FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 11, 2008Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed MIN by 4 at halftime and won 103–96.

Final
SEA107
IND114
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +7
Final
MIL97
WAS105
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +13; Q3 WAS +2; Q4 WAS +8
Final
POR103
MIN96
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR -4; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR +7
Final
UTA96
CHI108
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +13; Q3 CHI +15; Q4 CHI +12
Final
MEM111
PHX132
Q1 PHX +19; Q2 PHX +31; Q3 PHX +30; Q4 PHX +21
Final
TOR108
LAL117
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +9
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 11, 2007: 9 games. Top scorer: Yao Ming (HOU vs ORL), 37 points.
The lead · POR @ MIN

Portland tops Minnesota in Minnesota

Final: 103–96. Brandon Roy led Portland with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-4-2+7POR AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR26242726103
MIN2628251796
Who led
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 9, 20, 26, 25, 20, 27, 15, 27POR27 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 9, 22, 15, 11, 29, 22, 25, 20POR20 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 23, 22, 30, 18, 11, 21, 30, 20MIN20 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Rashad McCantsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 22, 19, 11, 18, 12, 22, 7, 18MIN18 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · TOR @ LAL

Lakers get past Toronto

117–108, with Lakers ahead 58–52 at halftime. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 34 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
IND over SEA7POR over MIN7WAS over MIL8LAL over TOR9CHI over UTA12PHX over MEM21Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over TOR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 59 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.5Season avg25.2Last 3

25.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.5 in 54 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.6Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 16.6 a game in 51 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 30, 21, 33, 52, 34, 16, 26, 34LAL vs TOR · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 19, 17, 25, 36, 36, 13, 13, 11, 32IND vs SEA · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 28, 31, 25, 32, 26, 22, 22, 37, 16, 29PHX vs MEM · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
T.J. FordPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 16, 15, 6, 20, 13, 2, 6, 28TOR @ LAL · L
12.2 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 9, 20, 26, 25, 20, 27, 15, 27POR @ MIN · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 16, 24, 25, 20, 23, 14, 20, 27SEA @ IND · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 0 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
Mike DunleavyIND+5.4 23.6 last 10 · 18.2 season
Thabo SefoloshaCHI+5.4 12.3 last 10 · 6.9 season
Mehmet OkurUTA+5.1 19.2 last 10 · 14.1 season
Matt CarrollCHA+5.0 14.0 last 10 · 9.0 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+4.7 15.4 last 10 · 10.7 season
Cold
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Linas KleizaDEN−4.7 6.2 last 10 · 10.9 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