FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 7, 2009Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed LAC by 13 at halftime and won 106–105.

Final
DET83
ATL87
Q1 ATL -7; Q2 ATL -2; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL +4
Final
MIA89
CLE99
Q1 CLE +14; Q2 CLE +14; Q3 CLE +9; Q4 CLE +10
Final
CHA114
NYK105
Q1 CHA +1; Q2 CHA +2; Q3 CHA +9; Q4 CHA +9
Final
PHI110
MEM105
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI -4; Q3 PHI 0; Q4 PHI +5
Final
OKC90
NOH108
Q1 NOH +13; Q2 NOH +4; Q3 NOH +4; Q4 NOH +18
Final
WAS103
DAL119
Q1 DAL -6; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +16
Final
GSW120
MIL127
Q1 MIL +5; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +7
Final
MIN93
POR95
Q1 POR +4; Q2 POR +1; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +2
Final
IND106
LAC105
Q1 IND -5; Q2 IND -13; Q3 IND -5; Q4 IND +1
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 7, 2008: 12 games. Top scorer: Kevin Martin (SAC vs MIN), 48 points.
The lead · IND @ LAC

Indiana climbs back to beat Clippers

Clippers led by 13 at the half. Indiana won it 106–105. Jarrett Jack led Indiana with 25 points, 1 rebound and 7 assists. Eric Gordon scored 35 for Clippers in the loss.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-5-13-5+1IND AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND25263322106
LAC30342516105
Who led
Jarrett JackPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 16, 33, 20, 14, 28, 26, 17, 25IND25 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Troy MurphyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 27, 19, 13, 20, 22, 23, 11, 22IND22 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 11, 17, 30, 24, 23, 21, 27, 4, 35LAC35 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Al ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 6, 20, 8, 33, 4, 16, 14, 25, 22LAC22 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.4Season avg22.0Last 5

22.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.4 in 64 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.7minutes, last 3 vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
25.72007–08 avg6.0Last 3

6.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.7 in 2007–08 (43 games). Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.6Season avg33.8Today

34 minutes today, against 9.6 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New Orleans by 18.

IND over LAC1POR over MIN2ATL over DET4PHI over MEM5MIL over GSW7CHA over NYK9CLE over MIA10DAL over WAS16NOH over OKC18Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Eric Gordon 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.
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 11, 17, 30, 24, 23, 21, 27, 4, 35LAC vs IND · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 17, 17, 16, 22, 22, 20, 29, 27, 35MIL vs GSW · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 9, 12, 14, 14, 41, 24, 28, 24, 27, 34DAL vs WAS · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 20, 13, 8, 8, 20, 17, 10, 33DAL vs WAS · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 23, 24, 15, 20, 11, 11, 25, 32GSW @ MIL · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 15, 16, 12, 13, 17, 13, 0, 31MEM vs PHI · L
9.7 PPG season to date · +21.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 4 REB · 9 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+9.9 27.5 last 10 · 17.6 season
Jarrett JackIND+8.9 21.5 last 10 · 12.6 season
Rasual ButlerNOH+6.8 17.9 last 10 · 11.1 season
Ryan GomesMIN+6.5 19.4 last 10 · 12.9 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+6.4 21.1 last 10 · 14.7 season
Cold
Quentin RichardsonNYK−5.6 4.5 last 10 · 10.1 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
D.J. AugustinCHA−4.2 7.6 last 10 · 11.8 season
Mickael PietrusORL−3.9 6.6 last 10 · 10.5 season
Kenyon MartinDEN−3.4 8.8 last 10 · 12.2 season