FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 10, 2010Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed NJN by 14 after the first quarter and won 96–87.

Final
CHA102
PHI87
Q1 CHA +14; Q2 CHA +18; Q3 CHA +27; Q4 CHA +15
Final
MEM111
BOS91
Q1 MEM +15; Q2 MEM +22; Q3 MEM +19; Q4 MEM +20
Final
UTA115
DET104
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA +20; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +11
Final
LAC97
MIA108
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +18; Q4 MIA +11
Final
DEN110
MIN102
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN -5; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +8
Final
NOH83
OKC98
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +9; Q3 OKC +18; Q4 OKC +15
Final
NJN87
DAL96
Q1 DAL -14; Q2 DAL -8; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +9
Final
NYK87
SAS97
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +10
Final
TOR90
SAC113
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC -5; Q3 SAC +15; Q4 SAC +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 10, 2009: 6 games. Top scorer: Larry Hughes (NYK @ MIL), 39 points.
The lead · NJN @ DAL

Dallas climbs out of a 14-point hole against New Jersey

Down 14 after one, the Mavericks won the third quarter 31–15 and the game 96–87. Jason Kidd led Dallas with 20 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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 Q3Final0-14-8+8+9DAL AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN3314152587
DAL1920312696
Who led
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 14, 19, 13, 5, 17, 6, 12, 20DAL20 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 8, 19, 22, 14, 12, 24, 23, 18DAL18 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 28, 23, 18, 11, 17, 31, 28, 21NJN21 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Terrence WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 6, 0, 2, 11, 21, 14, 3, 14, 18NJN18 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Second story · DEN @ MIN

Minnesota's skid reaches seven

Denver won 110–102; the Timberwolves fall to 14–51. Chauncey Billups led Denver with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · MIN
Lvs CHI94–100Lvs OKC107–109W@ MIA91–88L@ ATL92–98L@ OKC92–109Lvs POR91–110L@ DAL109–112Lvs HOU98–112Lvs DAL112–125Lvs DEN102–110MIN: last 10 games through Mar 10, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 37 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.5Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.5 in 60 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.9Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 10.9 a game in 52 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

David West leads the day with 33

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.
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 27, 17, 19, 40, 10, 13, 15, 22, 28, 33NOH @ OKC · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Rasual ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 10, 13, 13, 16, 17, 11, 9, 31LAC @ MIA · L
12.0 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 36, 21, 25, 29, 39, 19, 32, 27, 29OKC vs NOH · W
29.6 PPG season to date · −0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 26, 8, 21, 13, 16, 17, 38, 28SAS vs NYK · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 20, 27, 19, 15, 17, 13, 21, 28MEM @ BOS · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 11, 32, 27, 10, 11, 8, 17, 18, 8, 28CHA @ PHI · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 1 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
Marcus ThorntonNOH+9.6 22.4 last 10 · 12.8 season
Darren CollisonNOH+9.5 20.4 last 10 · 10.9 season
C.J. WatsonGSW+8.7 19.3 last 10 · 10.6 season
Manu GinobiliSAS+6.4 21.2 last 10 · 14.8 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