FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 9, 2007Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed SEA by 9 at halftime and won 118–103.

Final
LAL92
PHI108
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI -6; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +16
Final
MEM105
ATL106
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +10; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +1
Final
SEA103
BOS118
Q1 BOS -4; Q2 BOS -9; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +15
Final
MIN91
MIA105
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +14
Final
NJN91
HOU112
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +21; Q4 HOU +21
Final
DET95
DEN82
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET 0; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +13
Final
NOK103
PHX104
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +1; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +1
Final
LAC89
GSW99
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +17; Q3 GSW +13; Q4 GSW +10
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 9, 2006: 3 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs DEN), 38 points.
The lead · SEA @ BOS

Al Jefferson scores 31, Boston rallies past Seattle

Boston trailed by 9 at the half and won 118–103.

Game flow · BOS 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-9+2+15BOS AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA35311621103
BOS31262734118
Who led
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 18, 12, 16, 26, 32, 20, 20, 31BOS31 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 15, 19, 28, 24, 17, 27, 20, 21BOS21 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 31, 27, 32, 12, 16, 19, 34, 29, 29, 22SEA22 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Earl WatsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 18, 5, 4, 19, 4, 10, 23, 10, 17SEA17 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Second story · LAL @ PHI

Philadelphia makes it six straight

Philadelphia beat Lakers 108–92 and moved to 24–38. Andre Iguodala led Philadelphia with 31 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · PHI
Lvs WAS85–92Wvs NYK104–84L@ CHA87–102L@ MIL90–109Wvs SAC89–82Wvs PHX99–94Wvs MEM117–112Wvs NJN99–86Wvs SEA92–89Wvs LAL108–92PHI: last 10 games through Mar 9, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.0Season avg25.8Last 5

25.8 points a game over his last five games, against 15.0 in 53 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.8 in 28 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.9Season avg30.2Today

30 minutes today, against 9.9 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 34

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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 32, 37, 34, 22, 28, 21, 25, 25, 34HOU vs NJN · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 6, 20, 17, 19, 20, 23, 31, 14, 24, 32MIA vs MIN · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 18, 12, 16, 26, 32, 20, 20, 31BOS vs SEA · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 10, 22, 22, 24, 27, 21, 25, 31PHI vs LAL · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 34, 25, 38, 26, 35, 30, 31, 40, 30LAL @ PHI · L
29.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 45, 19, 21, 17, 27, 24, 19, 29MEM @ ATL · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 5 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
Al JeffersonBOS+6.0 21.3 last 10 · 15.3 season
LeBron JamesCLE+5.7 33.1 last 10 · 27.4 season
Rudy GayMEM+5.7 16.0 last 10 · 10.3 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
Fred JonesPOR−4.7 2.5 last 10 · 7.2 season
Rasual ButlerNOK−4.6 5.3 last 10 · 9.9 season