FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 22, 2010Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed DAL by 13 after the first quarter and won 115–99.

Final
ORL109
PHI93
Q1 ORL +4; Q2 ORL +9; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +16
Final
MIA99
NJN89
Q1 MIA -7; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +10
Final
HOU88
CHI98
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI -5; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +10
Final
ATL95
MIL98
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL -9; Q3 MIL -7; Q4 MIL +3
Final
TOR106
MIN100
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +6
Final
DAL99
NOH115
Q1 NOH -13; Q2 NOH +7; Q3 NOH +12; Q4 NOH +16
Final
SAS99
OKC96
Q1 SAS -9; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +3
Final
BOS97
UTA110
Q1 UTA -5; Q2 UTA -5; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +13
Final
MEM102
SAC85
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +17
Final
PHX133
GSW131
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +2
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 22, 2009: 7 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA @ DET), 39 points.
The lead · DAL @ NOH

New Orleans climbs back to beat Dallas

Dallas led by 13 after one. New Orleans won it 115–99. Marcus Thornton led New Orleans with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · NOH 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13+7+12+16NOH AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL3213252999
NOH19333033115
Who led
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 28, 11, 23, 28, 17, 14, 15, 22, 28NOH28 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 33, 30, 24, 24, 36, 14, 4, 25NOH25 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 4, 14, 30, 17, 11, 20, 26, 9, 18, 24DAL24 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 31, 27, 24, 12, 20, 26, 28, 16DAL16 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.7Season avg32.0Last 5

32.0 points a game over his last five games, against 22.7 in 70 earlier games. Today: 37 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.4Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.4 in 62 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg45.1Today

45 minutes today, against 22.6 a game in 61 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 1 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Memphis by 17.

PHX over GSW2MIL over ATL3SAS over OKC3TOR over MIN6MIA over NJN10CHI over HOU10UTA over BOS13ORL over PHI16NOH over DAL16MEM over SAC17Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 45

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 32, 27, 29, 32, 35, 26, 31, 16, 45OKC vs SAS · L
29.7 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Carmelo Anthony DEN, Dec 27, 2005: 45 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Ties season high45 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 19, 30, 30, 30, 29, 36, 25, 44, 18, 37PHX @ GSW · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 22, 20, 16, 20, 27, 11, 16, 34PHX @ GSW · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high34 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 12, 16, 24, 12, 20, 27, 26, 32MIL vs ATL · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 22, 17, 31, 13, 28, 39, 28, 30GSW vs PHX · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Reggie WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 4, 8, 28, 14, 12, 0, 22, 15, 15, 29GSW vs PHX · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 6 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+8.7 21.4 last 10 · 12.7 season
Manu GinobiliSAS+7.1 22.5 last 10 · 15.4 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+6.9 29.8 last 10 · 22.9 season
Jrue HolidayPHI+6.7 14.2 last 10 · 7.5 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+6.7 20.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
Cold
Larry HughesCHA−6.7 2.6 last 10 · 9.3 season
Devin BrownCHI−6.4 1.7 last 10 · 8.1 season
Omri CasspiSAC−5.6 5.1 last 10 · 10.7 season
Nate RobinsonBOS−5.6 5.5 last 10 · 11.1 season
Ronnie BrewerMEM−5.5 3.3 last 10 · 8.8 season