FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 25, 2008Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed ATL by 4 after the first quarter and won 103–94.

Final
NOH114
IND106
Q1 NOH +2; Q2 NOH +3; Q3 NOH +7; Q4 NOH +8
Final
SAS107
ORL97
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +10
Final
ATL94
CHI103
Q1 CHI -4; Q2 CHI -2; Q3 CHI +12; Q4 CHI +9
Final
LAC90
DAL103
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +13
Final
CHA106
UTA128
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +20; Q4 UTA +22
Final
WAS82
POR102
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +16; Q3 POR +16; Q4 POR +20
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 25, 2007: 9 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs GSW), 43 points.
The lead · ATL @ CHI

Drew Gooden posts 31 and 16 as Chicago beats Atlanta

31 points and 16 rebounds in a 103–94 win.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-2+12+9CHI AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL3023142794
CHI26252824103
Who led
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 12, 3, 11, 24, 16, 23, 19, 16, 10, 31CHI31 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 27, 19, 12, 31, 17, 12, 21, 16CHI16 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Josh ChildressPoints, last 10 games: 7, 7, 6, 0, 14, 22, 16, 8, 6, 22ATL22 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 23, 8, 14, 4, 23, 15, 20, 18ATL18 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Second story · SAS @ ORL

San Antonio keeps rolling, beats Orlando

That is four in a row. Final: 107–97. Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 28 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

Streak strip · SAS
L@ PHX87–94Wvs DEN107–103L@ NOH75–100L@ DET80–84L@ PHI96–103Lvs BOS91–93W@ CHI102–80Wvs SAC102–89W@ DAL88–81W@ ORL107–97SAS: last 10 games through Mar 25, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.9Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.9 in 66 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.7Season avg13.1Last 3

13.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.7 in 69 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.3Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 18.3 a game in 51 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

David West 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.
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 13, 27, 25, 14, 19, 29, 12, 23, 37, 35NOH @ IND · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 6, 14, 24, 18, 15, 19, 24, 13, 32DAL vs LAC · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 12, 3, 11, 24, 16, 23, 19, 16, 10, 31CHI vs ATL · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 37, 26, 27, 14, 37, 21, 19, 31NOH @ IND · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 14 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 10, 20, 17, 41, 13, 23, 26, 28UTA vs CHA · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 11, 9, 22, 32, 6, 9, 26, 28SAS @ ORL · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 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
Charlie BellMIL+5.6 13.2 last 10 · 7.6 season
Hakim WarrickMEM+5.5 16.0 last 10 · 10.5 season
Mickael PietrusGSW+5.4 12.5 last 10 · 7.1 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+4.9 22.6 last 10 · 17.7 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+4.8 17.6 last 10 · 12.8 season
Cold
Andres NocioniCHI−7.4 6.0 last 10 · 13.4 season
Sam CassellBOS−5.6 5.9 last 10 · 11.5 season
Gerald WallaceCHA−5.5 14.5 last 10 · 20.0 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Brad MillerSAC−5.2 8.4 last 10 · 13.6 season