FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 14, 2009Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed UTA by 10 after the first quarter and won 140–129.

Final · 3OT
UTA129
MIA140
Q1 MIA -10; Q2 MIA -4; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA 0; OT2 MIA 0; OT3 MIA +11
Final
CHA100
MIN108
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +15; Q3 MIN +8; Q4 MIN +8
Final
NOH79
CHI97
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI +14; Q3 CHI +24; Q4 CHI +18
Final
SAS88
HOU85
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +3
Final
LAC94
DEN107
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +14; Q4 DEN +13
Final
OKC95
PHX106
Q1 PHX -9; Q2 PHX -6; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +11
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 14, 2008: 10 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ NOH), 36 points.
The lead · UTA @ MIA

Dwyane Wade scores 50, Miami rallies past Utah

Miami trailed by 10 after one and won 140–129.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (7 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1End OT2Final0-10-4+3000+11MIA AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2OT3T
UTA292625278104129
MIA1932322481015140
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 31, 21, 46, 41, 35, 42, 25, 48, 32, 50MIA50 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 18, 16, 6, 8, 19, 11, 12, 28MIA28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 16, 6, 26, 25, 25, 5, 20, 30UTA30 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Kyle KorverPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 3, 17, 2, 7, 20, 11, 3, 25UTA25 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Second story · OKC @ PHX

Phoenix climbs out of a 9-point hole against OKC

Down 9 after one, the Suns won the fourth quarter 34–23 and the game 106–95. Leandro Barbosa led Phoenix with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · PHX vs OKC
Leandro Barbosa · PHXKevin Durant · OKCPTS2222REB56AST22Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.4Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 65 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.8Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.8 in 33 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.5Season avg47.8Today

48 minutes today, against 23.5 a game in 61 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 50

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: 31, 21, 46, 41, 35, 42, 25, 48, 32, 50MIA vs UTA · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high50 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 16, 6, 26, 25, 25, 5, 20, 30UTA @ MIA · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 20, 9, 14, 16, 27, 21, 24, 30, 30, 29NOH @ CHI · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 39, 11, 15, 26, 37, 19, 30, 21, 25, 28SAS @ HOU · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 18, 16, 6, 8, 19, 11, 12, 28MIA vs UTA · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 16, 14, 15, 34, 43, 4, 9, 27CHI vs NOH · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 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+8.4 21.0 last 10 · 12.6 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+7.6 25.8 last 10 · 18.2 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+7.1 37.1 last 10 · 30.0 season
Steve NashPHX+6.7 21.9 last 10 · 15.2 season
Devin HarrisNJN+6.3 29.0 last 10 · 22.7 season
Cold
Mike BibbyATL−6.6 8.3 last 10 · 14.9 season
Quentin RichardsonNYK−5.6 4.2 last 10 · 9.8 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Tim DuncanSAS−4.8 15.2 last 10 · 20.0 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−4.3 12.3 last 10 · 16.6 season