FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 17, 2007Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed ORL by 10 at halftime and won 95–83.

Final
ATL90
IND113
Q1 IND +13; Q2 IND +24; Q3 IND +19; Q4 IND +23
Final
SAC95
ORL83
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC -10; Q3 SAC +3; Q4 SAC +12
Final
NOK103
WAS125
Q1 WAS +9; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +22
Final
UTA73
CLE82
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +9
Final
CHI103
MEM104
Q1 MEM +10; Q2 MEM +12; Q3 MEM -2; Q4 MEM +1
Final
BOS91
SAS85
Q1 BOS +14; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +6
Final
CHA91
MIL97
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL -4; Q3 MIL -3; Q4 MIL +6
Final
PHX107
DEN131
Q1 DEN +12; Q2 DEN +26; Q3 DEN +38; Q4 DEN +24
Final
GSW99
SEA98
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +2; Q4 GSW +1
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 17, 2006: 11 games. Top scorer: Mike Miller (MEM vs DEN), 41 points.
The lead · SAC @ ORL

Sacramento fights back from 10 down against Orlando

Final: 95–83, after trailing by 10 at the half. Kevin Martin led Sacramento with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · SAC 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 Q3Final0-4-10+3+12SAC AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC2121252895
ORL2527121983
Who led
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 36, 20, 33, 27, 26, 19, 13, 26, 9, 20SAC20 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 32, 33, 13, 19, 23, 17, 19, 21, 32, 19SAC19 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 18, 17, 9, 13, 4, 17, 8, 23ORL23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 7, 4, 0, 11, 20, 10, 7, 12, 8, 17ORL17 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.7Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 6.7 in 58 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 19 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg4.0Last 3

4.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.6 in 62 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.2Season avg43.0Today

43 minutes today, against 19.2 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · CHA @ MIL

Milwaukee handles Charlotte by 6

The Bucks won the fourth quarter 30–21. Final: 97–91. Michael Redd led Milwaukee with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over CHI1GSW over SEA1BOS over SAS6MIL over CHA6CLE over UTA9SAC over ORL12WAS over NOK22IND over ATL23DEN over PHX24Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over CHA.
Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 44

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 34, 19, 25, 35, 19, 24, 31, 14, 44DEN vs PHX · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
44 PTS · 5 REB · 15 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 22, 27, 48, 14, 25, 21, 11, 8, 33CHI @ MEM · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 19, 32, 25, 28, 25, 33, 35, 30WAS vs NOK · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 21, 27, 8, 4, 15, 19, 25, 15, 30SAS vs BOS · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 27, 20, 21, 8, 24, 17, 29, 30BOS @ SAS · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 33, 23, 30, 21, 17, 29, 29, 26, 29DEN vs PHX · W
29.6 PPG season to date · −0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 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+6.5 22.1 last 10 · 15.6 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
JR SmithDEN−6.2 8.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Sam CassellLAC−5.8 7.6 last 10 · 13.4 season
Damon JonesCLE−5.4 1.5 last 10 · 6.9 season