FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 26, 2013Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed CHA by 6 after the first quarter and won 106–84.

Final · Box score
Warriors97
Pacers108
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +11
Final · Box score
Magic98
Sixers84
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +14
Final · 2OT · Box score
Kings129
Heat141
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 Heat 0; OT1 Heat 0; OT2 MIA +12
Final · Box score
Cavs101
Bulls98
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 Cavs 0; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +3
Final · Box score
Nets101
Hornets97
Q1 BKN +11; Q2 BKN +16; Q3 BKN +8; Q4 BKN +4
Final · Box score
Bucks95
Mavs90
Q1 MIL -4; Q2 MIL -5; Q3 MIL -4; Q4 MIL +5
Final · OT · Box score
Wolves83
Suns84
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +14; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 Suns 0; OT1 PHX +1
Final · Box score
Bobcats84
Clippers106
Q1 LAC -6; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC +19; Q4 LAC +22
The lead · Bobcats-Clippers

Clippers rout Charlotte by 22

LeBron James goes for 40 points

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+9+19+22LAC AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Bobcats3015182184
Clippers24302824106
Who led
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 13, 17, 20, 20, 22, 17, 18, 24LAC24 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Matt BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 10, 4, 11, 9, 11, 18, 8, 17LAC17 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Gerald HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 13, 16, 14, 24, 13, 9, 19, 24CHA24 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 5, 18, 6, 18, 8, 24, 24, 27, 24, 15CHA15 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Clippers by 22.

PHX over MIN1CLE over CHI3BKN over NOH4MIL over DAL5IND over GSW11MIA over SAC12ORL over PHI14LAC over CHA22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Lead changes
Cavs-Bulls19
Kings-Heat14
Bucks-Mavs9
Warriors-Pacers5
Wolves-Suns5
Nets-Hornets1
The night in charts
Kings-Heat combined for 270, 65 more than any other game
Points by game
Kings-HeatKings 129, Heat 141
270
Warriors-PacersWarriors 97, Pacers 108
205
Cavs-BullsCavs 101, Bulls 98
199
Nets-HornetsNets 101, Hornets 97
198
Bobcats-ClippersBobcats 84, Clippers 106
190
Bucks-MavsBucks 95, Mavs 90
185
Magic-SixersMagic 98, Sixers 84
182
Wolves-SunsWolves 83, Suns 84
167
4 of 8 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Wolves-SunsWolves 83, Suns 84
+1 PHX
Cavs-BullsCavs 101, Bulls 98
+3 CLE
Nets-HornetsNets 101, Hornets 97
+4 BKN
Bucks-MavsBucks 95, Mavs 90
+5 MIL
Warriors-PacersWarriors 97, Pacers 108
+11 IND
Kings-HeatKings 129, Heat 141
+12 MIA
Magic-SixersMagic 98, Sixers 84
+14 ORL
Bobcats-ClippersBobcats 84, Clippers 106
+22 LAC
LAC rallied from 6 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Bobcats-ClippersLAC won · Bobcats 84, Clippers 106
6 pts
Bucks-MavsMIL won · Bucks 95, Mavs 90
5 pts
Cavs-BullsCLE won · Cavs 101, Bulls 98
3 pts
Magic-SixersORL won · Magic 98, Sixers 84
2 pts
Kings-HeatMIA won · Kings 129, Heat 141
2 pts
Blake shot 11-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BlakeLAC · 24 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 1 BLK
79% (11-14)
WestIND · 28 PTS, 7 REB, 3 STL, 2 AST
75% (12-16)
StephGSW · 38 PTS, 4 AST, 3 STL, 2 REB
70% (14-20)
D WadeMIA · 39 PTS, 8 REB, 7 AST, 3 STL
68% (19-28)
BoozerCHI · 27 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 1 BLK
65% (13-20)
Final · Wolves-Suns
Wolves 83Suns 84
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Wolves15181826683
Suns16311119784
The story
Marcin Gortat had 14 points as Phoenix beat Minnesota 84-83 in OT

Derrick Williams led Minnesota with 21 PTS, 12 REB 14 PTS, 7 REB, 3 BLK, 1 AST · 5-11 FG

The swing

The Suns won the second 31-18, their biggest quarter edge.

PHX lead by quarter
200 +1+14+70+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Fantasy angle

Nikola Pekovic led the game in fantasy with 52.4 FPTS (18 PTS, 12 REB, 2 AST)

Final · Cavs-Bulls
Cavs 101Bulls 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs19292726101
Bulls2226232798
The story
Cleveland beat Chicago 101-98 behind 25 points from Dion Waiters

Carlos Boozer paced Chicago: 27 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST 25 PTS, 2 REB · 10-16 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

A 27-23 third quarter did the most damage for the Cavaliers.

CLE lead by quarter
200 −30+4+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Luol Deng topped the game at 48.9 FPTS: 26 PTS, 7 REB, 5 AST

Final · Kings-Heat
Kings 129Heat 141
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
Kings22313227125129
Heat272433281217141
The story
Dwyane Wade's 39 points carried Miami past Sacramento, 141-129 in OT

For Sacramento, Marcus Thornton had 36 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB 39 PTS, 8 REB, 7 AST, 3 STL · 19-28 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

It went to second overtime, and the Heat took it 17-5.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +5−2−100+12 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.8Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 5.8 in 50 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 2 vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
33.32011–12 avg18.8Last 2

18.8 minutes a game over his last two games, against 33.3 in 2011–12 (62 games). Today: 5 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.8Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 8.8 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 40

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 30, 32, 30, 39, 24, 26, 16, 28, 40Heat-Kings · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: James Harden BKN, Dec 27, 2021: 39 PTS · 8 REB · 15 AST
Season high40 PTS · 8 REB · 16 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 30, 24, 13, 20, 17, 33, 24, 39Heat-Kings · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +17.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 32, 18, 27, 29, 20, 19, 18, 38Warriors-Pacers · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 3, 9, 24, 3, 15, 16, 8, 12, 36Kings-Heat · L
12.1 PPG season to date · +24.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 12, 20, 15, 19, 23, 15, 24, 33Nets-Hornets · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 30, 29, 15, 15, 30, 7, 18, 18, 16, 28Pacers-Warriors · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Ty LawsonDEN+6.4 22.8 last 10 · 16.4 season
Tony ParkerSAS+5.5 26.6 last 10 · 21.1 season
Jarrett JackGSW+5.4 19.1 last 10 · 13.7 season
Ricky RubioMIN+5.3 13.5 last 10 · 8.2 season
Danny GreenSAS+5.2 15.8 last 10 · 10.6 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