FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 28, 2007Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed NOK by 9 after three quarters and won 92–88.

Final
ATL87
CHA101
Q1 CHA +5; Q2 CHA +5; Q3 CHA +10; Q4 CHA +14
Final
MIA83
TOR96
Q1 TOR +16; Q2 TOR +18; Q3 TOR +18; Q4 TOR +13
Final
PHI108
WAS111
Q1 WAS -3; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +3
Final · 2OT
ORL96
BOS105
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS 0; OT2 BOS +9
Final
IND94
NJN118
Q1 NJN +11; Q2 NJN +17; Q3 NJN +25; Q4 NJN +24
Final
CLE93
NYK97
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +4
Final
NOK88
SAS92
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS -6; Q3 SAS -9; Q4 SAS +4
Final
MIL103
DAL105
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL -8; Q3 DAL -3; Q4 DAL +2
Final
SEA100
DEN97
Q1 SEA -3; Q2 SEA +5; Q3 SEA +5; Q4 SEA +3
Final
MIN102
UTA108
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +6
Final
HOU92
LAC87
Q1 HOU -8; Q2 HOU -7; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +5
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 28, 2006: 7 games. Top scorer: Pau Gasol (MEM vs SEA), 44 points.
The lead · NOK @ SAS

Tim Duncan scores 31 in San Antonio win over New Orleans/Oklahoma City

Final: 92–88. Tim Duncan added 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final00-6-9+4SAS AHEAD ↑NOK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOK1834231388
SAS1828202692
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 19, 13, 20, 27, 17, 16, 20, 31SAS31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Brent BarryPoints, last 10 games: 3, 11, 0, 20, 3, 9, 16, 7, 10, 15SAS15 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 20, 21, 15, 23, 28, 28, 2, 20NOK20 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 13, 24, 18, 17, 12, 26, 8, 23, 10, 16NOK16 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New Jersey by 24.

DAL over MIL2WAS over PHI3SEA over DEN3NYK over CLE4SAS over NOK4HOU over LAC5UTA over MIN6BOS over ORL9TOR over MIA13CHA over ATL14NJN over IND24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.1Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.1 in 37 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 61 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.9Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 8.9 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Michael Redd leads the day with 34

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.
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 29, 29, 29, 27, 27, 14, 26, 34MIL @ DAL · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 13, 23, 27, 26, 22, 13, 35, 33SEA @ DEN · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 8, 24, 17, 29, 30, 28, 23, 30, 23, 32BOS vs ORL · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 20, 13, 15, 20, 27, 13, 21, 31CHA vs ATL · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 19, 13, 20, 27, 17, 16, 20, 31SAS vs NOK · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
DeShawn StevensonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 9, 18, 17, 2, 8, 5, 21, 28WAS vs PHI · W
10.7 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 5 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
Kobe BryantLAL+10.3 41.1 last 10 · 30.8 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+7.5 16.6 last 10 · 9.1 season
Sasha PavlovicCLE+6.4 14.5 last 10 · 8.1 season
Antonio McDyessDET+6.1 13.8 last 10 · 7.7 season
Cold
Caron ButlerWAS−6.0 13.1 last 10 · 19.1 season
Sam CassellLAC−5.9 7.2 last 10 · 13.1 season
Adam MorrisonCHA−5.9 6.3 last 10 · 12.2 season
JR SmithDEN−5.7 8.3 last 10 · 14.0 season
Shawn MarionPHX−5.5 11.8 last 10 · 17.3 season