FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 20, 2008Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed DAL by 5 after the first quarter and won 94–90.

Final
SAS102
CHI80
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +18; Q3 SAS +22; Q4 SAS +22
Final
BOS94
DAL90
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS -4; Q4 BOS +4
Final
LAL106
UTA95
Q1 LAL +20; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +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 20, 2007: 10 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ CHA), 37 points.
The lead · BOS @ DAL

Boston makes it four straight

Boston beat Dallas 94–90 and moved to 55–13. Paul Pierce led Boston with 22 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-5-2-4+4BOS AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS2422202894
DAL2919222090
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 19, 17, 14, 8, 13, 22, 20, 22BOS22 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 17, 3, 11, 23, 21, 18, 9, 21BOS21 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 21, 6, 14, 24, 18, 15, 19, 24DAL24 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 34, 30, 23, 34, 18, 26, 21, 21, 35, 22DAL22 PTS · 19 REB · 1 AST
Second story · SAS @ CHI

San Antonio rolls past Chicago, 102–80

The Bulls were held to 14 points in the second quarter. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 23 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over DAL4LAL over UTA11SAS over CHI22Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over CHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.8Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.8 in 64 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.0Season avg22.7Last 3

22.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.0 in 60 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 31 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.0Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 18.0 a game in 63 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 27

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: 33, 52, 34, 16, 26, 34, 36, 24, 29, 27LAL @ UTA · W
28.2 PPG season to date · −1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 25, 14, 20, 26, 32, 11, 21, 26UTA vs LAL · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 12 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 21, 6, 14, 24, 18, 15, 19, 24DAL vs BOS · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 23, 23, 10, 20, 17, 41, 13, 23UTA vs LAL · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 4, 21, 16, 24, 26, 27, 17, 23SAS @ CHI · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 34, 30, 23, 34, 18, 26, 21, 21, 35, 22DAL vs BOS · L
23.7 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 19 REB · 1 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
Joe JohnsonATL+6.0 27.4 last 10 · 21.4 season
Beno UdrihSAC+6.0 18.9 last 10 · 12.9 season
Charlie BellMIL+5.0 12.5 last 10 · 7.5 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+4.9 15.8 last 10 · 10.9 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+4.4 22.1 last 10 · 17.7 season
Cold
Gerald WallaceCHA−6.5 13.4 last 10 · 19.9 season
Andres NocioniCHI−5.7 8.0 last 10 · 13.7 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Francisco GarciaSAC−4.4 7.1 last 10 · 11.5 season
John SalmonsSAC−4.3 8.4 last 10 · 12.7 season