FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 15, 2008Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed UTA by 7 at halftime and won 117–115.

Final
IND111
ORL122
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +8; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +11
Final
SAS96
PHI103
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +8; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +7
Final · OT
LAC109
WAS119
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS 0; Q3 WAS -3; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS +10
Final
UTA115
NJN117
Q1 NJN +3; Q2 NJN -7; Q3 NJN -5; Q4 NJN +2
Final
BOS99
MIL77
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +18; Q3 BOS +23; Q4 BOS +22
Final
SAC99
PHX127
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +31; Q3 PHX +22; Q4 PHX +28
Final
MIN96
POR107
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR +1; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +11
Final
MEM107
GSW110
Q1 GSW +12; Q2 GSW +13; Q3 GSW +14; Q4 GSW +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 15, 2007: 3 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (MIL vs SAS), 29 points.
The lead · UTA @ NJN

New Jersey wins a tight one over Utah

117–115. Neither team led by more than 7 at any break. Richard Jefferson led New Jersey with 27 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Carlos Boozer scored 41 for Utah in the loss.

Game flow · NJN 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+3-7-5+2NJN AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA29282929115
NJN32183136117
Who led
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 18, 10, 22, 27, 22, 12, 24, 27NJN27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 21, 19, 12, 19, 13, 13, 14, 25NJN25 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 28, 16, 23, 23, 10, 20, 17, 41UTA41 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Kyle KorverPoints, last 10 games: 0, 17, 17, 12, 14, 12, 0, 3, 10, 18UTA18 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.9Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.9 in 61 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 52 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 20.1 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · LAC @ WAS

Washington outlasts Clippers in overtime

100–100 at the end of regulation. Washington took the last extra period 19–9. Final: 119–109. Antawn Jamison led Washington with 36 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · WAS vs LAC
Antawn Jamison · WASCorey Maggette · LACPTS3634REB115AST13Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Carlos Boozer leads the day with 41

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.
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 28, 16, 23, 23, 10, 20, 17, 41UTA @ NJN · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high41 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 17, 28, 19, 25, 30, 23, 17, 36WAS vs LAC · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 16, 25, 22, 29, 22, 22, 14, 34LAC @ WAS · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 25, 6, 10, 16, 22, 10, 18, 32PHI vs SAS · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 25, 32, 26, 22, 22, 37, 16, 29, 36, 30PHX vs SAC · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 25, 24, 12, 23, 23, 17, 20, 27ORL vs IND · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 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
Thabo SefoloshaCHI+6.2 13.4 last 10 · 7.2 season
Anthony ParkerTOR+6.0 18.7 last 10 · 12.7 season
Matt CarrollCHA+5.5 14.5 last 10 · 9.0 season
Mehmet OkurUTA+5.5 19.7 last 10 · 14.2 season
Al ThorntonLAC+5.2 17.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Cold
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Andres NocioniCHI−4.5 9.6 last 10 · 14.1 season
Kirk HinrichCHI−4.4 8.0 last 10 · 12.4 season
Chris KamanLAC−4.3 11.7 last 10 · 16.0 season
Marvin WilliamsATL−4.2 10.8 last 10 · 15.0 season