FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 7, 2007Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed WAS by 10 after the first quarter and won 100–97.

Final
WAS97
ATL100
Q1 ATL -10; Q2 ATL -8; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +3
Final
SEA89
PHI92
Q1 PHI +10; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +5; Q4 PHI +3
Final
MEM87
TOR94
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +11; Q3 TOR +16; Q4 TOR +7
Final
HOU111
BOS80
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +25; Q4 HOU +31
Final · OT
CLE101
DET97
Q1 CLE +10; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +4
Final
CHI70
MIA103
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +33
Final
LAL90
MIL110
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL +16; Q4 MIL +20
Final · OT
CHA106
PHX115
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +9
Final
IND72
UTA94
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +22
Final
DEN96
GSW110
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW +14
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2005–06Mar 7, 2006: 8 games. Top scorer: Joe Johnson (ATL vs GSW), 42 points.
The lead · WAS @ ATL

Atlanta rallies from 10 down to beat Washington

Trailing by 10 after one, Atlanta outscored the Wizards 79–66 the rest of the way. Final: 100–97. Zaza Pachulia led Atlanta with 27 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-8+4+3ATL AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS3121153097
ATL21232729100
Who led
Zaza PachuliaPoints, last 10 games: 9, 23, 12, 6, 24, 13, 9, 12, 7, 27ATL27 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Anthony JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 1, 6, 0, 17, 2, 15, 0, 3, 16, 19ATL19 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 38, 43, 36, 20, 26, 15, 19, 32, 25, 28WAS28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 23, 9, 35, 34, 2, 22, 18, 25, 22WAS22 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.1Season avg36.6Last 5

36.6 points a game over his last five games, against 27.1 in 58 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 51 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.3Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.3 in 28 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg44.2Today

44 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Heat rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Miami beat Chicago by 33.

ATL over WAS3PHI over SEA3CLE over DET4TOR over MEM7PHX over CHA9GSW over DEN14MIL over LAL20UTA over IND22HOU over BOS31MIA over CHI33Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 41

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 38, 29, 29, 29, 35, 39, 36, 32, 41CLE @ DET · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high41 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 9, 33, 26, 25, 34, 19, 25, 35DEN @ GSW · L
28.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Leandro BarbosaPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 26, 24, 19, 13, 11, 14, 20, 32PHX vs CHA · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 31, 27, 32, 12, 16, 19, 34, 29, 29SEA @ PHI · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 12, 18, 22, 22, 20, 12, 6, 29DET vs CLE · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 38, 43, 36, 20, 26, 15, 19, 32, 25, 28WAS @ ATL · L
28.7 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Stephon MarburyNYK+7.9 23.7 last 10 · 15.8 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Rudy GayMEM+6.1 16.3 last 10 · 10.2 season
LeBron JamesCLE+5.7 33.1 last 10 · 27.4 season
Tyson ChandlerNOK+5.6 14.5 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cold
Carlos BoozerUTA−6.8 14.1 last 10 · 20.9 season
Damon JonesCLE−4.9 2.1 last 10 · 7.0 season
Caron ButlerWAS−4.8 15.0 last 10 · 19.8 season
Rasual ButlerNOK−4.8 5.2 last 10 · 10.0 season
Fred JonesPOR−4.7 2.5 last 10 · 7.2 season