FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 20, 2010Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed DEN by 4 after the first quarter and won 102–97.

Final
CHI98
PHI84
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +12; Q3 CHI +15; Q4 CHI +14
Final
CHA71
MIA77
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +6
Final
TOR100
NJN90
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR -3; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +10
Final
GSW107
MEM123
Q1 MEM -1; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM +17; Q4 MEM +16
Final
BOS102
DAL93
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +1; Q4 BOS +9
Final
MIL102
DEN97
Q1 MIL -4; Q2 MIL -1; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL +5
Final
NOH86
UTA106
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +25; Q3 UTA +34; Q4 UTA +20
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 20, 2009: 11 games. Top scorer: JR Smith (DEN vs WAS), 40 points.
The lead · MIL @ DEN

Milwaukee takes care of Denver

A 5-point win, 102–97. John Salmons led Milwaukee with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MIL 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 Q3Final0-4-10+5MIL AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL27262326102
DEN3123222197
Who led
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 32, 22, 17, 12, 16, 24, 12, 20, 27, 26MIL26 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Carlos DelfinoPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 13, 19, 16, 19, 9, 5, 10, 21MIL21 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 34, 30, 19, 32, 24, 45, 29, 26, 29DEN29 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 21, 25, 21, 22, 17, 10, 10, 29DEN29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.2Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 14.2 in 66 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.1Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.1 in 50 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+34.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.7Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 8.7 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: Utah by 20.

MIL over DEN5MIA over CHA6BOS over DAL9TOR over NJN10CHI over PHI14MEM over GSW16UTA over NOH20Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Chris Bosh 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.
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 23, 32, 12, 22, 14, 24, 28, 14, 22, 36TOR @ NJN · W
24.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 34, 30, 19, 32, 24, 45, 29, 26, 29DEN vs MIL · L
28.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 7, 17, 12, 14, 20, 18, 15, 29, 26, 29BOS @ DAL · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 21, 25, 21, 22, 17, 10, 10, 29DEN vs MIL · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 36, 27, 22, 31, 27, 24, 12, 20, 26, 28DAL vs BOS · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 6, 26, 22, 22, 17, 31, 13, 28, 39, 28GSW @ MEM · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 3 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+8.9 21.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+7.6 30.4 last 10 · 22.8 season
Jrue HolidayPHI+6.7 14.2 last 10 · 7.5 season
Terrence WilliamsNJN+6.6 13.9 last 10 · 7.3 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+6.5 20.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Cold
Larry HughesCHA−6.7 2.6 last 10 · 9.3 season
Devin BrownCHI−6.4 1.7 last 10 · 8.1 season
Nate RobinsonBOS−6.0 5.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Martell WebsterPOR−5.6 4.1 last 10 · 9.7 season
Charlie BellMIL−4.9 2.2 last 10 · 7.1 season