FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 15, 2007Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed NJN by 2 at halftime and won 93–86.

Final
SAS90
MIL101
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +11
Final
MIA93
NJN86
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +7
Final
LAL86
DEN113
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +15; Q4 DEN +27
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 15, 2006: 10 games. Top scorer: Joe Johnson (ATL @ NYK), 36 points.
The lead · MIA @ NJN

Miami extends win streak to 8

93–86 over New Jersey. Record: 35–29. Udonis Haslem led Miami with 21 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4-2+8+7MIA AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2320252593
NJN1926152686
Who led
Udonis HaslemPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 12, 2, 5, 12, 6, 11, 10, 21MIA21 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 23, 31, 14, 24, 32, 12, 13, 19MIA19 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 7, 9, 21, 17, 2, 7, 18, 26, 20NJN20 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 40, 27, 25, 9, 32, 14, 17, 30, 21, 12NJN12 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.3Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.3 in 57 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.3 in 44 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.6Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 21.6 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · LAL @ DEN

Denver rolls past Lakers, 113–86

The Lakers were held to 14 points in the fourth quarter. Linas Kleiza led Denver with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over NJN7MIL over SAS11DEN over LAL27Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over LAL.
Top performances

Michael Redd leads the day with 29

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.
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 12, 26, 31, 21, 52, 15, 10, 29, 29, 29MIL vs SAS · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Linas KleizaPoints, last 10 games: 7, 3, 15, 10, 9, 8, 14, 24, 4, 29DEN vs LAL · W
6.7 PPG season to date · +22.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 36, 34, 33, 23, 30, 21, 17, 29, 29, 26DEN vs LAL · W
29.6 PPG season to date · −3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 38, 26, 35, 30, 31, 40, 30, 25, 25LAL @ DEN · L
29.1 PPG season to date · −4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Udonis HaslemPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 12, 2, 5, 12, 6, 11, 10, 21MIA @ NJN · W
10.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 7, 9, 21, 17, 2, 7, 18, 26, 20NJN vs MIA · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 5 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+10.2 26.2 last 10 · 16.0 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Eddie JonesMIA+5.6 12.6 last 10 · 7.0 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+5.6 13.7 last 10 · 8.1 season
Al JeffersonBOS+5.5 20.9 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Caron ButlerWAS−6.6 12.5 last 10 · 19.1 season
JR SmithDEN−5.5 9.0 last 10 · 14.5 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