FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 16, 2007Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOK trailed NYK by 14 after the first quarter and won 92–90.

Final
LAC102
CHA93
Q1 LAC -5; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +9
Final
UTA88
PHI89
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +11; Q4 PHI +1
Final
HOU114
TOR100
Q1 HOU +17; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +14
Final
SAC97
MIA103
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +6
Final
NOK92
NYK90
Q1 NOK -14; Q2 NOK -6; Q3 NOK -7; Q4 NOK +2
Final
BOS101
DAL106
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL -10; Q3 DAL -1; Q4 DAL +5
Final
DET105
PHX83
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +22
Final
MIN86
GSW106
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +13; Q3 GSW +18; Q4 GSW +20
Final · OT
POR111
LAL116
Q1 LAL -8; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +5
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 16, 2006: 3 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS @ MIA), 34 points.
The lead · NOK @ NYK

New Orleans/Oklahoma City rallies from 14 down to beat New York

Trailing by 14 after one, New Orleans/Oklahoma City outscored the Knicks 77–61 the rest of the way. Final: 92–90. Chris Paul led New Orleans/Oklahoma City with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · NOK 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 Q3Final0-14-6-7+2NOK AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOK1533162892
NYK2925171990
Who led
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 24, 16, 14, 13, 14, 12, 25, 20NOK20 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 17, 12, 10, 4, 19, 13, 24, 18NOK18 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 7, 0, 7, 26, 10, 26, 17, 21NYK21 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Channing FryePoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 6, 7, 6, 7, 5, 12, 6, 20NYK20 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.0Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.0 in 63 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.8Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.8 in 58 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.4Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 13.4 a game in 60 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · BOS @ DAL

Dallas climbs back to beat Boston

Boston led by 10 at the half. Dallas won it 106–101. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 30 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DAL vs BOS
Dirk Nowitzki · DALPaul Pierce · BOSPTS3029REB125AST48Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 65

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 38, 26, 35, 30, 31, 40, 30, 25, 25, 65LAL vs POR · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +35.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high65 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 18, 32, 33, 13, 19, 23, 17, 19, 21, 32SAC @ MIA · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 11, 20, 24, 14, 25, 26, 21, 31POR @ LAL · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 31, 27, 23, 24, 24, 22, 19, 13, 30, 30DAL vs BOS · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 17, 17, 21, 10, 24, 11, 19, 30DAL vs BOS · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high30 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 17, 27, 20, 21, 8, 24, 17, 29BOS @ DAL · L
24.6 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 8 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+9.9 25.8 last 10 · 15.9 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Eddie JonesMIA+7.1 14.3 last 10 · 7.2 season
Al JeffersonBOS+6.2 21.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+6.2 14.4 last 10 · 8.2 season
Cold
Caron ButlerWAS−6.6 12.5 last 10 · 19.1 season
Mike JamesMIN−6.6 3.3 last 10 · 9.9 season
Sam CassellLAC−5.8 7.6 last 10 · 13.4 season
JR SmithDEN−5.5 9.0 last 10 · 14.5 season
Damon JonesCLE−5.4 1.5 last 10 · 6.9 season