FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 4, 2008Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed SEA by 13 after the first quarter and won 100–97.

Final
GSW135
ATL118
Q1 GSW -5; Q2 GSW -2; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +17
Final
TOR87
ORL102
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +3; Q4 ORL +15
Final
SEA97
DET100
Q1 DET -13; Q2 DET -1; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET +3
Final
CHA109
MIN89
Q1 CHA +2; Q2 CHA +6; Q3 CHA +7; Q4 CHA +20
Final
MEM97
CHI112
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +18; Q3 CHI +16; Q4 CHI +15
Final
NJN70
SAS81
Q1 SAS -7; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +11
Final
PHX97
POR92
Q1 PHX +9; Q2 PHX +19; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +5
Final
LAL117
SAC105
Q1 LAL -6; Q2 LAL -5; Q3 LAL -6; Q4 LAL +12
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 4, 2007: 7 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (MIL vs CHI), 52 points.
The lead · SEA @ DET

Detroit climbs back to beat Seattle

Seattle led by 13 after one. Detroit won it 100–97. Tayshaun Prince led Detroit with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DET 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-1-1+3DET AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA4113241997
DET28252423100
Who led
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 9, 13, 10, 10, 20, 13, 22, 24DET24 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 14, 9, 34, 21, 14, 20, 21, 20DET20 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
Earl WatsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 7, 7, 26, 15, 11, 12, 7, 15, 23SEA23 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Chris WilcoxPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 6, 2, 14, 9, 9, 30, 18, 20SEA20 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Second story · NJN @ SAS

San Antonio makes it ten straight

San Antonio beat New Jersey 81–70 and moved to 42–17. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 29 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · SAS
W@ TOR93–88W@ CLE112–105Wvs CHA85–65W@ MIN100–99Wvs NOH98–89Wvs ATL89–74Wvs DAL97–94W@ MIL96–94W@ NJN93–83Wvs NJN81–70SAS: last 10 games through Mar 4, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.4Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.4 in 57 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.4Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.4 in 49 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.5Season avg30.3Today

30 minutes today, against 10.5 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Joe Johnson leads the day with 38

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.
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 16, 27, 14, 17, 26, 20, 9, 38ATL vs GSW · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 27, 17, 29, 35, 20, 4, 18, 35GSW @ ATL · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 41, 17, 21, 30, 21, 33, 52, 34LAL @ SAC · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 29, 23, 22, 15, 13, 15, 17, 31LAL @ SAC · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 7, 24, 25, 23, 31, 9, 13, 29SAS vs NJN · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 26, 41, 19, 6, 17, 21, 29, 29GSW @ ATL · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 6 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+7.5 20.4 last 10 · 12.9 season
Al ThorntonLAC+7.0 18.5 last 10 · 11.5 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+6.8 30.4 last 10 · 23.6 season
Thabo SefoloshaCHI+6.6 13.4 last 10 · 6.8 season
Monta EllisGSW+6.4 25.6 last 10 · 19.2 season
Cold
John SalmonsSAC−7.7 5.6 last 10 · 13.3 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Marvin WilliamsATL−4.9 10.6 last 10 · 15.5 season
Eddy CurryNYK−4.7 8.2 last 10 · 12.9 season
Chris KamanLAC−4.7 11.3 last 10 · 16.0 season