FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 24, 2010Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed SAS by 7 at halftime and won 92–83.

Final
ORL84
ATL86
Q1 ATL -6; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL +6; Q4 ATL +2
Final
DEN99
BOS113
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +14
Final
MIN95
CHA108
Q1 CHA -3; Q2 CHA +10; Q3 CHA +9; Q4 CHA +13
Final
WAS82
IND99
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +16; Q4 IND +17
Final
UTA113
TOR87
Q1 UTA +16; Q2 UTA +18; Q3 UTA +20; Q4 UTA +26
Final
SAC79
NJN93
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN +4; Q3 NJN +9; Q4 NJN +14
Final
PHI101
MIL86
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +13; Q3 PHI +18; Q4 PHI +15
Final
CLE105
NOH92
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +16; Q4 CLE +13
Final
HOU104
OKC122
Q1 OKC +14; Q2 OKC +17; Q3 OKC +19; Q4 OKC +18
Final
LAL92
SAS83
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL -7; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +9
Final
MEM110
GSW128
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW +22; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +18
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 24, 2009: 4 games. Top scorer: Tony Parker (SAS vs GSW), 30 points.
The lead · LAL @ SAS

Lakers make it seven straight

Lakers beat San Antonio 92–83 and moved to 53–18. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 6 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 Q3Final0-3-7+5+9LAL AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2219302192
SAS2523181783
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 39, 26, 34, 32, 21, 29, 30, 22, 24, 24LAL24 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 8, 10, 4, 17, 10, 18, 4, 19LAL19 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 38, 28, 6, 14, 22, 18, 23, 38, 21, 24SAS24 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
George HillPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 19, 14, 16, 2, 10, 11, 27, 21SAS21 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.4Season avg24.8Last 5

24.8 points a game over his last five games, against 15.4 in 64 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.2Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.2 in 58 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.0Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 4.0 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Utah posts the night's biggest win

Utah beat Toronto by 26, the widest margin of 11 games.

ATL over ORL2LAL over SAS9CHA over MIN13CLE over NOH13BOS over DEN14NJN over SAC14PHI over MIL15IND over WAS17OKC over HOU18GSW over MEM18UTA over TOR26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 40, 23, 30, 29, 32, 29, 15, 38CLE @ NOH · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 24, 28, 20, 20, 19, 18, 16, 37CHA vs MIN · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 19, 32, 24, 45, 29, 26, 29, 36, 32DEN @ BOS · L
29.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 32, 24, 16, 29, 26, 29, 32, 32, 31IND vs WAS · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 9, 31, 25, 12, 15, 35, 29, 9, 14, 30GSW vs MEM · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 20, 18, 15, 29, 26, 29, 11, 27BOS vs DEN · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 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
Manu GinobiliSAS+7.6 23.2 last 10 · 15.6 season
Andray BlatcheWAS+7.6 20.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+6.9 29.8 last 10 · 22.9 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+6.8 20.6 last 10 · 13.8 season
Luis ScolaHOU+6.3 22.3 last 10 · 16.0 season
Cold
Omri CasspiSAC−6.4 4.2 last 10 · 10.6 season
Devin BrownCHI−6.4 1.7 last 10 · 8.1 season
Larry HughesCHA−6.3 2.7 last 10 · 9.0 season
Ronnie BrewerMEM−5.5 3.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Martell WebsterPOR−5.4 4.1 last 10 · 9.5 season