FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 16, 2009Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed SAS by 15 after the first quarter and won 78–76.

Final
TOR86
CHA112
Q1 CHA +5; Q2 CHA +14; Q3 CHA +17; Q4 CHA +26
Final
POR103
MEM92
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +11
Final
HOU95
NOH84
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU -3; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +11
Final
SAS76
OKC78
Q1 OKC -15; Q2 OKC -4; Q3 OKC -2; Q4 OKC +2
Final
NJN96
DEN121
Q1 DEN +10; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +25
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 16, 2008: 7 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs CHA), 33 points.
The lead · SAS @ OKC

OKC storms back from 15 down to beat San Antonio

The Thunder trailed by 15 after one and won 78–76. Kevin Durant led OKC with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-4-2+2OKC AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS2913211376
OKC1424231778
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 39, 31, 20, 47, 35, 32, 32, 6, 22, 25OKC25 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Thabo SefoloshaPoints, last 10 games: 7, 12, 15, 15, 15, 9, 17, 14, 11, 12OKC12 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 26, 37, 19, 30, 21, 25, 28, 28SAS28 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 18, 19, 5, 17, 18, 16, 15, 14SAS14 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.8Season avg12.6Last 5

12.6 points a game over his last five games, against 5.8 in 53 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.4Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.4 in 34 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.8Season avg25Today

25 minutes today, against 4.8 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 1 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · HOU @ NOH

Houston beats New Orleans, 95–84

Houston led 67–64 after three and won by 11. Metta World Peace led Houston with 18 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over SAS2POR over MEM11HOU over NOH11DEN over NJN25CHA over TOR26Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over NOH.
Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 32

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.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 11, 26, 15, 34, 19, 25, 14, 19, 41, 32NJN @ DEN · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 16, 27, 21, 24, 30, 30, 29, 29NOH vs HOU · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 26, 37, 19, 30, 21, 25, 28, 28SAS @ OKC · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 27, 14, 9, 10, 21, 23, 14, 17, 26, 25CHA vs TOR · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 39, 31, 20, 47, 35, 32, 32, 6, 22, 25OKC vs SAS · W
25.9 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 21, 19, 15, 16, 23, 19, 19, 22POR @ MEM · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 8 REB · 4 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+8.1 20.7 last 10 · 12.6 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+7.8 26.0 last 10 · 18.2 season
Thabo SefoloshaOKC+6.8 12.7 last 10 · 5.9 season
Steve NashPHX+6.5 21.7 last 10 · 15.2 season
Matt BarnesPHX+6.4 17.0 last 10 · 10.6 season
Cold
Quentin RichardsonNYK−5.8 3.9 last 10 · 9.7 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Mike BibbyATL−5.1 9.8 last 10 · 14.9 season
Tim DuncanSAS−5.1 14.8 last 10 · 19.9 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−4.3 12.6 last 10 · 16.9 season