FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 21, 2009Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed CHI by 14 at halftime and won 117–109.

Final
ATL96
CLE102
Q1 CLE +14; Q2 CLE +18; Q3 CLE +16; Q4 CLE +6
Final
IND108
CHA83
Q1 IND -2; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +32; Q4 IND +25
Final
NYK103
ORL110
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +7; Q3 ORL +6; Q4 ORL +7
Final
BOS105
MEM87
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +18
Final
LAL117
CHI109
Q1 LAL -10; Q2 LAL -14; Q3 LAL -6; Q4 LAL +8
Final
POR96
MIL84
Q1 POR -6; Q2 POR -4; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +12
Final
WAS96
PHX128
Q1 PHX +15; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +15; Q4 PHX +32
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 21, 2008: 10 games. Top scorer: Mike Miller (MEM @ NYK), 34 points.
The lead · LAL @ CHI

Lakers climb out of a 14-point hole against Chicago

Down 14 at the half, the Lakers won the fourth quarter 36–22 and the game 117–109. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 28 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-10-14-6+8LAL AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL24243336117
CHI34282522109
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 49, 31, 23, 26, 37, 23, 28, 11, 21, 28LAL28 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 30, 13, 21, 18, 20, 23, 25, 25, 21, 23LAL23 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 23, 21, 29, 18, 14, 24, 38, 20, 30CHI30 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 27, 23, 7, 20, 4, 11, 25, 25CHI25 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.9Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.9 in 68 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.9Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.9 in 54 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Season avg41.8Today

42 minutes today, against 23.9 a game in 63 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · POR @ MIL

Portland handles Milwaukee by 12

The Trail Blazers won the third quarter 30–17. Final: 96–84. Brandon Roy led Portland with 30 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over ATL6ORL over NYK7LAL over CHI8POR over MIL12BOS over MEM18IND over CHA25PHX over WAS32Final margin, points. Pink = POR over MIL.
Top performances

Jason Richardson 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.
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 14, 15, 16, 13, 6, 31, 25, 35PHX vs WAS · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 7, 0, 7, 6, 5, 2, 10, 33NYK @ ORL · L
10.0 PPG season to date · +23.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Jarrett JackPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 17, 25, 21, 10, 13, 13, 10, 31IND @ CHA · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 27, 22, 31, 29, 20, 20, 24, 30POR @ MIL · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 9, 23, 21, 29, 18, 14, 24, 38, 20, 30CHI vs LAL · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 49, 31, 23, 26, 37, 23, 28, 11, 21, 28LAL @ CHI · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 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
Dwyane WadeMIA+6.6 36.4 last 10 · 29.8 season
Jarrett JackIND+6.5 19.4 last 10 · 12.9 season
Steve NashPHX+6.4 21.7 last 10 · 15.3 season
Thabo SefoloshaOKC+5.9 11.8 last 10 · 5.9 season
JR SmithDEN+5.8 20.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Cold
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 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−4.4 14.0 last 10 · 18.4 season
Andris BiedrinsGSW−3.6 8.8 last 10 · 12.4 season