FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 9, 2010Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed MIA by 10 after the first quarter and won 83–78.

Final
MIA78
CHA83
Q1 CHA -10; Q2 CHA -9; Q3 CHA -4; Q4 CHA +5
Final
PHI96
IND107
Q1 IND -5; Q2 IND +2; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +11
Final
LAC87
ORL113
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +26; Q3 ORL +23; Q4 ORL +26
Final
HOU96
WAS88
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +8
Final
UTA132
CHI108
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +24
Final
BOS84
MIL86
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL -4; Q3 MIL -4; Q4 MIL +2
Final
SAC81
POR88
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +7
Final
TOR107
LAL109
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL -8; Q3 LAL -3; Q4 LAL +2
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 9, 2009: 6 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs CHI), 48 points.
The lead · MIA @ CHA

Charlotte rallies from 10 down to beat Miami

Trailing by 10 after one, Charlotte outscored the Heat 63–48 the rest of the way. Final: 83–78. Stephen Jackson led Charlotte with 17 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · CHA 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 Q3Final0-10-9-4+5CHA AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA3018181278
CHA2019232183
Who led
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 35, 7, 16, 32, 20, 8, 21, 12, 17CHA17 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 7, 8, 9, 10, 4, 13, 9, 15CHA15 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 18, 24, 8, 21, 35, 27, 38, 27MIA27 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 9, 18, 18, 18, 14, 16, 14, 13, 3, 19MIA19 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.5Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.5 in 59 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.1Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.1 in 56 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.3Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 10.3 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Orlando posts the night's biggest win

Orlando beat Clippers by 26, the widest margin of 8 games.

MIL over BOS2LAL over TOR2CHA over MIA5POR over SAC7HOU over WAS8IND over PHI11UTA over CHI24ORL over LAC26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 32, 20, 19, 14, 24, 39, 26, 34, 32LAL vs TOR · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 18, 20, 10, 35, 13, 27, 10, 28UTA @ CHI · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 17 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 18, 24, 8, 21, 35, 27, 38, 27MIA @ CHA · L
26.4 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
CJ MilesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 4, 12, 4, 11, 11, 6, 15, 11, 26UTA @ CHI · W
9.0 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Andrew BogutPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 26, 15, 8, 14, 15, 19, 15, 25MIL vs BOS · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 22, 23, 33, 27, 24, 20, 34, 25CHI vs UTA · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 13 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+10.9 22.5 last 10 · 11.6 season
Darren CollisonNOH+10.4 21.4 last 10 · 11.0 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+9.6 22.5 last 10 · 12.9 season
C.J. WatsonGSW+8.7 19.3 last 10 · 10.6 season
Courtney LeeNJN+6.3 19.1 last 10 · 12.8 season
Cold
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−6.1 4.4 last 10 · 10.5 season
Devin BrownCHI−5.9 2.4 last 10 · 8.3 season
Steve NashPHX−5.9 11.1 last 10 · 17.0 season
Martell WebsterPOR−5.7 4.4 last 10 · 10.1 season