FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 12, 2007Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
ORL108
CHA119
Q1 CHA +7; Q2 CHA +13; Q3 CHA +18; Q4 CHA +11
Final
NJN113
MEM102
Q1 NJN +7; Q2 NJN +6; Q3 NJN +12; Q4 NJN +11
Final
TOR108
MIL93
Q1 TOR +13; Q2 TOR +16; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +15
Final
HOU82
PHX103
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +21
Final
DAL100
GSW117
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW +13; Q3 GSW +29; Q4 GSW +17
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 12, 2006: 10 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ MIA), 47 points.
The lead · ORL @ CHA

Orlando's skid reaches three

Charlotte won 119–108; the Magic fall to 29–36. Derek Anderson led Charlotte with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · CHA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+7+13+18+11CHA AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL27222831108
CHA34283324119
Who led
Derek AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 2, 3, 12, 0, 9, 4, 0, 16, 24CHA24 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 7, 13, 22, 6, 10, 12, 13, 24, 21CHA21 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 21, 23, 9, 25, 10, 17, 16, 26ORL26 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 20, 8, 9, 12, 22, 19, 25, 2, 10, 23ORL23 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.0Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 17.0 in 56 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg6.0Last 3

6.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.1 in 60 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Season avg35.3Today

35 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · NJN @ MEM

New Jersey never trails at a break against Memphis

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 113–102. Vince Carter led New Jersey with 30 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHA over ORL11NJN over MEM11TOR over MIL15GSW over DAL17PHX over HOU21Final margin, points. Pink = NJN over MEM.
Top performances

Leandro Barbosa leads the day with 32

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.
Leandro BarbosaPoints, last 10 games: 26, 24, 19, 13, 11, 14, 20, 32, 19, 32PHX vs HOU · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 46, 26, 40, 27, 25, 9, 32, 14, 17, 30NJN @ MEM · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 38, 12, 26, 31, 21, 52, 15, 10, 29, 29MIL vs TOR · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 21, 23, 9, 25, 10, 17, 16, 26ORL @ CHA · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 14, 13, 14, 25, 25, 19, 27, 25TOR @ MIL · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Charlie BellPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 13, 20, 19, 8, 10, 20, 5, 25MIL vs TOR · L
13.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 1 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
Damon JonesCLE−4.9 2.1 last 10 · 7.0 season
Tyronn LueATL−4.8 6.5 last 10 · 11.3 season