FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 28, 2009Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed IND by 14 after the first quarter and won 112–106.

Final
IND106
CHI112
Q1 CHI -14; Q2 CHI -4; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +6
Final
NYK85
CHA96
Q1 CHA -7; Q2 CHA +6; Q3 CHA +6; Q4 CHA +11
Final
DET98
WAS96
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +2
Final
MIL85
MIA102
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +15; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +17
Final
LAC93
HOU110
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +21; Q3 HOU +26; Q4 HOU +17
Final
GSW116
DEN129
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN +30; Q4 DEN +13
Final · OT
PHX99
UTA104
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +17; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +5
Final
MEM66
POR86
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +12; 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 28, 2008: 11 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs MEM), 53 points.
The lead · IND @ CHI

Chicago rallies from 14 down to beat Indiana

Trailing by 14 after one, Chicago outscored the Pacers 91–71 the rest of the way. Final: 112–106. Ben Gordon led Chicago with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-14-4+5+6CHI AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND35232424106
CHI21333325112
Who led
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 9, 27, 17, 18, 16, 21, 19, 18, 25CHI25 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 24, 38, 20, 30, 19, 16, 27, 22CHI22 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 20, 12, 10, 35, 18, 21, 28, 32IND32 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Brandon RushPoints, last 10 games: 0, 7, 7, 8, 8, 5, 11, 15, 11, 29IND29 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.0Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 45 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 17 minutes.

Losing minutes
−23.4minutes, last 2 vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
25.92007–08 avg2.5Last 2

2.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 25.9 in 2007–08 (59 games). Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.9Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 12.9 a game in 58 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · NYK @ CHA

Charlotte handles New York by 11

The Bobcats won the second quarter 30–17. Final: 96–85. Gerald Wallace led Charlotte with 23 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over WAS2UTA over PHX5CHI over IND6CHA over NYK11DEN over GSW13MIA over MIL17HOU over LAC17POR over MEM20Final margin, points. Pink = CHA over NYK.
Top performances

Danny Granger leads the day with 32

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.
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 20, 12, 10, 35, 18, 21, 28, 32IND @ CHI · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 35, 16, 27, 17, 13, 16, 22, 13, 32MIL @ MIA · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 18, 15, 35, 20, 29, 29, 43, 31DEN vs GSW · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 25, 21, 22, 20, 29, 27, 24, 14, 31DET @ WAS · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 11, 11, 25, 32, 19, 9, 17, 30GSW @ DEN · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Brandon RushPoints, last 10 games: 0, 7, 7, 8, 8, 5, 11, 15, 11, 29IND @ CHI · L
6.9 PPG season to date · +22.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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
Richard HamiltonDET+6.1 24.4 last 10 · 18.3 season
Antonio McDyessDET+6.0 15.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.5 19.5 last 10 · 14.0 season
Monta EllisGSW+5.4 22.9 last 10 · 17.5 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−4.2 14.0 last 10 · 18.2 season
Corey MaggetteGSW−4.2 14.7 last 10 · 18.9 season
Marcus CambyLAC−4.1 6.5 last 10 · 10.6 season