FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 22, 2009Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed DET by 6 after three quarters and won 101–96.

Final
MIA101
DET96
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA -4; Q3 MIA -6; Q4 MIA +5
Final
OKC97
MIN90
Q1 OKC +10; Q2 OKC +18; Q3 OKC +31; Q4 OKC +7
Final
HOU87
SAS85
Q1 HOU -5; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +2
Final
LAC76
TOR100
Q1 TOR +13; Q2 TOR +14; Q3 TOR +23; Q4 TOR +24
Final
CLE96
NJN88
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +10; Q3 CLE +16; Q4 CLE +8
Final
GSW89
NOH99
Q1 NOH +7; Q2 NOH +17; Q3 NOH +20; Q4 NOH +10
Final
PHI112
SAC100
Q1 PHI +18; Q2 PHI +26; Q3 PHI +21; Q4 PHI +12
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 22, 2008: 11 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (PHX vs HOU), 38 points.
The lead · MIA @ DET

Dwyane Wade scores 39 as Miami wins in Detroit

Final: 101–96. Dwyane Wade made 13 of 23 shots from the field.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-3-4-6+5MIA AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA20232434101
DET2324262396
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 41, 35, 42, 25, 48, 32, 50, 18, 27, 39MIA39 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Jamario MoonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 2, 13, 13, 3, 3, 6, 0, 17MIA17 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 19, 10, 23, 17, 2, 17, 21, 24DET24 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 4, 6, 13, 21, 16, 19, 10, 14, 24, 16DET16 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.2Season avg14.4Last 5

14.4 points a game over his last five games, against 5.2 in 42 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg9.7Last 3

9.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.1 in 37 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.6Season avg29.3Today

29 minutes today, against 13.6 a game in 53 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Toronto by 24.

HOU over SAS2MIA over DET5OKC over MIN7CLE over NJN8NOH over GSW10PHI over SAC12TOR over LAC24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 39

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: 41, 35, 42, 25, 48, 32, 50, 18, 27, 39MIA @ DET · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 32, 34, 51, 19, 43, 26, 22, 30CLE @ NJN · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 47, 35, 32, 32, 6, 22, 25, 28, 24, 30OKC @ MIN · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 24, 30, 30, 29, 29, 26, 32, 27NOH vs GSW · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 9, 15, 25, 21, 25, 11, 19, 27PHI @ SAC · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 34, 19, 25, 14, 19, 41, 32, 29, 17, 25NJN vs CLE · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 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+6.5 19.4 last 10 · 12.9 season
Steve NashPHX+6.4 21.7 last 10 · 15.3 season
JR SmithDEN+5.8 20.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+5.7 35.7 last 10 · 30.0 season
Thaddeus YoungPHI+5.6 20.4 last 10 · 14.8 season
Cold
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Kenyon MartinDEN−5.2 6.6 last 10 · 11.8 season
Drew GoodenSAS−4.8 7.0 last 10 · 11.8 season
O.J. MayoMEM−4.4 14.0 last 10 · 18.4 season
Tim DuncanSAS−3.8 16.0 last 10 · 19.8 season