FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 17, 2009Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed LAL by 11 after three quarters and won 94–93.

Final
SAC97
ATL119
Q1 ATL -5; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +6; Q4 ATL +22
Final
ORL93
CLE97
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE +4
Final
BOS121
CHI127
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI -1; Q4 CHI +6
Final
DET101
DAL103
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +2
Final
MIN86
SAS93
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +7
Final
WAS88
UTA103
Q1 UTA +10; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +15
Final
LAC120
GSW127
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +7
Final
PHI94
LAL93
Q1 PHI -4; Q2 PHI 0; Q3 PHI -11; Q4 PHI +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 17, 2008: 8 games. Top scorer: Chris Paul (NOH vs CHI), 37 points.
The lead · PHI @ LAL

Philadelphia rallies from 11 down to beat Lakers

Trailing by 11 after three, Philadelphia outscored the Lakers 32–20 the rest of the way. Final: 94–93. Andre Iguodala led Philadelphia with 25 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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 Q3Final0-40-11+1PHI AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI2030123294
LAL2426232093
Who led
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 22, 30, 24, 9, 15, 25, 21, 25PHI25 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 0, 9, 18, 8, 13, 4, 7, 18PHI18 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 30, 13, 21, 18, 20, 23, 25, 25LAL25 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Trevor ArizaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 0, 9, 1, 13, 3, 8, 10, 26, 16LAL16 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.5Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 15.5 in 16 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Season avg6.9Last 3

6.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.9 in 61 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.2Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 15.2 a game in 58 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Hawks rout

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Atlanta beat Sacramento by 22.

PHI over LAL1DAL over DET2CLE over ORL4CHI over BOS6SAS over MIN7GSW over LAC7UTA over WAS15ATL over SAC22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 43

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 42, 23, 21, 14, 32, 34, 51, 19, 43CLE vs ORL · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 12, 9, 23, 21, 29, 18, 14, 24, 38CHI vs BOS · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high38 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 26, 31, 29, 16, 16, 17, 15, 37BOS @ CHI · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 32, 27, 20, 19, 21, 26, 12, 34, 24, 31SAC @ ATL · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 24, 28, 24, 27, 34, 34, 29, 27, 20, 30DAL vs DET · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 13, 14, 10, 16, 12, 12, 20, 29LAC @ GSW · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 7 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
Tim DuncanSAS−5.1 14.8 last 10 · 19.9 season
Kenyon MartinDEN−4.0 8.0 last 10 · 12.0 season
Danny GrangerIND−3.7 21.1 last 10 · 24.8 season