FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 11, 2007Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed WAS by 9 after three quarters and won 106–104.

Final · OT
SEA119
TOR120
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR -2; Q3 TOR -7; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +1
Final
DET98
LAC80
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +18
Final
DEN113
SAC101
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN +14; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +12
Final
CHI94
BOS78
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +16
Final
IND88
CLE99
Q1 CLE +13; Q2 CLE +18; Q3 CLE +21; Q4 CLE +11
Final
WAS104
MIA106
Q1 MIA +14; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA -9; Q4 MIA +2
Final
ORL92
HOU103
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +11
Final
DAL108
LAL72
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +24; Q3 DAL +27; Q4 DAL +36
Final
GSW87
POR106
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +21; Q4 POR +19
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 11, 2006: 7 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ UTA), 34 points.
The lead · WAS @ MIA

Miami fights back late to top Washington

Washington led 81–72 after three. Miami won the fourth 34–23 and the game 106–104. Eddie Jones led Miami with 18 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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+14+13-9+2MIA AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS14293823104
MIA28281634106
Who led
Eddie JonesPoints, last 10 games: 2, 5, 2, 8, 13, 9, 21, 23, 15, 18MIA18 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Gary PaytonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 11, 9, 4, 17MIA17 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 36, 20, 26, 15, 19, 32, 25, 28, 25, 33WAS33 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 35, 34, 2, 22, 18, 25, 22, 18, 26WAS26 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Dallas posts the night's biggest win

Dallas beat Lakers by 36, the widest margin of 9 games.

TOR over SEA1MIA over WAS2CLE over IND11HOU over ORL11DEN over SAC12CHI over BOS16DET over LAC18POR over GSW19DAL over LAL36Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.6Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 6.6 in 44 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.3Season avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.3 in 54 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.5Season avg47Today

47 minutes today, against 19.5 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Yao Ming leads the day with 37

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.
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 38, 35, 32, 34, 22, 2, 16, 11, 24, 37HOU vs ORL · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 32, 12, 16, 19, 34, 29, 29, 22, 36SEA @ TOR · L
26.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 3, 28, 7, 30, 33, 13, 22, 12, 34SAC vs DEN · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 36, 20, 26, 15, 19, 32, 25, 28, 25, 33WAS @ MIA · L
28.7 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 15, 36, 34, 33, 23, 30, 21, 17, 29DEN @ SAC · W
29.7 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 24, 14, 13, 14, 25, 25, 19, 27TOR vs SEA · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 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+8.7 24.5 last 10 · 15.8 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Al JeffersonBOS+5.6 20.8 last 10 · 15.2 season
LeBron JamesCLE+5.4 32.8 last 10 · 27.4 season
Tyson ChandlerNOK+5.2 14.2 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Carlos BoozerUTA−7.3 13.6 last 10 · 20.9 season
Caron ButlerWAS−5.5 13.9 last 10 · 19.4 season
Rasual ButlerNOK−5.1 4.7 last 10 · 9.8 season
Mickael PietrusGSW−5.0 6.9 last 10 · 11.9 season
Damon JonesCLE−4.9 2.1 last 10 · 7.0 season