FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 27, 2009Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed NOH by 7 at halftime and won 103–93.

Final
MIL94
ORL110
Q1 ORL +1; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +16
Final
CHA100
PHI95
Q1 CHA +6; Q2 CHA +17; Q3 CHA +13; Q4 CHA +5
Final
OKC96
TOR112
Q1 TOR +10; Q2 TOR +11; Q3 TOR +19; Q4 TOR +16
Final
BOS99
ATL93
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +17; Q4 BOS +6
Final
MIN85
CLE107
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +17; Q3 CLE +15; Q4 CLE +22
Final
LAL103
NJN95
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +8
Final
NOH93
NYK103
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK -7; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +10
Final
DEN103
DAL101
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +2
Final
LAC98
SAS111
Q1 SAS +20; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +24; Q4 SAS +13
Final
MEM113
SAC95
Q1 MEM +10; Q2 MEM +22; Q3 MEM +15; Q4 MEM +18
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 27, 2008: 3 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN vs DAL), 32 points.
The lead · NOH @ NYK

New York tops New Orleans in New York

Final: 103–93. Al Harrington led New York with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-7+12+10NYK AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH2623162893
NYK23193526103
Who led
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 10, 12, 26, 21, 8, 10, 38, 23NYK23 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 16, 12, 10, 13, 6, 14, 18, 18NYK18 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 21, 10, 16, 14, 29, 23, 18, 29NOH29 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 30, 29, 29, 26, 32, 27, 19, 22NOH22 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.3Season avg31.2Last 5

31.2 points a game over his last five games, against 22.3 in 56 earlier games. Today: 43 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.7 in 72 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.8Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 19.8 a game in 67 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · DEN @ DAL

Denver holds off Dallas, 103–101

Denver led 86–76 after three and held on to win by two. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 43 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over DAL2CHA over PHI5BOS over ATL6LAL over NJN8NYK over NOH10SAS over LAC13ORL over MIL16TOR over OKC16MEM over SAC18CLE over MIN22Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over DAL.
Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 43

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 32, 21, 22, 18, 15, 35, 20, 29, 29, 43DEN @ DAL · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +20.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 23, 25, 25, 21, 23, 14, 12, 36LAL @ NJN · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 26, 12, 34, 24, 31, 30, 16, 31SAC vs MEM · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 21, 10, 16, 14, 29, 23, 18, 29NOH @ NYK · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 11, 11, 10, 9, 12, 6, 7, 27MEM @ SAC · W
11.6 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 34, 34, 29, 27, 20, 30, 23, 23, 26, 26DAL vs DEN · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 1 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 23.4 last 10 · 15.2 season
Antonio McDyessDET+6.4 16.3 last 10 · 9.9 season
Richard HamiltonDET+5.6 23.7 last 10 · 18.1 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.5 19.5 last 10 · 14.0 season
Kevin LoveMIN+5.3 16.2 last 10 · 10.9 season
Cold
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Drew GoodenSAS−4.5 7.1 last 10 · 11.6 season
O.J. MayoMEM−4.5 13.8 last 10 · 18.3 season
Corey MaggetteGSW−4.2 14.7 last 10 · 18.9 season
Marcus CambyLAC−4.1 6.5 last 10 · 10.6 season