FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 23, 2008Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed TOR by 12 after the first quarter and won 109–100.

Final
SAS88
DAL81
Q1 SAS -6; Q2 SAS -4; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +7
Final
DEN109
TOR100
Q1 DEN -12; Q2 DEN -8; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +9
Final
DET83
WAS95
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +7; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +12
Final
GSW115
LAL111
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +23; Q3 GSW +6; Q4 GSW +4
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 23, 2007: 12 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ NOK), 50 points.
The lead · DEN @ TOR

Allen Iverson scores 36 as Denver wins in Toronto

Final: 109–100. Allen Iverson made 11 of 16 shots from the field.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-8-2+9DEN AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN23232538109
TOR35191927100
Who led
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 28, 8, 28, 24, 20, 32, 26, 36DEN36 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 18, 14, 22, 26, 27, 26, 17, 33DEN33 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 27, 40, 23, 17, 24, 28, 7, 8, 24, 17TOR17 PTS · 12 REB · 9 AST
Jose CalderonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 7, 2, 8, 4, 6, 16, 10, 12, 17TOR17 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.1Season avg14.2Last 5

14.2 points a game over his last five games, against 6.1 in 58 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.0 in 69 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.6Season avg36.7Today

37 minutes today, against 21.6 a game in 52 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · SAS @ DAL

San Antonio takes care of Dallas

A 7-point win, 88–81. Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 26 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
GSW over LAL4SAS over DAL7DEN over TOR9WAS over DET12Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over DAL.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 36

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: 34, 16, 26, 34, 36, 24, 29, 27, 23, 36LAL vs GSW · L
28.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 14 REB · 8 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 28, 8, 28, 24, 20, 32, 26, 36DEN @ TOR · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 18, 14, 22, 26, 27, 26, 17, 33DEN @ TOR · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 32, 16, 16, 33, 23, 17, 11, 28, 24, 31GSW @ LAL · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 20, 19, 13, 21, 9, 29, 15, 31GSW @ LAL · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 13, 11, 9, 22, 32, 6, 9, 26SAS @ DAL · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 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
Beno UdrihSAC+6.0 18.9 last 10 · 12.9 season
Charlie BellMIL+5.6 13.2 last 10 · 7.6 season
Mickael PietrusGSW+5.4 12.5 last 10 · 7.1 season
Joe JohnsonATL+5.4 27.0 last 10 · 21.6 season
Troy MurphyIND+5.2 17.5 last 10 · 12.3 season
Cold
Gerald WallaceCHA−6.5 13.5 last 10 · 20.0 season
Andres NocioniCHI−5.6 8.0 last 10 · 13.6 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Brad MillerSAC−4.6 9.1 last 10 · 13.7 season
Wally SzczerbiakCLE−4.5 7.7 last 10 · 12.2 season