FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 6, 2009Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed DEN by 10 at halftime and won 97–91.

Final
ATL91
CHA98
Q1 CHA +15; Q2 CHA +9; Q3 CHA +10; Q4 CHA +7
Final
NJN102
ORL105
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL -3; Q4 ORL +3
Final
MIA108
TOR102
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +6; Q3 MIA +10; Q4 MIA +6
Final
CLE94
BOS105
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +11
Final
GSW91
DET108
Q1 DET +17; Q2 DET +23; Q3 DET +19; Q4 DET +17
Final
MIL102
CHI117
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +15
Final
PHX112
HOU116
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +4
Final
WAS78
SAS100
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +26; Q4 SAS +22
Final
MIN90
LAL110
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +18; Q4 LAL +20
Final
DEN91
UTA97
Q1 UTA -8; Q2 UTA -10; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +6
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 6, 2008: 3 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ CHI), 39 points.
The lead · DEN @ UTA

Utah climbs out of a 10-point hole against Denver

Down 10 at the half, the Jazz won the third quarter 36–22 and the game 97–91. Deron Williams led Utah with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-8-10+4+6UTA AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2423222291
UTA1621362497
Who led
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 18, 20, 15, 13, 16, 6, 26, 25UTA25 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Ronnie BrewerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 16, 16, 19, 20, 26, 21, 19, 16UTA16 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 6, 9, 9, 19, 14, 22, 3, 16, 17, 27DEN27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 12, 33, 18, 23, 12, 20, 38, 20DEN20 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.5Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.5 in 53 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.7minutes, last 2 vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
25.72007–08 avg6.0Last 2

6.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 25.7 in 2007–08 (43 games). Today: 3 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+33.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg47Today

47 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · NJN @ ORL

Orlando takes over late to edge New Jersey

Down 3 after three, Orlando won the fourth 22–16. Final: 105–102. Dwight Howard led Orlando with 26 points, 15 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over NJN3HOU over PHX4MIA over TOR6UTA over DEN6CHA over ATL7BOS over CLE11CHI over MIL15DET over GSW17LAL over MIN20SAS over WAS22Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over NJN.
Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 42

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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 24, 37, 25, 50, 31, 21, 46, 41, 35, 42MIA @ TOR · W
29.5 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 37, 28, 20, 17, 11, 16, 14, 15, 34CHI vs MIL · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 11, 29, 12, 12, 11, 26, 19, 28, 25, 34TOR vs MIA · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 15, 2, 8, 21, 13, 19, 22, 20, 29, 32PHX @ HOU · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 8, 19, 7, 20, 3, 8, 22, 7, 9, 30HOU vs PHX · W
10.8 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 30, 31, 20, 26, 22, 20, 16, 26, 31, 29BOS vs CLE · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 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+7.8 20.2 last 10 · 12.4 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+6.4 21.1 last 10 · 14.7 season
Rasual ButlerNOH+6.1 17.1 last 10 · 11.0 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+5.7 35.2 last 10 · 29.5 season
Cold
Quentin RichardsonNYK−6.2 4.0 last 10 · 10.2 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
D.J. AugustinCHA−4.3 7.4 last 10 · 11.7 season
Mike BibbyATL−4.1 11.1 last 10 · 15.2 season
Mickael PietrusORL−3.9 6.6 last 10 · 10.5 season