FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 18, 2010Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · OT
ORL108
MIA102
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL 0; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL 0; OT1 ORL +6
Final
NOH80
DEN93
Q1 DEN +10; Q2 DEN +25; Q3 DEN +16; Q4 DEN +13
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 18, 2009: 11 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS vs MIA), 36 points.
The lead · ORL @ MIA

Orlando outlasts Miami in overtime

95–95 at the end of regulation. Orlando took the last extra period 13–7. Final: 108–102. Vince Carter led Orlando with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists. Dwyane Wade scored 36 for Miami in the loss.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+40+50+6ORL AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
ORL2925221913108
MIA252917247102
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 13, 25, 13, 23, 18, 23, 24, 27ORL27 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 9, 12, 15, 6, 3, 3, 20, 24ORL24 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 21, 35, 27, 38, 27, 27, 22, 38, 28, 36MIA36 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 13, 3, 19, 19, 25, 10, 13, 14MIA14 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · NOH @ DEN

Denver leads New Orleans wire to wire

Denver was ahead at every break and won 93–80. Best quarter: the second, 35–20. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 26 points, 18 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DEN vs NOH
Carmelo Anthony · DENDarren Collison · NOHPTS2615REB183AST46Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.7Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.7 in 62 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg17.6Last 3

17.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 64 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 26.2 a game in 63 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 36

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: 21, 35, 27, 38, 27, 27, 22, 38, 28, 36MIA vs ORL · L
26.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 13, 25, 13, 23, 18, 23, 24, 27ORL @ MIA · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 30, 34, 30, 19, 32, 24, 45, 29, 26DEN vs NOH · W
28.8 PPG season to date · −2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 9, 12, 15, 6, 3, 3, 20, 24ORL @ MIA · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Nene HilarioPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 13, 14, 17, 17, 13, 15, 16, 20DEN vs NOH · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 20, 22, 15, 3, 30, 17, 17, 17DEN vs NOH · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 3 REB · 2 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+11.3 24.0 last 10 · 12.7 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+7.4 20.8 last 10 · 13.4 season
Jrue HolidayPHI+7.1 14.4 last 10 · 7.3 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.7 23.1 last 10 · 16.4 season
Luis ScolaHOU+6.6 22.5 last 10 · 15.9 season
Cold
Devin BrownCHI−6.4 1.7 last 10 · 8.1 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Martell WebsterPOR−6.0 3.7 last 10 · 9.7 season
Monta EllisGSW−4.7 20.7 last 10 · 25.4 season
Omri CasspiSAC−4.5 6.6 last 10 · 11.1 season