FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 19, 2007Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOK trailed BOS by 5 after the first quarter and won 106–88.

Final
SAC76
ATL99
Q1 ATL +10; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +28; Q4 ATL +23
Final
BOS88
NOK106
Q1 NOK -5; Q2 NOK +17; Q3 NOK +28; Q4 NOK +18
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 19, 2006: 9 games. Top scorer: Joe Johnson (ATL vs ORL), 40 points.
The lead · BOS @ NOK

New Orleans/Oklahoma City beats Boston, 106–88

New Orleans/Oklahoma City led 86–58 after three and won by 18. Rasual Butler led New Orleans/Oklahoma City with 18 points, 2 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · NOK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5+17+28+18NOK AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS319183088
NOK26312920106
Who led
Rasual ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 4, 5, 11, 5, 4, 0, 17, 9, 18NOK18 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Tyson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 20, 15, 12, 12, 6, 6, 4, 16NOK16 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 20, 21, 8, 24, 17, 29, 30, 28BOS28 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Allan RayPoints, last 10 games: 0, 3, 3, 0, 4, 7, 10, 8, 0, 12BOS12 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SAC @ ATL

Atlanta leads Sacramento wire to wire

Atlanta was ahead at every break and won 99–76. Best quarter: the first, 31–21. Josh Childress led Atlanta with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · ATL vs SAC
Josh Childress · ATLCorliss Williamson · SACPTS2514REB31AST30Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.4Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 15.4 in 59 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.7Season avg26.3Last 3

26.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.7 in 66 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 20.6 a game in 61 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 28

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 20, 21, 8, 24, 17, 29, 30, 28BOS @ NOK · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Josh ChildressPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 14, 7, 17, 16, 15, 7, 11, 25ATL vs SAC · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Zaza PachuliaPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 7, 27, 11, 16, 15, 5, 16, 23ATL vs SAC · W
12.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Rasual ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 0, 4, 5, 11, 5, 4, 0, 17, 9, 18NOK vs BOS · W
9.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Tyson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 20, 15, 12, 12, 6, 6, 4, 16NOK vs BOS · W
9.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
16 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 14, 13, 14, 12, 25, 20, 21, 15NOK vs BOS · W
17.3 PPG season to date · −2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
15 PTS · 5 REB · 6 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+9.7 25.7 last 10 · 16.0 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Eddie JonesMIA+6.8 14.0 last 10 · 7.2 season
Kobe BryantLAL+5.7 35.7 last 10 · 30.0 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+5.2 13.4 last 10 · 8.2 season
Cold
Caron ButlerWAS−6.6 12.5 last 10 · 19.1 season
Sam CassellLAC−6.4 6.8 last 10 · 13.2 season
Yao MingHOU−6.2 18.3 last 10 · 24.5 season
JR SmithDEN−6.2 8.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Mike JamesMIN−5.8 4.2 last 10 · 10.0 season