FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 22, 2007Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed DEN by 6 after the first quarter and won 109–108.

Final
POR92
NYK86
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +1; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +6
Final
LAL121
MEM119
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +2
Final
DEN108
CHI109
Q1 CHI -6; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI -2; Q4 CHI +1
Final
DET85
HOU91
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +6
Final
SAC100
PHX118
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +16; Q4 PHX +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 22, 2006: 9 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs CHA), 37 points.
The lead · DEN @ CHI

Chicago takes over late to edge Denver

Down 2 after three, Chicago won the fourth 27–24. Final: 109–108. Ben Gordon led Chicago with 25 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-6+4-2+1CHI AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN34173324108
CHI28272727109
Who led
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 48, 14, 25, 21, 11, 8, 33, 10, 25CHI25 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 8, 15, 17, 19, 20, 23, 12, 22CHI22 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 35, 19, 24, 31, 14, 44, 20, 31DEN31 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 21, 17, 29, 29, 26, 29, 30, 28DEN28 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
30.0Season avg45.0Last 5

45.0 points a game over his last five games, against 30.0 in 62 earlier games. Today: 60 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.4Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.4 in 47 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.0Season avg43.0Today

43 minutes today, against 16.0 a game in 65 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · LAL @ MEM

Lakers never trails at a break against Memphis

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 121–119. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 60 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over DEN1LAL over MEM2POR over NYK6HOU over DET6PHX over SAC18Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over MEM.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 60

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: 35, 30, 31, 40, 30, 25, 25, 65, 50, 60LAL @ MEM · W
30.5 PPG season to date · +30.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
60 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 16, 10, 31, 19, 23, 21, 28, 35MEM vs LAL · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 10, 18, 12, 41, 24, 13, 4, 33PHX vs SAC · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 21 REB · 2 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 19, 29, 17, 7, 7, 25, 13, 33MEM vs LAL · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 25, 35, 19, 24, 31, 14, 44, 20, 31DEN @ CHI · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 0, 3, 8, 0, 9, 9, 12, 19, 31NYK vs POR · L
8.8 PPG season to date · +22.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 6 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
Kobe BryantLAL+8.6 39.1 last 10 · 30.5 season
Stephon MarburyNYK+7.6 23.5 last 10 · 15.9 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+6.7 15.3 last 10 · 8.6 season
Cold
Caron ButlerWAS−6.6 12.5 last 10 · 19.1 season
JR SmithDEN−6.3 7.6 last 10 · 13.9 season
Sam CassellLAC−5.9 7.2 last 10 · 13.1 season
Damon JonesCLE−5.4 1.5 last 10 · 6.9 season
Richard HamiltonDET−5.2 15.2 last 10 · 20.4 season