FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 18, 2008Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed MIL by 6 at halftime and won 112–106.

Final
DEN120
DET136
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +22; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +16
Final
MIA112
MIL106
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA -6; Q3 MIA -5; Q4 MIA +6
Final
NJN96
CHI112
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +24; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +16
Final
LAL102
DAL100
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +21; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +2
Final
BOS94
HOU74
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +20
Final
GSW105
SAC122
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC +19; Q4 SAC +17
Final
PHX111
POR98
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +13
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 18, 2007: 7 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs MIN), 50 points.
The lead · MIA @ MIL

Milwaukee's skid reaches six

Miami won 112–106; the Bucks fall to 23–44. Jason Williams led Miami with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-2-6-5+6MIA AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA24202840112
MIL26242729106
Who led
Jason WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 18, 5, 10, 3, 11, 15, 34, 6, 21MIA21 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Chris QuinnPoints, last 10 games: 0, 0, 8, 20, 0, 4, 7, 0, 8, 17MIA17 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 28, 15, 25, 19, 26, 26, 15, 27MIL27 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 16, 26, 37, 24, 13, 15, 5, 26MIL26 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Second story · GSW @ SAC

Sacramento beats Golden State, 122–105

Sacramento led 101–82 after three and won by 17. Kevin Martin led Sacramento with 34 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over DAL2MIA over MIL6PHX over POR13DET over DEN16CHI over NJN16SAC over GSW17BOS over HOU20Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over GSW.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.8Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.8 in 58 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.5Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.5 in 58 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.9Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 12.9 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 35

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 28, 34, 30, 23, 34, 18, 26, 21, 21, 35DAL vs LAL · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 6, 25, 29, 23, 48, 21, 6, 16, 32, 34SAC vs GSW · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 11, 29, 22, 25, 20, 20, 26, 31POR vs PHX · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 33, 52, 34, 16, 26, 34, 36, 24, 29LAL @ DAL · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 28, 15, 25, 19, 26, 26, 15, 27MIL vs MIA · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 19, 30, 25, 24, 18, 14, 22, 26, 27DEN @ DET · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 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
Beno UdrihSAC+6.0 18.9 last 10 · 12.9 season
Mike DunleavyIND+5.2 23.6 last 10 · 18.4 season
Anthony ParkerTOR+5.0 17.7 last 10 · 12.7 season
Charlie BellMIL+5.0 12.5 last 10 · 7.5 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+4.9 15.8 last 10 · 10.9 season
Cold
Gerald WallaceCHA−5.9 14.0 last 10 · 19.9 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Andres NocioniCHI−4.9 8.9 last 10 · 13.8 season
Francisco GarciaSAC−4.4 7.1 last 10 · 11.5 season
John SalmonsSAC−4.3 8.4 last 10 · 12.7 season