FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 2, 2008Regular season · 11 games
← Mar 1CalendarMar 3 →

11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed MIA by 20 at halftime and won 120–109.

Final
CHI86
CLE95
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE +9
Final · OT
DAL104
LAL108
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL -3; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +4
Final
ATL88
BOS98
Q1 BOS +4; Q2 BOS -3; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +10
Final
TOR98
CHA110
Q1 CHA -10; Q2 CHA -1; Q3 CHA +12; Q4 CHA +12
Final
MIL106
IND128
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +14; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +22
Final
SAS93
NJN83
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +10
Final
NOH84
WAS101
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS +13; Q3 WAS +5; Q4 WAS +17
Final · OT
SEA111
MIN108
Q1 SEA +8; Q2 SEA +7; Q3 SEA -1; Q4 SEA 0; OT1 SEA +3
Final
DEN89
HOU103
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +14
Final
POR104
GSW110
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW 0; Q4 GSW +6
Final
MIA109
SAC120
Q1 SAC -7; Q2 SAC -20; Q3 SAC +1; Q4 SAC +11
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 2, 2007: 11 games. Top scorer: Stephon Marbury (NYK vs GSW), 34 points.
The lead · MIA @ SAC

Metta World Peace drops 32 in 20-point comeback win over Miami

Miami led by 20 at the half. Final: 120–109.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-20+1+11SAC AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA34352020109
SAC27224130120
Who led
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 24, 29, 20, 23, 14, 23, 22, 32SAC32 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 33, 12, 21, 26, 15, 21, 14, 6, 25, 29SAC29 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 29, 30, 33, 33, 15, 18, 31, 26MIA26 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 23, 23, 18, 4, 24, 13, 14, 19MIA19 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.9Season avg26.6Last 5

26.6 points a game over his last five games, against 17.9 in 59 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.7Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.7 in 48 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.4Season avg37.0Today

37 minutes today, against 14.4 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 11 games went past regulation.

SEA over MIN3LAL over DAL4GSW over POR6CLE over CHI9BOS over ATL10SAS over NJN10SAC over MIA11CHA over TOR12HOU over DEN14WAS over NOH17IND over MIL22Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 52

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: 31, 29, 23, 41, 17, 21, 30, 21, 33, 52LAL vs DAL · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +24.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high52 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 39, 26, 31, 33, 25, 35, 26, 30, 37CLE vs CHI · W
30.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 11, 9, 34, 19, 17, 25, 36, 36IND vs MIL · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high36 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 24, 29, 20, 23, 14, 23, 22, 32SAC vs MIA · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 15, 37, 36, 31, 27, 29, 29, 28, 34, 30DAL @ LAL · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 19, 19, 28, 22, 22, 23, 22, 30MIN vs SEA · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 5 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+8.0 21.0 last 10 · 13.0 season
Al ThorntonLAC+7.0 18.3 last 10 · 11.3 season
Monta EllisGSW+6.9 26.1 last 10 · 19.2 season
Thabo SefoloshaCHI+6.6 13.4 last 10 · 6.8 season
Manu GinobiliSAS+6.4 27.0 last 10 · 20.6 season
Cold
John SalmonsSAC−9.1 4.1 last 10 · 13.2 season
Marvin WilliamsATL−6.0 9.4 last 10 · 15.4 season
Eddy CurryNYK−5.9 6.9 last 10 · 12.8 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Josh HowardDAL−5.1 14.6 last 10 · 19.7 season