FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 23, 2007Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed WAS by 9 at halftime and won 135–128.

Final
MIA70
IND95
Q1 IND +24; Q2 IND +20; Q3 IND +23; Q4 IND +25
Final
NJN82
ORL90
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL -4; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +8
Final
CHA97
PHI106
Q1 PHI +14; Q2 PHI +21; Q3 PHI +12; Q4 PHI +9
Final
DEN94
TOR121
Q1 TOR +21; Q2 TOR +29; Q3 TOR +31; Q4 TOR +27
Final · OT
POR102
ATL100
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR -7; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +2
Final
DAL109
BOS95
Q1 DAL +17; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +19; Q4 DAL +14
Final
NYK68
CLE90
Q1 CLE +8; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE +14; Q4 CLE +22
Final
LAL111
NOK105
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +6
Final
DET89
SAS90
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +1
Final
WAS128
GSW135
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW -9; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +7
Final
UTA72
LAC104
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +17; Q3 LAC +28; Q4 LAC +32
Final
MIN82
SEA85
Q1 SEA -7; Q2 SEA -7; Q3 SEA -7; Q4 SEA +3
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 23, 2006: 6 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL vs GSW), 51 points.
The lead · WAS @ GSW

Baron Davis scores 34, Golden State rallies past Washington

Golden State trailed by 9 at the half and won 135–128.

Game flow · GSW 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-9+8+7GSW AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS37362134128
GSW35293833135
Who led
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 15, 22, 25, 9, 15, 19, 20, 34GSW34 PTS · 9 REB · 15 AST
Andris BiedrinsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 12, 4, 8, 16, 9, 8, 10, 24GSW24 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 32, 25, 28, 25, 33, 35, 30, 19, 42, 29WAS29 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 22, 18, 26, 27, 21, 27, 21, 20WAS20 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+19.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
30.5Season avg50.0Last 5

50.0 points a game over his last five games, against 30.5 in 63 earlier games. Today: 50 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.7Season avg24.6Last 3

24.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.7 in 57 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.1Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 17.1 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 4 rebounds, 10 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Clippers rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Clippers beat Utah by 32.

SAS over DET1POR over ATL2SEA over MIN3LAL over NOK6GSW over WAS7ORL over NJN8PHI over CHA9DAL over BOS14CLE over NYK22IND over MIA25TOR over DEN27LAC over UTA32Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 50

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: 30, 31, 40, 30, 25, 25, 65, 50, 60, 50LAL @ NOK · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
50 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Salim StoudamirePoints, last 10 games: 2, 13, 5, 8, 9, 5, 6, 13, 13, 37ATL vs POR · L
7.7 PPG season to date · +29.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 15, 22, 25, 9, 15, 19, 20, 34GSW vs WAS · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 15 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 8, 24, 17, 29, 30, 28, 23, 30BOS vs DAL · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 32, 25, 28, 25, 33, 35, 30, 19, 42, 29WAS @ GSW · L
28.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 14, 16, 27, 16, 12, 15, 21, 29DAL @ BOS · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 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
Kobe BryantLAL+9.8 40.6 last 10 · 30.8 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Eddie JonesMIA+6.2 13.4 last 10 · 7.2 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+6.1 15.0 last 10 · 8.9 season
Stephon MarburyNYK+5.9 21.6 last 10 · 15.7 season
Cold
Caron ButlerWAS−6.6 12.5 last 10 · 19.1 season
JR SmithDEN−6.0 8.0 last 10 · 14.0 season
Sam CassellLAC−5.9 7.2 last 10 · 13.1 season
Damon JonesCLE−5.4 1.5 last 10 · 6.9 season
Luke RidnourSEA−5.4 6.1 last 10 · 11.5 season