FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 24, 2009Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed GSW by 2 at halftime and won 107–106.

Final
DET91
CHI99
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +8
Final
LAL107
OKC89
Q1 LAL +17; Q2 LAL +24; Q3 LAL +18; Q4 LAL +18
Final
GSW106
SAS107
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +1
Final
HOU86
UTA99
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +3; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +13
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 24, 2008: 8 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (PHX @ DET), 33 points.
The lead · GSW @ SAS

Tony Parker scores 30 in San Antonio win over Golden State

Final: 107–106. Tony Parker added 3 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-2+1+1SAS AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW25292428106
SAS28242728107
Who led
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 30, 21, 25, 28, 28, 24, 25, 22, 30SAS30 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Roger Mason Jr.Points, last 10 games: 4, 18, 21, 7, 5, 4, 15, 8, 9, 24SAS24 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 19, 29, 26, 29, 27, 21, 12, 27GSW27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 23, 29, 31, 10, 10, 14, 22, 18GSW18 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.3Season avg16.0Last 5

16.0 points a game over his last five games, against 5.3 in 43 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.5Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.5 in 38 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.4Season avg45.6Today

46 minutes today, against 25.4 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · DET @ CHI

Chicago beats Detroit, 99–91

Chicago led 75–68 after three and won by 8. Kirk Hinrich led Chicago with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over GSW1CHI over DET8UTA over HOU13LAL over OKC18Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over DET.
Top performances

Tony Parker leads the day with 30

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.
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 30, 21, 25, 28, 28, 24, 25, 22, 30SAS vs GSW · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 19, 29, 26, 29, 27, 21, 12, 27GSW @ SAS · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 7, 14, 3, 9, 8, 9, 12, 24CHI vs DET · W
9.8 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 32, 32, 6, 22, 25, 28, 24, 30, 24OKC vs LAL · L
25.9 PPG season to date · −2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Roger Mason Jr.Points, last 10 games: 4, 18, 21, 7, 5, 4, 15, 8, 9, 24SAS vs GSW · W
11.9 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 5, 17, 18, 16, 15, 14, 15, 23, 21SAS vs GSW · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 10 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
Thaddeus YoungPHI+6.9 21.8 last 10 · 14.9 season
Jarrett JackIND+6.5 19.4 last 10 · 12.9 season
Steve NashPHX+5.9 21.2 last 10 · 15.3 season
Antonio McDyessDET+5.7 15.5 last 10 · 9.8 season
Richard HamiltonDET+5.6 23.7 last 10 · 18.1 season
Cold
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Drew GoodenSAS−5.3 6.3 last 10 · 11.6 season
Corey MaggetteGSW−4.2 14.7 last 10 · 18.9 season
O.J. MayoMEM−4.1 14.3 last 10 · 18.4 season
Kenyon MartinDEN−4.1 7.8 last 10 · 11.9 season