FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 1, 2008Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed MEM by 6 after the first quarter and won 113–92.

Final
NYK92
ORL118
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +20; Q4 ORL +26
Final
UTA113
MEM92
Q1 UTA -6; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +21
Final
SAS96
MIL94
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS -4; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +2
Final
PHI119
PHX114
Q1 PHI +10; Q2 PHI 0; Q3 PHI +2; Q4 PHI +5
Final
DET103
LAC73
Q1 DET +6; Q2 DET +13; Q3 DET +13; Q4 DET +30
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 · 2006–07Mar 1, 2007: 3 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ DAL), 39 points.
The lead · UTA @ MEM

Utah routs Memphis by 21

Utah led by 4 at halftime and won 113–92. Carlos Boozer led Utah with 18 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+4+10+21UTA AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA22312535113
MEM2821192492
Who led
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 22, 16, 22, 21, 34, 18, 10, 18UTA18 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 11, 7, 20, 16, 9, 8, 11, 24, 23, 17UTA17 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 23, 23, 21, 18, 19, 36, 11, 20MEM20 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Hakim WarrickPoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 23, 22, 20, 15, 21, 16, 8, 17MEM17 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.9Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.9 in 59 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.5Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.5 in 44 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg41.5Today

41 minutes today, against 20.4 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · SAS @ MIL

San Antonio holds off Milwaukee, 96–94

San Antonio led 73–68 after three and held on to win by two. Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 30 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over MIL2PHI over PHX5UTA over MEM21ORL over NYK26DET over LAC30Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over MIL.
Top performances

Andre Iguodala leads the day with 32

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.
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 29, 17, 19, 25, 24, 24, 15, 32PHI @ PHX · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 34, 46, 18, 44, 30, 13, 17, 30SAS @ MIL · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 23, 8, 37, 24, 26, 17, 14, 26ORL vs NYK · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 22 REB · 1 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 33, 31, 29, 26, 37, 28, 31, 25, 32, 26PHX vs PHI · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 12, 17, 5, 8, 10, 15, 10, 26SAS @ MIL · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 18, 12, 16, 31, 13, 25, 20, 25ORL vs NYK · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 10 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+7.4 20.2 last 10 · 12.8 season
Al ThorntonLAC+7.0 18.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Monta EllisGSW+6.8 26.0 last 10 · 19.2 season
Manu GinobiliSAS+6.6 27.3 last 10 · 20.7 season
Thabo SefoloshaCHI+6.6 13.4 last 10 · 6.8 season
Cold
John SalmonsSAC−8.1 5.2 last 10 · 13.3 season
Eddy CurryNYK−5.9 6.9 last 10 · 12.8 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Tony ParkerSAS−5.1 13.5 last 10 · 18.6 season
Chris KamanLAC−4.9 11.2 last 10 · 16.1 season