FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 14, 2010Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed ORL by 2 at halftime and won 96–89.

Final
IND94
MIL98
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +14; Q4 MIL +4
Final
BOS93
CLE104
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +11
Final
PHI91
MIA104
Q1 MIA +10; Q2 MIA +8; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +13
Final
CHA96
ORL89
Q1 CHA +1; Q2 CHA -2; Q3 CHA +4; Q4 CHA +7
Final
UTA111
OKC119
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +11; Q4 OKC +8
Final
NOH106
PHX120
Q1 PHX +12; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +14
Final
TOR98
POR109
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +11
Final
MIN100
SAC114
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +15; Q3 SAC +33; Q4 SAC +14
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 14, 2009: 6 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs UTA), 50 points.
The lead · CHA @ ORL

Charlotte makes it six straight

Charlotte beat Orlando 96–89 and moved to 34–31. Stephen Jackson led Charlotte with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · CHA 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+1-2+4+7CHA AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA2625212496
ORL2528152189
Who led
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 32, 20, 8, 21, 12, 17, 24, 24, 28CHA28 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 10, 4, 13, 9, 15, 3, 10, 16CHA16 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 26, 7, 14, 28, 11, 15, 22, 12, 28, 27ORL27 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 19, 15, 13, 25, 13, 23, 18, 23ORL23 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.2Season avg31.0Last 5

31.0 points a game over his last five games, against 22.2 in 66 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 57 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.9Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 11.9 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · IND @ MIL

Milwaukee never trails at a break against Indiana

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 98–94. Jerry Stackhouse led Milwaukee with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over IND4CHA over ORL7OKC over UTA8CLE over BOS11POR over TOR11MIA over PHI13PHX over NOH14SAC over MIN14Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over IND.
Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 38

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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 24, 8, 21, 35, 27, 38, 27, 27, 22, 38MIA vs PHI · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 30, 22, 20, 41, 19, 30, 30, 30, 29, 36PHX vs NOH · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 29, 39, 19, 32, 27, 29, 32, 35OKC vs UTA · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 33, 20, 36, 36, 22, 26, 40, 23, 30CLE vs BOS · W
29.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 14, 30, 11, 15, 21, 17, 11, 30OKC vs UTA · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 27, 9, 20, 24, 18, 19, 10, 29SAC vs MIN · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 11 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+11.9 24.3 last 10 · 12.4 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+9.3 22.6 last 10 · 13.3 season
Darren CollisonNOH+7.6 18.6 last 10 · 11.0 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+6.3 28.7 last 10 · 22.4 season
Stephen CurryGSW+5.7 21.9 last 10 · 16.2 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
Martell WebsterPOR−6.0 3.7 last 10 · 9.7 season
Devin BrownCHI−5.8 2.4 last 10 · 8.2 season
Omri CasspiSAC−5.0 6.1 last 10 · 11.1 season