FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 1, 2010Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed MEM by 12 at halftime and won 103–93.

Final
DAL89
CHA84
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL -10; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +5
Final
NYK93
CLE124
Q1 CLE +12; Q2 CLE +26; Q3 CLE +42; Q4 CLE +31
Final
ORL126
PHI105
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +7; Q3 ORL +21; Q4 ORL +21
Final
ATL116
CHI92
Q1 ATL +11; Q2 ATL +16; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +24
Final
POR103
MEM93
Q1 POR -6; Q2 POR -12; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +10
Final
SAS106
NOH92
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +14
Final
TOR92
HOU116
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +21; Q3 HOU +32; Q4 HOU +24
Final
DEN85
PHX101
Q1 PHX -9; Q2 PHX +13; Q3 PHX +17; Q4 PHX +16
Final
UTA104
LAC108
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +10; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +4
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 · 2008–09Mar 1, 2009: 9 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ PHX), 49 points.
The lead · POR @ MEM

Portland climbs back to beat Memphis

Memphis led by 12 at the half. Portland won it 103–93. Brandon Roy led Portland with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-6-12+8+10POR AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR21204121103
MEM2726211993
Who led
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 4, 9, 23, 28, 20, 23, 7, 25POR25 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 12, 3, 6, 2, 14, 2, 9, 8, 31, 21POR21 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 24, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 31, 22MEM22 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 29, 15, 29, 17, 20, 20, 27, 19MEM19 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.9Season avg26.2Last 5

26.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.9 in 51 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.2Season avg10.6Last 3

10.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.2 in 62 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.2Season avg35.4Today

35 minutes today, against 7.2 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Cleveland posts the night's biggest win

Cleveland beat New York by 31, the widest margin of 9 games.

LAC over UTA4DAL over CHA5POR over MEM10SAS over NOH14PHX over DEN16ORL over PHI21ATL over CHI24HOU over TOR24CLE over NYK31Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Marcus Thornton 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.
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 2, 14, 12, 12, 37, 25, 18, 21, 30NOH vs SAS · L
12.3 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 34, 10, 18, 15, 26, 15, 24, 31, 19, 28HOU vs TOR · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 11, 10, 14, 13, 19, 33, 32, 28HOU vs TOR · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 28, 23, 28, 23, 31, 37, 36, 27DAL @ CHA · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 4, 9, 23, 28, 20, 23, 7, 25POR @ MEM · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 3, 29, 27, 19, 17, 22, 23, 33, 27, 24CHI vs ATL · L
20.4 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 0 REB · 3 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
Darren CollisonNOH+12.1 22.5 last 10 · 10.4 season
Andray BlatcheWAS+11.2 22.3 last 10 · 11.1 season
Stephen CurryGSW+8.1 23.8 last 10 · 15.7 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+7.0 19.3 last 10 · 12.3 season
C.J. WatsonGSW+5.8 15.9 last 10 · 10.1 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−7.3 3.6 last 10 · 10.9 season
Antawn JamisonCLE−6.6 13.1 last 10 · 19.7 season
Charlie VillanuevaDET−6.2 6.2 last 10 · 12.4 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Devin BrownCHI−5.9 2.4 last 10 · 8.3 season