FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 21, 2007Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed BOS by 15 at halftime and won 92–84.

Final
MIA91
ATL83
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +8
Final
ORL85
TOR92
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +7
Final
CHA92
BOS84
Q1 CHA -12; Q2 CHA -15; Q3 CHA -9; Q4 CHA +8
Final
DAL98
CLE90
Q1 DAL -1; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +8
Final
LAC104
MIL103
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +19; Q4 LAC +1
Final
IND72
SAS90
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +20; Q4 SAS +18
Final
MIN95
SAC89
Q1 MIN -6; Q2 MIN -5; Q3 MIN -7; Q4 MIN +6
Final
WAS108
SEA106
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS +4; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS +2
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 21, 2006: 10 games. Top scorer: Mike James (TOR @ NYK), 37 points.
The lead · CHA @ BOS

Charlotte erases 15-point lead, steals one from Boston

Boston led 54–39 at halftime. Charlotte won the second half 53–30 to take it 92–84. Raymond Felton led Charlotte with 19 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · CHA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-15-9+8CHA AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA1920233092
BOS3123171384
Who led
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 13, 24, 21, 16, 18, 5, 17, 19CHA19 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Matt CarrollPoints, last 10 games: 12, 5, 16, 10, 9, 22, 13, 8, 20, 15CHA15 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 21, 8, 24, 17, 29, 30, 28, 23BOS23 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 31, 10, 19, 23, 20, 20, 9, 22BOS22 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: San Antonio by 18.

LAC over MIL1WAS over SEA2MIN over SAC6TOR over ORL7MIA over ATL8CHA over BOS8DAL over CLE8SAS over IND18Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.6Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.6 in 52 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.0Season avg19.3Last 3

19.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.0 in 61 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.4Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 21.4 a game in 60 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Gilbert Arenas leads the day with 42

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.
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 19, 32, 25, 28, 25, 33, 35, 30, 19, 42WAS @ SEA · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 14, 25, 25, 19, 27, 25, 22, 16, 21, 34TOR vs ORL · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 39, 36, 32, 41, 32, 26, 29, 24, 37, 31CLE vs DAL · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Chris WilcoxPoints, last 10 games: 12, 4, 12, 4, 12, 12, 21, 15, 26, 27SEA vs WAS · L
13.1 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 22 REB · 1 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 13, 20, 32, 26, 19, 16, 9, 27ATL vs MIA · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 9, 24, 16, 17, 19, 13, 20, 27SAS vs IND · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 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+8.5 24.3 last 10 · 15.8 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Eddie JonesMIA+6.8 14.1 last 10 · 7.3 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+6.8 15.3 last 10 · 8.5 season
Kobe BryantLAL+5.7 35.7 last 10 · 30.0 season
Cold
JR SmithDEN−6.8 7.3 last 10 · 14.1 season
Caron ButlerWAS−6.6 12.5 last 10 · 19.1 season
Sam CassellLAC−5.9 7.2 last 10 · 13.1 season
Yao MingHOU−5.4 19.3 last 10 · 24.7 season
Damon JonesCLE−5.4 1.5 last 10 · 6.9 season