FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 14, 2007Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed DAL by 15 after three quarters and won 129–127.

Final
SAC108
CHA111
Q1 CHA +1; Q2 CHA -5; Q3 CHA +2; Q4 CHA +3
Final
WAS112
IND96
Q1 WAS -1; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +16
Final
UTA90
ORL101
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL +2; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +11
Final
CHI88
PHI87
Q1 CHI -10; Q2 CHI -8; Q3 CHI -10; Q4 CHI +1
Final
NYK94
TOR104
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR -6; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +10
Final
ATL88
BOS109
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +26; Q4 BOS +21
Final
CLE118
MEM96
Q1 CLE +11; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +34; Q4 CLE +22
Final
LAC105
HOU109
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +4
Final · 2OT
PHX129
DAL127
Q1 PHX +14; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX -15; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX 0; OT2 PHX +2
Final
DET87
POR75
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +12
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 14, 2006: 9 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ DAL), 36 points.
The lead · PHX @ DAL

Amar'e Stoudemire scores 41 as Phoenix beats Dallas

Phoenix won 129–127. Amar'e Stoudemire: 41 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0+14+7-1500+2PHX AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
PHX3228163599129
DAL1835382097127
Who led
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 23, 43, 23, 31, 23, 17, 10, 18, 12, 41PHX41 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 25, 23, 23, 23, 24, 15, 10, 32PHX32 PTS · 8 REB · 16 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 19, 3, 10, 3, 10, 13, 9, 33DAL33 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 31, 31, 27, 23, 24, 24, 22, 19, 13, 30DAL30 PTS · 16 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.8Season avg31.6Last 5

31.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.8 in 62 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg4.0Last 3

4.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.8 in 61 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.5Season avg56.8Today

57 minutes today, against 36.5 a game in 61 earlier games. Line: 30 points, 16 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Cavaliers rout

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Cleveland beat Memphis by 22.

CHI over PHI1PHX over DAL2CHA over SAC3HOU over LAC4TOR over NYK10ORL over UTA11DET over POR12WAS over IND16BOS over ATL21CLE over MEM22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Amar'e Stoudemire 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.
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 23, 43, 23, 31, 23, 17, 10, 18, 12, 41PHX @ DAL · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +20.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 31, 14, 18, 22, 17, 15, 11, 11, 16, 37LAC @ HOU · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 15, 19, 32, 25, 28, 25, 33, 35WAS @ IND · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Jerry StackhousePoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 19, 3, 10, 3, 10, 13, 9, 33DAL vs PHX · L
11.5 PPG season to date · +21.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 25, 23, 23, 23, 24, 15, 10, 32PHX @ DAL · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 16 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 23, 9, 25, 10, 17, 16, 26, 31ORL vs UTA · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 15 REB · 2 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+10.2 26.2 last 10 · 16.0 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+5.6 13.7 last 10 · 8.1 season
Eddie JonesMIA+5.6 12.6 last 10 · 7.0 season
Al JeffersonBOS+5.5 20.9 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Caron ButlerWAS−6.6 12.5 last 10 · 19.1 season
Damon JonesCLE−5.4 1.5 last 10 · 6.9 season
Mike JamesMIN−5.4 4.6 last 10 · 10.0 season
Rasual ButlerNOK−5.0 4.7 last 10 · 9.7 season
JR SmithDEN−4.7 10.0 last 10 · 14.7 season