FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 2, 2010Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed DET by 3 after three quarters and won 105–100.

Final
BOS105
DET100
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS -3; Q4 BOS +5
Final
GSW106
MIA110
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +4
Final
SAC107
OKC113
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +7; Q3 OKC +8; Q4 OKC +6
Final
IND99
LAL122
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +27; Q4 LAL +23
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 2, 2009: 5 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ MIA), 42 points.
The lead · BOS @ DET

Detroit's skid reaches four

Boston won 105–100; the Pistons fall to 21–39. Ray Allen led Boston with 18 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · BOS 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+3-3+5BOS AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS25301733105
DET25272325100
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 15, 24, 21, 25, 24, 21, 10, 18BOS18 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 17, 7, 4, 14, 10, 15, 15, 19, 13, 15BOS15 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Jonas JerebkoPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 13, 12, 7, 6, 7, 9, 11, 16DET16 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 23, 11, 13, 12, 16, 22, 17, 8, 18, 15DET15 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · GSW @ MIA

Miami beats Golden State, 110–106

Miami led 86–78 after three and won by 4. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 35 points, 6 rebounds and 12 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over GSW4BOS over DET5OKC over SAC6LAL over IND23Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over GSW.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.7Season avg24.8Last 5

24.8 points a game over his last five games, against 15.7 in 58 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.5Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.5 in 40 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.1Season avg33.8Today

34 minutes today, against 17.1 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 39

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 33, 25, 36, 32, 36, 21, 25, 29, 39OKC vs SAC · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 23, 30, 24, 20, 17, 18, 24, 8, 21, 35MIA vs GSW · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 21, 8, 17, 31, 22, 21, 17, 18, 14, 30OKC vs SAC · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 17, 17, 21, 16, 28, 24, 22, 27SAC @ OKC · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 44, 5, 33, 32, 20, 19, 14, 24LAL vs IND · W
27.4 PPG season to date · −3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Anthony MorrowPoints, last 10 games: 33, 26, 23, 25, 10, 10, 18, 20, 15, 24GSW @ MIA · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 0 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+7.6 23.3 last 10 · 15.7 season
Anthony MorrowGSW+7.1 20.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+7.0 19.3 last 10 · 12.3 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
Ben GordonDET−6.3 7.8 last 10 · 14.1 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Devin BrownCHI−5.9 2.4 last 10 · 8.3 season