FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 13, 2007Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed UTA by 14 after three quarters and won 88–86.

Final
PHI92
ATL104
Q1 ATL +9; Q2 ATL +15; Q3 ATL +22; Q4 ATL +12
Final
SAC100
CLE124
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE 0; Q3 CLE +17; Q4 CLE +24
Final
UTA86
MIA88
Q1 MIA -12; Q2 MIA -13; Q3 MIA -14; Q4 MIA +2
Final
IND81
MIN86
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN -7; Q3 MIN -9; Q4 MIN +5
Final
NJN112
NOK108
Q1 NJN +4; Q2 NJN +1; Q3 NJN +4; Q4 NJN +4
Final
LAC84
SAS93
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +9
Final
BOS87
CHI95
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +8
Final
POR99
DEN107
Q1 DEN +10; Q2 DEN +18; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +8
Final
DET101
SEA97
Q1 DET +8; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +4
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 13, 2006: 5 games. Top scorer: Yao Ming (HOU vs NJN), 36 points.
The lead · UTA @ MIA

Miami climbs out of a 14-point hole against Utah

Down 14 after three, the Heat won the fourth quarter 28–12 and the game 88–86. Jason Williams led Miami with 15 points, 0 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 Q3Final0-12-13-14+2MIA AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA3018261286
MIA1817252888
Who led
Jason WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 2, 15, 23, 5, 5, 5, 20, 11, 15MIA15 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 20, 23, 31, 14, 24, 32, 12, 13MIA13 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 13, 24, 8, 17, 12, 14, 20, 20UTA20 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 9, 16, 10, 28, 32, 8, 29, 19UTA19 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.9Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.9 in 45 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.5Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.5 in 43 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.7Season avg22.2Today

22 minutes today, against 4.7 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Cleveland by 24.

MIA over UTA2NJN over NOK4DET over SEA4MIN over IND5CHI over BOS8DEN over POR8SAS over LAC9ATL over PHI12CLE over SAC24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Jamaal Tinsley 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.
Jamaal TinsleyPoints, last 10 games: 2, 11, 19, 8, 11, 16, 11, 5, 4, 37IND @ MIN · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +24.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 26, 25, 34, 19, 25, 35, 19, 24, 31DEN vs POR · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 26, 15, 22, 33, 26, 23, 32, 30MIN vs IND · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 36, 34, 33, 23, 30, 21, 17, 29, 29DEN vs POR · W
29.7 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 32, 12, 16, 19, 34, 29, 29, 22, 36, 27SEA vs DET · L
26.7 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 14, 4, 17, 24, 20, 16, 13, 20, 32, 26ATL vs PHI · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 17 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+8.7 24.5 last 10 · 15.8 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Eddie JonesMIA+5.6 12.6 last 10 · 7.0 season
LeBron JamesCLE+5.4 32.8 last 10 · 27.4 season
Al JeffersonBOS+5.1 20.4 last 10 · 15.3 season
Cold
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 15.4 last 10 · 20.9 season
Caron ButlerWAS−5.5 13.9 last 10 · 19.4 season
Mike JamesMIN−5.4 4.6 last 10 · 10.0 season
Damon JonesCLE−5.0 2.0 last 10 · 7.0 season
Rasual ButlerNOK−5.0 4.7 last 10 · 9.7 season