FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 29, 2010Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 6 points, by TOR (vs CHA) and NJN (vs SAS).

Final
TOR103
CHA101
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR -4; Q3 TOR -6; Q4 TOR +2
Final
SAS84
NJN90
Q1 NJN -6; Q2 NJN -3; Q3 NJN -4; Q4 NJN +6
Final
LAL100
NOH108
Q1 NOH +5; Q2 NOH +8; Q3 NOH +14; Q4 NOH +8
Final
DEN93
DAL109
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +16
Final
NYK98
UTA103
Q1 UTA +14; Q2 UTA +4; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +5
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 29, 2009: 9 games. Top scorer: Ben Gordon (CHI @ TOR), 37 points.
The lead · TOR @ CHA

Toronto takes over late to edge Charlotte

Down 6 after three, Toronto won the fourth 31–23. Final: 103–101. Chris Bosh led Toronto with 22 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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 Q3Final00-4-6+2TOR AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR18252931103
CHA18293123101
Who led
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 24, 28, 14, 22, 36, 21, 20, 18, 19, 22TOR22 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 22, 15, 5, 19, 12, 14, 17, 16TOR16 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 7, 17, 25, 9, 13, 16, 19, 18CHA18 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 28, 20, 20, 19, 18, 16, 37, 20, 18CHA18 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · SAS @ NJN

New Jersey takes down San Antonio

A 6-point win over the 44–28 Spurs. Final: 90–84. Brook Lopez led New Jersey with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over CHA2UTA over NYK5NJN over SAS6NOH over LAL8DAL over DEN16Final margin, points. Pink = NJN over SAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.3Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.3 in 72 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.1Season avg13.9Last 3

13.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.1 in 59 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.4Season avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 6.4 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 34

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 24, 12, 20, 26, 28, 16, 18, 15, 13, 34DAL vs DEN · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden BKN, Jun 1, 2021: 34 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
34 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 21, 29, 30, 22, 24, 24, 11, 17, 31LAL @ NOH · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 30, 17, 17, 17, 11, 11, 21, 16, 13, 27DEN @ DAL · L
15.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 26, 28, 17, 28, 10, 9, 30, 26LAL @ NOH · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 22 REB · 2 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 20, 15, 16, 11, 4, 23, 24, 26NYK @ UTA · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 19, 23, 10, 19, 18, 22, 22, 26UTA vs NYK · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 14 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
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+6.8 29.7 last 10 · 22.9 season
Manu GinobiliSAS+6.4 22.4 last 10 · 16.0 season
Andray BlatcheWAS+6.4 19.3 last 10 · 12.9 season
Terrence WilliamsNJN+6.2 13.8 last 10 · 7.6 season
John SalmonsMIL+6.1 20.9 last 10 · 14.8 season
Cold
Devin BrownCHI−6.5 1.5 last 10 · 8.0 season
Chris KamanLAC−6.2 12.2 last 10 · 18.4 season
Anthony MorrowGSW−6.0 6.5 last 10 · 12.5 season
Martell WebsterPOR−5.5 3.8 last 10 · 9.3 season
Ronnie BrewerMEM−5.5 3.3 last 10 · 8.8 season