FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 25, 2013Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed UTA by 5 at halftime and won 110–107.

Final · Box score
Wizards90
Raptors84
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +6
Final · Box score
Hawks114
Pistons103
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +10; Q3 ATL +18; Q4 ATL +11
Final · Box score
Lakers108
Nuggets119
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +13; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +11
Final · OT · Box score
Celtics110
Jazz107
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS -5; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 Celtics 0; OT1 BOS +3
The lead · Celtics-Jazz

Boston needs overtime to survive Utah

Al Horford goes for 23 points

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+2-5+80+3BOS AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Celtics2820321713110
Jazz2627192510107
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 27, 13, 8, 10, 26, 8, 23, 26BOS26 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Avery BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 13, 8, 10, 17, 6, 13, 8, 18BOS18 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 22, 5, 15, 13, 15, 17, 23, 26UTA26 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 19, 21, 6, 18, 21, 14, 19, 16UTA16 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Wizards-Raptors

Washington never trails at a break against Toronto

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 90–84. Bradley Beal led Washington with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over UTA3WAS over TOR6ATL over DET11DEN over LAL11Final margin, points. Pink = WAS over TOR.
Lead changes
Celtics-Jazz13
Wizards-Raptors8
Lakers-Nuggets3
Hawks-Pistons1
The night in charts
Lakers-Nuggets combined for 227, 10 more than any other game
Points by game
Lakers-NuggetsLakers 108, Nuggets 119
227
Hawks-PistonsHawks 114, Pistons 103
217
Celtics-JazzCeltics 110, Jazz 107
217
Wizards-RaptorsWizards 90, Raptors 84
174
BOS won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Celtics-JazzCeltics 110, Jazz 107
+3 BOS
Wizards-RaptorsWizards 90, Raptors 84
+6 WAS
Hawks-PistonsHawks 114, Pistons 103
+11 ATL
Lakers-NuggetsLakers 108, Nuggets 119
+11 DEN
Horford shot 10-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
HorfordATL · 23 PTS, 22 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
77% (10-13)
JerebkoDET · 21 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
75% (9-12)
BradleyBOS · 18 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL
67% (8-12)
BealWAS · 20 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL
62% (8-13)
FariedDEN · 12 PTS, 10 REB, 3 STL, 2 BLK
60% (6-10)
Final · Celtics-Jazz
Celtics 110Jazz 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Celtics2820321713110
Jazz2627192510107
The story
Paul Pierce had 26 points and 8 assists as Boston beat Utah 110-107 in OT

Gordon Hayward led Utah with 26 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB 26 PTS, 8 AST, 7 REB · 10-20 FG, 3-10 3PT

The swing

Down 5 after the second, the Celtics took the third 32-19.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +2−5+80+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Wizards-Raptors
Wizards 90Raptors 84
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards1723232790
Raptors1616223084
The story
Bradley Beal's 20 points carried Washington past Toronto, 90-84

For Toronto, DeMar DeRozan had 25 PTS, 4 REB 20 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST · 8-13 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 23-16, was where the Wizards built it.

WAS lead by quarter
200 +1+8+9+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Kyle Lowry was the fantasy play: 40.0 FPTS on 18 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST

Final · Hawks-Pistons
Hawks 114Pistons 103
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Hawks27342726114
Pistons24271933103
The story
Atlanta beat Detroit 114-103 behind 20 points and 12 assists from Jeff Teague

Greg Monroe paced Detroit: 15 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST 20 PTS, 12 AST, 2 REB · 6-13 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

A 27-19 third quarter did the most damage for the Hawks.

ATL lead by quarter
200 +3+10+18+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.7Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.7 in 51 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.7Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.7 in 45 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.6Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 16.6 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 29

Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 20, 28, 4, 20, 16, 40, 38, 29Lakers-Nuggets · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 27, 13, 8, 10, 26, 8, 23, 26Celtics-Jazz · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 22, 5, 15, 13, 15, 17, 23, 26Jazz-Celtics · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 22, 7, 22, 20, 24, 7, 18, 25Raptors-Wizards · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 17, 12, 21, 26, 27, 24, 23, 23Hawks-Pistons · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 22 REB · 3 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 19, 23, 26, 30, 10, 18, 15, 23Hawks-Pistons · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Ty LawsonDEN+6.4 22.8 last 10 · 16.4 season
Maurice HarklessORL+6.1 11.9 last 10 · 5.8 season
Isaiah ThomasSAC+5.9 18.8 last 10 · 12.9 season
Jarrett JackGSW+5.6 19.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Ricky RubioMIN+5.5 13.9 last 10 · 8.4 season
Cold
Jordan CrawfordBOS−8.3 4.3 last 10 · 12.6 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−6.9 6.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Kevin SeraphinWAS−5.3 4.3 last 10 · 9.6 season
Shannon BrownPHX−4.7 6.5 last 10 · 11.2 season
Ben GordonCHA−4.5 7.7 last 10 · 12.2 season