FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 26, 2009Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed DET by 3 at halftime and won 92–77.

Final
LAL92
DET77
Q1 LAL +13; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +15
Final
MIA87
CHI106
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI -2; Q3 CHI +16; Q4 CHI +19
Final
PHX109
POR129
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +21; Q4 POR +20
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 26, 2008: 12 games. Top scorer: Kevin Martin (SAC vs MEM), 36 points.
The lead · LAL @ DET

Lakers make it four straight

Lakers beat Detroit 92–77 and moved to 57–14. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 30 points, 8 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+13-3+15+15LAL AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2514312292
DET1230132277
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 37, 23, 28, 11, 21, 28, 19, 30LAL30 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Derek FisherPoints, last 10 games: 12, 5, 8, 10, 6, 9, 11, 5, 11, 15LAL15 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Will BynumPoints, last 10 games: 2, 4, 4, 12, 19, 10, 22, 9, 20, 25DET25 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Antonio McDyessPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 16, 19, 10, 14, 24, 16, 16, 14DET14 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MIA @ CHI

Chicago takes care of Miami

A 19-point win, 106–87. John Salmons led Chicago with 27 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over DET15CHI over MIA19POR over PHX20Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over MIA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.6Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.6 in 44 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.8 in 65 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.7Season avg31.4Today

31 minutes today, against 16.7 a game in 63 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 31

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: 25, 48, 32, 50, 18, 27, 39, 27, 21, 31MIA @ CHI · L
29.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 37, 23, 28, 11, 21, 28, 19, 30LAL @ DET · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 23, 19, 19, 22, 12, 8, 24, 29POR vs PHX · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 14, 24, 38, 20, 30, 19, 16, 27CHI vs MIA · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 31, 29, 20, 20, 24, 30, 12, 26POR vs PHX · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Will BynumPoints, last 10 games: 2, 4, 4, 12, 19, 10, 22, 9, 20, 25DET vs LAL · L
6.0 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 3 REB · 11 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+8.2 23.3 last 10 · 15.1 season
Antonio McDyessDET+6.4 16.3 last 10 · 9.9 season
Richard HamiltonDET+5.6 23.7 last 10 · 18.1 season
Tony ParkerSAS+5.6 27.5 last 10 · 21.9 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.5 19.5 last 10 · 14.0 season
Cold
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Drew GoodenSAS−5.5 6.1 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
Daequan CookMIA−3.9 5.5 last 10 · 9.4 season