FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 20, 2009Regular season · 11 games
← Mar 19CalendarMar 21 →

11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed SAS by 6 after the first quarter and won 80–77.

Final
DAL94
IND92
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL +2
Final
CHA102
TOR89
Q1 CHA +9; Q2 CHA +2; Q3 CHA +12; Q4 CHA +13
Final
MIA88
NJN96
Q1 NJN +4; Q2 NJN +12; Q3 NJN +4; Q4 NJN +8
Final
SAC121
NYK94
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +19; Q3 SAC +26; Q4 SAC +27
Final
LAC90
DET108
Q1 DET -4; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +18
Final
MEM84
NOH96
Q1 NOH 0; Q2 NOH +1; Q3 NOH -1; Q4 NOH +12
Final
UTA101
OKC94
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +7
Final
MIN88
HOU107
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +19
Final
BOS80
SAS77
Q1 BOS -6; Q2 BOS -5; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +3
Final
WAS105
DEN116
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +11
Final
PHI111
GSW119
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW +12; Q4 GSW +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 20, 2008: 3 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ UTA), 27 points.
The lead · BOS @ SAS

Boston holds off San Antonio, 80–77

Boston led 64–63 after three and held on to win by three. Ray Allen led Boston with 19 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-6-5+1+3BOS AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS1621271680
SAS2220211477
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 30, 10, 16, 17, 32, 27, 22, 8, 17, 19BOS19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 17, 3, 8, 20, 6, 4, 5, 26, 27, 16BOS16 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 37, 19, 30, 21, 25, 28, 28, 24, 25SAS25 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 19, 5, 17, 18, 16, 15, 14, 15SAS15 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.9Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.9 in 18 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.5Season avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.5 in 59 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+33.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.7Season avg44.1Today

44 minutes today, against 10.7 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Sacramento posts the night's biggest win

Sacramento beat New York by 27, the widest margin of 11 games.

DAL over IND2BOS over SAS3UTA over OKC7NJN over MIA8GSW over PHI8DEN over WAS11NOH over MEM12CHA over TOR13DET over LAC18HOU over MIN19SAC over NYK27Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

JR Smith leads the day with 40

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.
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 27, 19, 15, 11, 17, 19, 21, 40DEN vs WAS · W
14.4 PPG season to date · +25.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 19, 28, 25, 34, 30, 17, 27, 15, 18, 35TOR vs CHA · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 21, 24, 30, 30, 29, 29, 26, 32NOH vs MEM · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 9, 10, 21, 23, 14, 17, 26, 25, 25, 30CHA @ TOR · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Boris DiawPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 13, 22, 9, 9, 12, 14, 8, 30CHA @ TOR · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 19, 21, 26, 12, 34, 24, 31, 30SAC @ NYK · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 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
Steve NashPHX+6.9 22.2 last 10 · 15.3 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+6.6 36.4 last 10 · 29.8 season
Thabo SefoloshaOKC+5.9 11.8 last 10 · 5.9 season
JR SmithDEN+5.8 20.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Richard HamiltonDET+5.6 23.7 last 10 · 18.1 season
Cold
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Quentin RichardsonNYK−5.5 4.1 last 10 · 9.6 season
Kenyon MartinDEN−5.2 6.6 last 10 · 11.8 season
Tim DuncanSAS−4.7 15.1 last 10 · 19.8 season
O.J. MayoMEM−4.0 14.5 last 10 · 18.5 season