FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 1, 2009Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed DEN by 7 after three quarters and won 100–94.

Final
DET105
BOS95
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +10
Final
LAL111
PHX118
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +7
Final
NOH99
NJN96
Q1 NOH +4; Q2 NOH +7; Q3 NOH +1; Q4 NOH +3
Final
DEN94
IND100
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND -7; Q4 IND +6
Final
HOU105
MIN94
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +14; Q4 HOU +11
Final
CLE88
ATL87
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +10; Q3 CLE -1; Q4 CLE +1
Final
SAS84
POR102
Q1 POR +12; Q2 POR +27; Q3 POR +22; Q4 POR +18
Final
TOR98
DAL109
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +15; Q4 DAL +11
Final
UTA112
GSW104
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +8
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 · 2007–08Mar 1, 2008: 5 games. Top scorer: Andre Iguodala (PHI @ PHX), 32 points.
The lead · DEN @ IND

Indiana upsets Denver

Indiana (25–36) beat Denver (39–20) 100–94. Jarrett Jack led Indiana with 28 points, 1 rebound and 8 assists.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-1+4-7+6IND AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2912341994
IND28172332100
Who led
Jarrett JackPoints, last 10 games: 7, 21, 12, 18, 18, 16, 33, 20, 14, 28IND28 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Troy MurphyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 17, 18, 16, 27, 19, 13, 20, 22IND22 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 23, 11, 22, 25, 21, 3, 33, 22, 27DEN27 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 29, 26, 12, 33, 18, 23, 12, 20DEN20 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.8Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.8 in 61 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.1minutes, last 2 vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
33.62007–08 avg12.5Last 2

12.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 33.6 in 2007–08 (24 games). Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.1Season avg43.8Today

44 minutes today, against 24.1 a game in 53 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · DET @ BOS

Detroit knocks off Boston, 105–95

The Celtics came in at 47–13; the Pistons at 28–29. Richard Hamilton led Detroit with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over ATL1NOH over NJN3IND over DEN6PHX over LAL7UTA over GSW8DET over BOS10HOU over MIN11DAL over TOR11POR over SAS18Final margin, points. Pink = DET over BOS.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 49

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, 37, 10, 30, 39, 28, 36, 22, 29, 49LAL @ PHX · L
28.0 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
49 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 7, 11, 15, 16, 22, 17, 20, 12, 45, 33PHX vs LAL · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 37, 14, 16, 18, 24, 30, 28, 32NOH @ NJN · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 12, 24, 20, 25, 14, 16, 18, 30LAL @ PHX · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 11, 29, 12, 12, 11, 26, 19, 28TOR @ DAL · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Jarrett JackPoints, last 10 games: 7, 21, 12, 18, 18, 16, 33, 20, 14, 28IND vs DEN · W
12.1 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 8 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
Nate RobinsonNYK+9.8 27.4 last 10 · 17.6 season
Jarrett JackIND+6.6 18.7 last 10 · 12.1 season
Ramon SessionsMIL+6.4 18.4 last 10 · 12.0 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+6.3 22.7 last 10 · 16.4 season
Charlie BellMIL+6.3 14.6 last 10 · 8.3 season
Cold
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Quentin RichardsonNYK−4.9 5.5 last 10 · 10.4 season
Mickael PietrusORL−4.1 6.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Chris BoshTOR−4.0 18.4 last 10 · 22.4 season
Josh SmithATL−3.9 11.2 last 10 · 15.1 season