FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 3, 2010Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed NOH by 2 after three quarters and won 104–100.

Final
PHI93
ATL112
Q1 ATL +10; Q2 ATL +10; Q3 ATL +19; Q4 ATL +19
Final
GSW90
ORL117
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +19; Q3 ORL +22; Q4 ORL +27
Final
CHA80
BOS104
Q1 BOS +10; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +21; Q4 BOS +24
Final
CLE111
NJN92
Q1 CLE +20; Q2 CLE +17; Q3 CLE +18; Q4 CLE +19
Final
DET104
NYK128
Q1 NYK +10; Q2 NYK +12; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +24
Final
WAS87
MIL100
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +17; Q4 MIL +13
Final
MEM104
NOH100
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM -2; Q4 MEM +4
Final
MIN109
DAL112
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +3
Final
SAC84
HOU81
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC +3
Final
OKC90
DEN119
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN +28; Q4 DEN +29
Final
IND79
POR102
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +12; Q3 POR +17; Q4 POR +23
Final
PHX127
LAC101
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX +20; Q4 PHX +26
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 3, 2009: 8 games. Top scorer: Chauncey Billups (DEN @ DET), 34 points.
The lead · MEM @ NOH

Memphis handles New Orleans by 4

The Grizzlies won the fourth quarter 30–24. Final: 104–100. Mike Conley led Memphis with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 7 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 Q3Final0+5+3-2+4MEM AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM29252030104
NOH24272524100
Who led
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 10, 8, 7, 2, 13, 18, 13, 26MEM26 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 31, 22, 23MEM23 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 14, 12, 12, 37, 25, 18, 21, 30, 24NOH24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 17, 14, 9, 11, 4, 16, 11, 18NOH18 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Denver by 29.

DAL over MIN3SAC over HOU3MEM over NOH4MIL over WAS13ATL over PHI19CLE over NJN19POR over IND23BOS over CHA24NYK over DET24PHX over LAC26ORL over GSW27DEN over OKC29Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.1Season avg25.8Last 5

25.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.1 in 56 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.8Season avg13.6Last 3

13.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.8 in 63 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.6Season avg36.5Today

36 minutes today, against 9.6 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Amar'e Stoudemire 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.
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 22, 19, 30, 22, 20, 41, 19, 30PHX @ LAC · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 40, 23, 23, 27, 24, 21, 17, 30DEN vs OKC · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 9, 20, 10, 26, 19, 16, 13, 30PHI @ ATL · L
15.0 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 23, 29, 36, 20, 21, 30, 9, 30IND @ POR · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 33, 29, 22, 30, 26, 7, 14, 28ORL vs GSW · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 15, 12, 13, 15, 17, 11, 9, 5, 9, 27BOS vs CHA · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 4 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
Andray BlatcheWAS+11.5 22.7 last 10 · 11.2 season
Darren CollisonNOH+11.0 21.5 last 10 · 10.5 season
C.J. WatsonGSW+7.9 18.3 last 10 · 10.4 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+7.0 19.5 last 10 · 12.5 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.1 21.7 last 10 · 15.6 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−7.0 3.8 last 10 · 10.8 season
Steve NashPHX−6.7 10.4 last 10 · 17.1 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−6.0 9.9 last 10 · 15.9 season
Devin BrownCHI−5.9 2.4 last 10 · 8.3 season