FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 12, 2008Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 1 points, by NYK (vs MIA) and HOU (vs ATL) and PHI (vs DET).

Final
HOU83
ATL75
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +8
Final
LAC88
ORL110
Q1 ORL +13; Q2 ORL +15; Q3 ORL +14; Q4 ORL +22
Final
SEA82
BOS111
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +20; Q3 BOS +32; Q4 BOS +29
Final
PHI83
DET82
Q1 PHI +8; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI -1; Q4 PHI +1
Final
NYK91
MIA88
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK -1; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +3
Final
CLE99
NJN104
Q1 NJN +15; Q2 NJN +11; Q3 NJN +13; Q4 NJN +5
Final
UTA114
MIL110
Q1 UTA +14; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +1; Q4 UTA +4
Final
SAS75
NOH100
Q1 NOH +2; Q2 NOH +7; Q3 NOH +9; Q4 NOH +25
Final
CHA93
DAL118
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +22; Q3 DAL +31; Q4 DAL +25
Final
MEM86
DEN108
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +26; Q4 DEN +22
Final
TOR106
GSW117
Q1 GSW +18; Q2 GSW +10; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +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 12, 2007: 5 games. Top scorer: Leandro Barbosa (PHX vs HOU), 32 points.
The lead · PHI @ DET

Philadelphia takes over late to edge Detroit

Down 1 after three, Philadelphia won the fourth 17–15. Final: 83–82. Andre Iguodala led Philadelphia with 22 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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 Q3Final0+8+6-1+1PHI AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI2622181783
DET1824251582
Who led
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 24, 15, 32, 18, 18, 15, 17, 22PHI22 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Rodney CarneyPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 0, 18, 2, 12, 6, 9, 1, 16PHI16 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 17, 22, 10, 11, 17, 7, 23, 17DET17 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 34, 21, 14, 20, 21, 20, 23, 12, 34, 15DET15 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Boston posts the night's biggest win

Boston beat Seattle by 29, the widest margin of 11 games.

PHI over DET1NYK over MIA3UTA over MIL4NJN over CLE5HOU over ATL8GSW over TOR11ORL over LAC22DEN over MEM22NOH over SAS25DAL over CHA25BOS over SEA29Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.7Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 60 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
39.4Season avg25.0Last 3

25.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 39.4 in 49 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg40.0Today

40 minutes today, against 20.3 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 42

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 25, 35, 26, 30, 37, 50, 39, 38, 24, 42CLE @ NJN · L
31.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 26, 30, 21, 22, 20, 32, 16, 16, 33GSW vs TOR · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 20, 16, 13, 27, 25, 14, 19, 29NOH vs SAS · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 24, 11, 25, 22, 25, 31, 41, 19, 28HOU @ ATL · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 20, 9, 38, 24, 20, 39, 27, 28ATL vs HOU · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 14, 15, 14, 16, 10, 27, 27, 27MIA vs NYK · L
13.8 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 2 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
Mehmet OkurUTA+6.1 20.3 last 10 · 14.2 season
Matt CarrollCHA+6.0 15.0 last 10 · 9.0 season
Mike DunleavyIND+5.4 23.6 last 10 · 18.2 season
Thabo SefoloshaCHI+5.4 12.3 last 10 · 6.9 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+5.3 16.2 last 10 · 10.9 season
Cold
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 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
Andres NocioniCHI−4.1 10.1 last 10 · 14.2 season