FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 4, 2009Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed IND by 8 after three quarters and won 107–105.

Final
MIL73
CLE91
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +14; Q4 CLE +18
Final
PHX129
MIA135
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +6
Final
BOS115
NJN111
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +4
Final
ATL105
NYK109
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +4
Final
WAS83
OKC88
Q1 OKC -6; Q2 OKC +1; Q3 OKC +6; Q4 OKC +5
Final
GSW88
CHI110
Q1 CHI -6; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +13; Q4 CHI +22
Final
SAS102
DAL107
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +5
Final
HOU94
UTA101
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +7
Final
IND105
POR107
Q1 POR -6; Q2 POR -7; Q3 POR -8; Q4 POR +2
Final
MEM118
LAC95
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +23
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 4, 2008: 8 games. Top scorer: Joe Johnson (ATL vs GSW), 38 points.
The lead · IND @ POR

Portland fights back late to top Indiana

Indiana led 86–78 after three. Portland won the fourth 29–19 and the game 107–105. Brandon Roy led Portland with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · POR 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-7-8+2POR AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND26332719105
POR20322629107
Who led
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 37, 24, 27, 20, 24, 14, 19, 26, 28POR28 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 15, 24, 28, 21, 13, 15, 26, 21POR21 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Marquis DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 24, 16, 28, 14, 6, 19, 18, 28IND28 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
T.J. FordPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 6, 13, 19, 20, 23, 4, 11, 24IND24 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.3Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.3 in 63 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.3minutes, last 3 vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
33.62007–08 avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.6 in 2007–08 (24 games). Today: 0 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.7Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 18.7 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Grizzlies rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Memphis beat Clippers by 23.

POR over IND2BOS over NJN4NYK over ATL4OKC over WAS5DAL over SAS5MIA over PHX6UTA over HOU7CLE over MIL18CHI over GSW22MEM over LAC23Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Tony Parker leads the day with 37

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.
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 19, 9, 37, 39, 11, 15, 26, 37SAS @ DAL · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 33, 24, 37, 25, 50, 31, 21, 46, 41, 35MIA vs PHX · W
29.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 16 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 18, 20, 23, 13, 8, 20, 14, 35MEM @ LAC · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 30, 15, 17, 10, 11, 26, 15, 34NJN vs BOS · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 19, 30, 31, 20, 26, 22, 20, 16, 26, 31BOS @ NJN · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 2, 8, 21, 13, 19, 22, 20, 29PHX @ MIA · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 5 REB · 10 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+7.8 20.2 last 10 · 12.4 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.5 19.5 last 10 · 14.0 season
Ryan GomesMIN+5.3 17.8 last 10 · 12.5 season
Rasual ButlerNOH+5.2 16.0 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Quentin RichardsonNYK−6.2 4.0 last 10 · 10.2 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Mickael PietrusORL−4.4 6.0 last 10 · 10.4 season
Mike BibbyATL−4.3 10.9 last 10 · 15.2 season
Josh SmithATL−3.5 11.6 last 10 · 15.1 season