FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 21, 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
Heat86
Bulls67
Q1 Heat 0; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +19
Final · Box score
Spurs116
Clippers90
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS +28; Q4 SAS +26
On this day · 2011–12Feb 21, 2012: 5 games. Top scorer: Antawn Jamison (Cavs-Pistons), 32 points.
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The lead · Heat-Bulls

Miami makes it nine straight

LeBron James goes for 26 points

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00+10+11+19MIA AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat2223202186
Bulls2213191367
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 31, 32, 30, 32, 30, 39, 24, 26MIA26 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 20, 31, 20, 30, 24, 13, 20, 17MIA17 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 12, 20, 19, 14, 18, 20, 6, 6, 14CHI14 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 13, 10, 18, 19, 14, 11, 17, 12CHI12 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Second story · Spurs-Clippers

San Antonio leads Clippers wire to wire

San Antonio was ahead at every break and won 116–90. Best quarter: the first, 34–21. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 31 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Spurs-Clippers
Tony Parker · SASMatt Barnes · LACPTS3118REB26AST72Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Heat-Bulls4
Spurs-Clippers0
The night in charts
Spurs-Clippers combined for 206, 53 more than any other game
Points by game
Spurs-ClippersSpurs 116, Clippers 90
206
Heat-BullsHeat 86, Bulls 67
153
MIA won the closest game by 19
Closest finishes
Heat-BullsHeat 86, Bulls 67
+19 MIA
Spurs-ClippersSpurs 116, Clippers 90
+26 SAS
Parker shot 12-of-16 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
ParkerSAS · 31 PTS, 7 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
75% (12-16)
LeBronMIA · 26 PTS, 12 REB, 7 AST, 2 STL
73% (11-15)
D WadeMIA · 17 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST, 2 STL
53% (8-15)
CrawfordLAC · 15 PTS, 6 AST, 3 STL, 1 REB
50% (6-12)
BarnesLAC · 18 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
50% (6-12)
Final · Heat-Bulls
Heat 86Bulls 67
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat2223202186
Bulls2213191367
The story
Dwyane Wade had 17 points as Miami beat Chicago 86-67

Carlos Boozer led Chicago with 12 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST 17 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST · 8-15 FG

The swing

The Heat won the second 23-13, their biggest quarter edge.

MIA lead by quarter
200 0+10+11+19 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Spurs-Clippers
Spurs 116Clippers 90
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs34243424116
Clippers2122212690
The story
Danny Green's 15 points carried San Antonio past Los Angeles, 116-90

For Los Angeles, Jamal Crawford had 15 PTS, 6 AST 15 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB · 5-10 FG, 3-6 3PT

The swing

The first quarter, 34-21, was where the Spurs built it.

SAS lead by quarter
300 +13+15+28+26 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.0Season avg29.0Last 5

29.0 points a game over his last five games, against 21.0 in 52 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.3 in 42 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+8.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.5Season avg20.0Today

20 minutes today, against 11.5 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tony Parker leads the day with 31

Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 31, 22, 19, 31, 31, 29, 24, 30, 31Spurs-Clippers · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 30, 31, 32, 30, 32, 30, 39, 24, 26Heat-Bulls · W
27.2 PPG season to date · −1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Matt BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 8, 8, 10, 4, 11, 9, 11, 18Clippers-Spurs · L
10.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 20, 31, 20, 30, 24, 13, 20, 17Heat-Bulls · W
20.9 PPG season to date · −3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 17, 20, 13, 17, 20, 20, 22, 17Clippers-Spurs · L
18.5 PPG season to date · −1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Danny GreenPoints, last 10 games: 0, 17, 15, 28, 15, 14, 18, 4, 21, 15Spurs-Clippers · W
10.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
15 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jerryd BaylessMEM+7.0 14.1 last 10 · 7.1 season
Tony ParkerSAS+5.9 27.1 last 10 · 21.2 season
Ty LawsonDEN+5.4 21.4 last 10 · 16.0 season
Ricky RubioMIN+4.9 12.8 last 10 · 7.9 season
Maurice HarklessORL+4.7 10.1 last 10 · 5.4 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.8 18.8 last 10 · 26.6 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS−6.0 7.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.6 8.4 last 10 · 14.0 season
Jason KiddNYK−4.9 2.1 last 10 · 7.0 season
Nicolas BatumPOR−4.7 10.6 last 10 · 15.3 season