FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 31, 2010Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed MEM by 6 after three quarters and won 106–102.

Final
LAL92
ATL109
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +10; Q3 ATL +16; Q4 ATL +17
Final
PHI84
CHA103
Q1 CHA +6; Q2 CHA +10; Q3 CHA +18; Q4 CHA +19
Final
MIL98
CLE101
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +3
Final
LAC92
TOR114
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR -5; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +22
Final
OKC109
BOS104
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC -4; Q3 OKC 0; Q4 OKC +5
Final
MIA98
DET81
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +17
Final
PHX116
NJN105
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +11
Final · OT
DAL106
MEM102
Q1 DAL -5; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL -6; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +4
Final
SAC99
MIN108
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +17; Q4 MIN +9
Final
WAS96
NOH91
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +4; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +5
Final
HOU102
SAS119
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +17
Final
NYK90
POR118
Q1 POR +11; Q2 POR +27; Q3 POR +30; Q4 POR +28
Final
GSW104
UTA128
Q1 UTA +14; Q2 UTA +27; Q3 UTA +28; Q4 UTA +24
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 31, 2009: 9 games. Top scorer: David West (NOH @ SAC), 40 points.
The lead · DAL @ MEM

Dallas needs overtime to survive Memphis

Tied 90–90 after regulation. Dallas won the final period 16–12 for a 106–102 win. Jason Terry led Dallas with 29 points, 1 rebound and 6 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-50-60+4DAL AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DAL2228172316106
MEM2723231712102
Who led
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 9, 18, 24, 14, 11, 9, 15, 29DAL29 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 26, 28, 16, 18, 15, 13, 34, 28DAL28 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 25, 24, 4, 21, 20, 21, 17, 27MEM27 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 6, 19, 11, 15, 12, 21, 18, 25MEM25 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Portland posts the night's biggest win

Portland beat New York by 28, the widest margin of 13 games.

CLE over MIL3DAL over MEM4OKC over BOS5WAS over NOH5MIN over SAC9PHX over NJN11ATL over LAL17MIA over DET17SAS over HOU17CHA over PHI19TOR over LAC22UTA over GSW24POR over NYK28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
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
13.2Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.2 in 72 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.8Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.8 in 47 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.0Season avg34.2Today

34 minutes today, against 9.0 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 37

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: 35, 26, 31, 16, 45, 25, 26, 29, 26, 37OKC @ BOS · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 28, 14, 22, 36, 21, 20, 18, 19, 22, 34TOR vs LAC · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
George HillPoints, last 10 games: 16, 2, 10, 11, 27, 21, 14, 15, 19, 30SAS vs HOU · W
12.7 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 9, 18, 24, 14, 11, 9, 15, 29DAL @ MEM · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 27, 26, 32, 4, 23, 25, 9, 28MIL @ CLE · L
14.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 6, 8, 16, 16, 15, 8, 2, 28MIA @ DET · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 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
Manu GinobiliSAS+7.6 23.6 last 10 · 16.0 season
Terrence WilliamsNJN+6.3 14.1 last 10 · 7.8 season
Andray BlatcheWAS+5.9 19.2 last 10 · 13.3 season
John SalmonsMIL+5.7 20.6 last 10 · 14.9 season
Drew GoodenLAC+5.5 16.3 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Devin BrownCHI−6.5 1.5 last 10 · 8.0 season
Nate RobinsonBOS−5.9 4.5 last 10 · 10.4 season
Ronnie BrewerMEM−5.5 3.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Omri CasspiSAC−5.4 5.1 last 10 · 10.5 season
Chris KamanLAC−5.1 13.3 last 10 · 18.4 season