FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 30, 2009Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed GSW by 7 after three quarters and won 114–109.

Final
ORL101
MIA95
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +6
Final
MIL107
NJN78
Q1 MIL +19; Q2 MIL +23; Q3 MIL +31; Q4 MIL +29
Final
NYK104
UTA112
Q1 UTA +12; Q2 UTA +21; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +8
Final
MEM114
GSW109
Q1 MEM 0; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM -7; Q4 MEM +5
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 30, 2008: 9 games. Top scorer: Jamal Crawford (NYK @ ATL), 39 points.
The lead · MEM @ GSW

Golden State's skid reaches five

Memphis won 114–109; the Warriors fall to 25–49. O.J. Mayo led Memphis with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · MEM 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 Q3Final00+4-7+5MEM AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM27302037114
GSW27263125109
Who led
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 21, 7, 21, 16, 6, 12, 21, 6, 12, 24MEM24 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 20, 8, 7, 12, 11, 20, 2, 21MEM21 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 29, 27, 21, 12, 27, 22, 17, 29GSW29 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 11, 25, 32, 19, 9, 17, 30, 26GSW26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.4Season avg14.4Last 5

14.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.4 in 67 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 16 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.9minutes, last 3 vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
25.92007–08 avg4.0Last 3

4.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.9 in 2007–08 (59 games). Today: 3 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.4Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 15.4 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · ORL @ MIA

Orlando leads Miami wire to wire

Orlando was ahead at every break and won 101–95. Best quarter: the fourth, 31–26. Dwight Howard led Orlando with 22 points, 18 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
MEM over GSW5ORL over MIA6UTA over NYK8MIL over NJN29Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over MIA.
Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 42

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: 32, 50, 18, 27, 39, 27, 21, 31, 27, 42MIA vs ORL · L
29.9 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 16, 27, 17, 13, 16, 22, 13, 32, 29MIL @ NJN · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 29, 27, 21, 12, 27, 22, 17, 29GSW vs MEM · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 11, 25, 32, 19, 9, 17, 30, 26GSW vs MEM · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 20, 30, 11, 12, 24, 19, 25, 21, 24UTA vs NYK · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 13 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 21, 7, 21, 16, 6, 12, 21, 6, 12, 24MEM @ GSW · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 10 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+7.4 22.7 last 10 · 15.3 season
Monta EllisGSW+5.9 23.9 last 10 · 18.0 season
Brandon RushIND+5.8 13.0 last 10 · 7.2 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.5 19.5 last 10 · 14.0 season
Grant HillPHX+5.0 16.5 last 10 · 11.5 season
Cold
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Drew GoodenSAS−4.8 6.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Kobe BryantLAL−4.4 22.8 last 10 · 27.2 season
Daequan CookMIA−4.4 4.9 last 10 · 9.3 season
Andrei KirilenkoUTA−4.3 7.1 last 10 · 11.4 season