.7 season
Michael BeasleyPHX+4.8 15.6 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−8.3 18.7 last 10 · 27.0 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS−6.0 7.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Shannon BrownPHX−4.7 6.5 last 10 · 11.2 season
Michael Kidd-GilchristCHA−4.4 4.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Dwight HowardLAL−4.0 12.3 last 10 · 16.3 season