FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 8, 2009Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 6 points, by OKC (vs PHI) and UTA (vs TOR).

Final
UTA109
TOR101
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA -6; Q4 UTA +8
Final
ORL86
BOS79
Q1 ORL +7; Q2 ORL +18; Q3 ORL +13; Q4 ORL +7
Final
PHX98
SAS103
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +5
Final
NYK101
NJN106
Q1 NJN -3; Q2 NJN -4; Q3 NJN +2; Q4 NJN +5
Final
MEM83
HOU93
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +18; Q3 HOU +18; Q4 HOU +10
Final
PHI74
OKC89
Q1 OKC -6; Q2 OKC +12; Q3 OKC +14; Q4 OKC +15
Final
DEN106
SAC114
Q1 SAC +10; Q2 SAC +12; Q3 SAC +10; Q4 SAC +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 8, 2008: 10 games. Top scorer: Nate Robinson (NYK vs POR), 45 points.
The lead · UTA @ TOR

Toronto's skid reaches five

Utah won 109–101; the Raptors fall to 23–41. Deron Williams led Utah with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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+5+1-6+8UTA AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA29203228109
TOR24243914101
Who led
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 20, 15, 13, 16, 6, 26, 25, 25UTA25 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Kyle KorverPoints, last 10 games: 3, 2, 8, 16, 13, 3, 17, 2, 7, 20UTA20 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 29, 12, 12, 11, 26, 19, 28, 25, 34, 30TOR30 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 23, 11, 18, 28, 26, 21, 18, 25, 23, 20TOR20 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: OKC by 15.

SAS over PHX5NJN over NYK5ORL over BOS7UTA over TOR8SAC over DEN8HOU over MEM10OKC over PHI15Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
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
14.8Season avg25.2Last 5

25.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.8 in 54 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.4Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.4 in 55 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.1Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 19.1 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Devin Harris 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.
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 26, 39, 42, 26, 14, 25, 25, 35NJN vs NYK · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 31, 26, 17, 30, 10, 16, 17, 32BOS vs ORL · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 12, 33, 18, 23, 12, 20, 38, 20, 32DEN @ SAC · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 29, 12, 12, 11, 26, 19, 28, 25, 34, 30TOR vs UTA · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 37, 39, 11, 15, 26, 37, 19, 30SAS vs PHX · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 18, 32, 33, 11, 32, 27, 20, 19, 21, 26SAC vs DEN · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 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
Jarrett JackIND+8.9 21.5 last 10 · 12.6 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+8.6 26.2 last 10 · 17.6 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+6.5 21.3 last 10 · 14.8 season
Cold
Quentin RichardsonNYK−5.9 4.0 last 10 · 9.9 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
D.J. AugustinCHA−4.2 7.6 last 10 · 11.8 season
Hakim WarrickMEM−3.6 7.7 last 10 · 11.3 season
Kenyon MartinDEN−3.4 8.8 last 10 · 12.2 season