FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 27, 2010Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed HOU by 7 after the first quarter and won 109–101.

Final
UTA103
WAS87
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +16
Final
NJN83
CHI106
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI +16; Q3 CHI +26; Q4 CHI +23
Final
POR112
NOH101
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +16; Q3 POR +22; Q4 POR +11
Final
LAL109
HOU101
Q1 LAL -7; Q2 LAL +17; Q3 LAL +20; Q4 LAL +8
Final
DAL111
GSW90
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +26; Q3 DAL +29; Q4 DAL +21
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 27, 2009: 10 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN @ DAL), 43 points.
The lead · LAL @ HOU

Pau Gasol scores 30 as Lakers win in Houston

Final: 109–101. Pau Gasol made 11 of 17 shots from the field.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+17+20+8LAL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL27352720109
HOU34112432101
Who led
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 15, 26, 28, 17, 28, 10, 9, 30LAL30 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 34, 32, 21, 29, 30, 22, 24, 24, 11, 17LAL17 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 23, 44, 23, 20, 17, 4, 22, 25, 16, 28HOU28 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 31, 31, 10, 16, 9, 11, 18, 26HOU26 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.2Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.2 in 43 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.9Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.9 in 53 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.1Season avg39.7Today

40 minutes today, against 13.1 a game in 52 earlier games. Line: 27 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · POR @ NOH

Portland never trails at a break against New Orleans

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 112–101. Brandon Roy led Portland with 28 points, 1 rebound and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over HOU8POR over NOH11UTA over WAS16DAL over GSW21CHI over NJN23Final margin, points. Pink = POR over NOH.
Top performances

Rodrigue Beaubois leads the day with 40

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.
Rodrigue BeauboisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 24, 11, 16, 13, 11, 9, 10, 0, 40DAL @ GSW · W
8.0 PPG season to date · +32.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Kevin Garnett MIN, Mar 22, 2000: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Career high40 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 15, 26, 28, 17, 28, 10, 9, 30LAL @ HOU · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 23, 44, 23, 20, 17, 4, 22, 25, 16, 28HOU vs LAL · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 19, 41, 28, 20, 14, 23, 16, 28POR @ NOH · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Jannero PargoPoints, last 10 games: 5, 11, 20, 12, 9, 6, 4, 2, 3, 27CHI vs NJN · W
6.0 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 31, 31, 10, 16, 9, 11, 18, 26HOU vs LAL · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 0 REB · 7 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
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+6.9 29.7 last 10 · 22.8 season
Manu GinobiliSAS+6.6 22.4 last 10 · 15.8 season
Andray BlatcheWAS+6.4 19.3 last 10 · 12.9 season
Terrence WilliamsNJN+6.3 13.9 last 10 · 7.6 season
Luis ScolaHOU+6.0 22.2 last 10 · 16.2 season
Cold
Omri CasspiSAC−6.7 3.8 last 10 · 10.5 season
Devin BrownCHI−6.5 1.5 last 10 · 8.0 season
Chris KamanLAC−6.0 12.5 last 10 · 18.5 season
Ronnie BrewerMEM−5.5 3.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Larry HughesCHA−5.5 3.5 last 10 · 9.0 season