FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 30, 2007Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed DEN by 12 after the first quarter and won 125–108.

Final
MIL81
CHA97
Q1 CHA 0; Q2 CHA -3; Q3 CHA +15; Q4 CHA +16
Final
BOS82
PHI88
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +13; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +6
Final · OT
TOR123
WAS118
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +5
Final
NJN105
DET110
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET -5; Q4 DET +5
Final
MIA92
MIN77
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA +12; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +15
Final
IND87
ORL95
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +8
Final
UTA93
SAS102
Q1 SAS -2; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +9
Final
NYK103
DAL105
Q1 DAL -7; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL +2
Final
DEN108
PHX125
Q1 PHX -12; Q2 PHX -5; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +17
Final · OT
HOU107
LAL104
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +3
Final
LAC105
SAC101
Q1 LAC +11; Q2 LAC +7; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +4
Final
MEM93
SEA120
Q1 SEA +12; Q2 SEA +14; Q3 SEA +29; Q4 SEA +27
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 30, 2006: 2 games. Top scorer: Shawn Marion (PHX @ IND), 29 points.
The lead · DEN @ PHX

Shawn Marion scores 33, Phoenix rallies past Denver

Phoenix trailed by 12 after one and won 125–108.

Game flow · PHX 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-5+9+17PHX AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN36292122108
PHX24363530125
Who led
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 6, 12, 12, 12, 17, 8, 10, 33PHX33 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Raja BellPoints, last 10 games: 7, 11, 6, 12, 22, 9, 11, 29, 10, 19PHX19 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 29, 30, 28, 10, 27, 13, 28, 32DEN32 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 14, 44, 20, 31, 14, 18, 16, 14, 26DEN26 PTS · 0 REB · 1 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
30.8Season avg45.8Last 5

45.8 points a game over his last five games, against 30.8 in 66 earlier games. Today: 53 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.5Season avg7.2Last 3

7.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.5 in 62 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.5Season avg42.2Today

42 minutes today, against 14.5 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one SuperSonics rout

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Seattle beat Memphis by 27.

DAL over NYK2HOU over LAL3LAC over SAC4TOR over WAS5DET over NJN5PHI over BOS6ORL over IND8SAS over UTA9MIA over MIN15CHA over MIL16PHX over DEN17SEA over MEM27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 53

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, 25, 25, 65, 50, 60, 50, 43, 23, 53LAL vs HOU · L
31.2 PPG season to date · +22.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
53 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 31, 8, 21, 8, 17, 4, 32, 16, 43NYK @ DAL · L
16.3 PPG season to date · +27.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high43 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 23, 24, 32, 27, 16, 22, 24, 39HOU @ LAL · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 22, 16, 21, 34, 14, 15, 13, 37TOR @ WAS · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 33, 35, 30, 19, 42, 29, 30, 32, 20, 34WAS vs TOR · L
28.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 6, 12, 12, 12, 17, 8, 10, 33PHX vs DEN · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 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+11.2 42.4 last 10 · 31.2 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+7.4 16.5 last 10 · 9.1 season
Sasha PavlovicCLE+6.4 14.5 last 10 · 8.1 season
Antonio McDyessDET+6.1 13.9 last 10 · 7.8 season
Cold
Caron ButlerWAS−6.8 12.3 last 10 · 19.1 season
Sam CassellLAC−6.6 6.3 last 10 · 12.9 season
Adam MorrisonCHA−5.8 6.3 last 10 · 12.1 season
JR SmithDEN−5.7 8.3 last 10 · 14.0 season
Mo WilliamsMIL−5.7 11.7 last 10 · 17.4 season