FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 8, 2008Regular season · 10 games
← Mar 7CalendarMar 9 →

10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed ORL by 9 after the first quarter and won 104–95.

Final
IND95
CLE103
Q1 CLE +17; Q2 CLE +14; Q3 CLE +13; Q4 CLE +8
Final
MIA94
ATL97
Q1 ATL -7; Q2 ATL -3; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +3
Final
GSW104
ORL95
Q1 GSW -9; Q2 GSW -8; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +9
Final
CHA100
WAS97
Q1 CHA +14; Q2 CHA +7; Q3 CHA +10; Q4 CHA +3
Final · OT
POR120
NYK114
Q1 POR +12; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +6
Final
BOS119
MEM89
Q1 BOS +17; Q2 BOS +14; Q3 BOS +26; Q4 BOS +30
Final
NJN91
DAL111
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +18; Q3 DAL +21; Q4 DAL +20
Final
NOH96
HOU106
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +10
Final
DEN105
UTA132
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +23; Q3 UTA +33; Q4 UTA +27
Final
MIN99
LAC96
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN -8; Q3 MIN -5; Q4 MIN +3
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 8, 2007: 2 games. Top scorer: Manu Ginobili (SAS @ SAC), 31 points.
The lead · GSW @ ORL

Baron Davis scores 33, Golden State rallies past Orlando

Golden State trailed by 9 after one and won 104–95.

Game flow · GSW 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-8+9+9GSW AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW27203324104
ORL3619162495
Who led
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 29, 35, 20, 4, 18, 35, 30, 15, 33GSW33 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 41, 19, 6, 17, 21, 29, 29, 21, 22, 20GSW20 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 8, 37, 24, 26, 17, 14, 26, 19, 20, 26ORL26 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 31, 13, 25, 20, 25, 24, 12, 23ORL23 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Boston by 30.

ATL over MIA3CHA over WAS3MIN over LAC3POR over NYK6CLE over IND8GSW over ORL9HOU over NOH10DAL over NJN20UTA over DEN27BOS over MEM30Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.0Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.0 in 56 earlier games. Today: 45 points in 52 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.8Season avg21.9Last 3

21.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.8 in 53 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.0Season avg49.8Today

50 minutes today, against 28.0 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Nate Robinson leads the day with 45

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.
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 6, 20, 22, 6, 4, 17, 24, 14, 45NYK vs POR · L
12.6 PPG season to date · +33.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high45 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 34, 24, 11, 25, 22, 25, 31, 41HOU vs NOH · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 14, 17, 26, 20, 9, 38, 24, 20, 39ATL vs MIA · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +18.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high39 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 31, 33, 25, 35, 26, 30, 37, 50, 39, 38CLE vs IND · W
30.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 22, 25, 24, 16, 27, 23, 25, 37NOH @ HOU · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 36, 31, 27, 29, 29, 28, 34, 30, 23, 34DAL vs NJN · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 2 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
Hakim WarrickMEM+6.9 16.7 last 10 · 9.8 season
Thabo SefoloshaCHI+6.6 13.4 last 10 · 6.8 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+6.4 30.1 last 10 · 23.7 season
Al ThorntonLAC+5.3 17.0 last 10 · 11.7 season
Matt CarrollCHA+5.0 14.0 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Tony ParkerSAS−4.9 13.3 last 10 · 18.2 season
Linas KleizaDEN−4.9 6.2 last 10 · 11.1 season
John SalmonsSAC−4.9 8.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Chris KamanLAC−4.3 11.7 last 10 · 16.0 season