FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 12, 2010Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed PHX by 7 after the first quarter and won 102–96.

Final
LAC98
CHA106
Q1 CHA +8; Q2 CHA +16; Q3 CHA +12; Q4 CHA +8
Final
CLE100
PHI95
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE -1; Q4 CLE +5
Final
IND103
BOS122
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +20; Q3 BOS +20; Q4 BOS +19
Final
CHI95
MIA108
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +1; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +13
Final
WAS87
DET101
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET +16; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +14
Final
NYK112
MEM119
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +21; Q3 MEM +21; Q4 MEM +7
Final
SAS103
MIN85
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +18
Final
DEN102
NOH95
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +7
Final
NJN102
OKC104
Q1 OKC +11; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +11; Q4 OKC +2
Final
UTA87
MIL95
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +8; Q4 MIL +8
Final
LAL102
PHX96
Q1 LAL -7; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +6
Final
POR110
SAC94
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +15; Q3 POR +21; Q4 POR +16
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 12, 2009: 2 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ PHX), 34 points.
The lead · LAL @ PHX

Lakers beat Phoenix, 102–96

Lakers led 77–73 after three and won by 6. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final0-7+7+4+6LAL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL24292425102
PHX3115272396
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 19, 14, 24, 39, 26, 34, 32, 21LAL21 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Andrew BynumPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 20, 6, 16, 12, 14, 5, 22, 18LAL18 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 19, 30, 22, 20, 41, 19, 30, 30, 30, 29PHX29 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 24, 14, 20, 12, 22, 22, 20, 16PHX16 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Twelve games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Boston by 19.

OKC over NJN2CLE over PHI5LAL over PHX6MEM over NYK7DEN over NOH7CHA over LAC8MIL over UTA8MIA over CHI13DET over WAS14POR over SAC16SAS over MIN18BOS over IND19Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.9Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.9 in 61 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.4Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.4 in 63 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+33.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.6Season avg42.8Today

43 minutes today, against 9.6 a game in 52 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony 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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 24, 21, 17, 30, 34, 30, 19, 32DEN @ NOH · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 36, 21, 25, 29, 39, 19, 32, 27, 29, 32OKC vs NJN · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 13, 19, 11, 14, 16, 5, 13, 30PHI vs CLE · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 40, 10, 13, 15, 22, 28, 33, 30NOH vs DEN · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 19, 30, 22, 20, 41, 19, 30, 30, 30, 29PHX vs LAL · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 23, 7, 25, 22, 12, 19, 41, 28POR @ SAC · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 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+11.6 23.6 last 10 · 12.0 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+10.5 23.5 last 10 · 13.0 season
Darren CollisonNOH+8.5 19.5 last 10 · 11.0 season
C.J. WatsonGSW+5.9 16.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Jarrett JackTOR+5.7 17.1 last 10 · 11.4 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−5.8 2.4 last 10 · 8.2 season
Martell WebsterPOR−5.8 4.0 last 10 · 9.8 season
Omri CasspiSAC−5.6 5.6 last 10 · 11.2 season