FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 28, 2008Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed DAL by 3 after the first quarter and won 97–94.

Final
MIL106
NJN120
Q1 NJN +9; Q2 NJN +13; Q3 NJN +6; Q4 NJN +14
Final
DAL94
SAS97
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +3
Final
MIA88
LAL106
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +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 · 2006–07Feb 28, 2007: 10 games. Top scorer: Kevin Martin (SAC vs CHA), 36 points.
The lead · DAL @ SAS

Tim Duncan posts 31 and 15 as San Antonio beats Dallas

31 points and 15 rebounds in a 97–94 win.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-30+1+3SAS AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2522252294
SAS2225262497
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 22, 22, 23, 7, 24, 25, 23, 31SAS31 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 9, 20, 21, 34, 46, 18, 44, 30, 13, 17SAS17 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 15, 37, 36, 31, 27, 29, 29, 28DAL28 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 8, 16, 17, 8, 20, 14, 16, 16DAL16 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MIL @ NJN

New Jersey leads Milwaukee wire to wire

New Jersey was ahead at every break and won 120–106. Best quarter: the second, 36–32. Devin Harris led New Jersey with 21 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over DAL3NJN over MIL14LAL over MIA18Final margin, points. Pink = NJN over MIL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.3Season avg29.0Last 5

29.0 points a game over his last five games, against 23.3 in 47 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.3 in 55 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.9Season avg31.9Today

32 minutes today, against 13.9 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Michael Redd leads the day with 33

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: 37, 12, 21, 11, 30, 27, 18, 42, 25, 33MIL @ NJN · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 22, 22, 23, 7, 24, 25, 23, 31SAS vs DAL · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 15, 37, 36, 31, 27, 29, 29, 28DAL @ SAS · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 32, 36, 31, 14, 11, 16, 26, 37, 24MIL @ NJN · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Jordan FarmarPoints, last 10 games: 3, 8, 10, 6, 12, 3, 14, 12, 21, 24LAL vs MIA · W
9.7 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high24 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Andrew BogutPoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 9, 10, 8, 14, 11, 12, 16, 22MIL @ NJN · L
13.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 15 REB · 4 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
Larry HughesCHI+7.2 19.9 last 10 · 12.7 season
Thabo SefoloshaCHI+6.6 13.4 last 10 · 6.8 season
Monta EllisGSW+6.4 25.5 last 10 · 19.1 season
Mo WilliamsMIL+6.0 24.0 last 10 · 18.0 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+5.9 29.8 last 10 · 23.9 season
Cold
John SalmonsSAC−7.5 5.9 last 10 · 13.4 season
Tony ParkerSAS−5.9 12.5 last 10 · 18.4 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Marvin WilliamsATL−4.6 11.0 last 10 · 15.6 season
Chris KamanLAC−4.3 11.9 last 10 · 16.2 season