FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 9, 2008Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed SEA by 7 after the first quarter and won 114–106.

Final
PHI119
MIL97
Q1 PHI +11; Q2 PHI +22; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +22
Final
SEA106
TOR114
Q1 TOR -7; Q2 TOR -4; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +8
Final
SAS87
PHX94
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 PHX +7
Final
CHI109
DET116
Q1 DET +10; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET +7
Final
SAC114
LAL113
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +3; Q4 SAC +1
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 9, 2007: 8 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (HOU vs NJN), 34 points.
The lead · SEA @ TOR

Toronto handles Seattle by 8

The Raptors won the third quarter 35–21. Final: 114–106. Anthony Parker led Toronto with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-4+10+8TOR AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA31272127106
TOR24303525114
Who led
Anthony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 8, 7, 25, 24, 19, 12, 15, 23TOR23 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Rasho NesterovicPoints, last 10 games: 0, 8, 2, 4, 2, 16, 2, 16, 7, 17TOR17 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Chris WilcoxPoints, last 10 games: 2, 14, 9, 9, 30, 18, 20, 7, 20, 28SEA28 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 21, 16, 24, 25, 20, 23, 14, 20SEA20 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · SAS @ PHX

Phoenix takes care of San Antonio

A 7-point win, 94–87. Steve Nash led Phoenix with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 14 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over LAL1PHX over SAS7DET over CHI7TOR over SEA8PHI over MIL22Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over SAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.7Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.7 in 55 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 61 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.7Season avg47.5Today

47 minutes today, against 24.7 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Chauncey Billups leads the day with 34

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.
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 34, 21, 14, 20, 21, 20, 23, 12, 34DET vs CHI · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high34 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Chris WilcoxPoints, last 10 games: 2, 14, 9, 9, 30, 18, 20, 7, 20, 28SEA @ TOR · L
13.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 37, 5, 25, 15, 6, 11, 16, 23, 20, 27CHI @ DET · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 41, 17, 21, 30, 21, 33, 52, 34, 16, 26LAL vs SAC · L
28.1 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 22, 15, 13, 15, 17, 31, 10, 25LAL vs SAC · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Beno UdrihPoints, last 10 games: 17, 2, 4, 25, 25, 23, 15, 25, 13, 25SAC @ LAL · W
13.0 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 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
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
Earl WatsonSEA+5.0 14.6 last 10 · 9.6 season
Cold
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Linas KleizaDEN−4.9 6.2 last 10 · 11.1 season
John SalmonsSAC−4.6 8.5 last 10 · 13.1 season
Chris KamanLAC−4.3 11.7 last 10 · 16.0 season
Anthony JohnsonSAC−4.2 1.5 last 10 · 5.7 season