FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 1, 2011Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed NYK by 11 at halftime and won 116–110.

Final
GSW100
IND109
Q1 IND +10; Q2 IND -3; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +9
Final
NYK110
ORL116
Q1 ORL +11; Q2 ORL -11; Q3 ORL -5; Q4 ORL +6
Final
DAL101
PHI93
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +8
Final
NOH90
TOR96
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +15; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +6
Final
SAS93
MEM109
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +16; Q4 MEM +16
Final
DET90
MIL92
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL +1; Q3 MIL -3; Q4 MIL +2
Final
LAL90
MIN79
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL -5; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +11
Final
HOU103
POR87
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +16
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 · 2009–10Mar 1, 2010: 9 games. Top scorer: Marcus Thornton (NOH vs SAS), 30 points.
The lead · NYK @ ORL

Dwight Howard scores 30, Orlando rallies past New York

Orlando trailed by 11 at the half and won 116–110.

Game flow · ORL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+11-11-5+6ORL AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK21372626110
ORL32153237116
Who led
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 30, 20, 31, 32, 31, 40, 20, 30ORL30 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 12, 7, 6, 10, 15, 14, 13, 26ORL26 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 5, 30, 13, 15, 20, 21, 26, 16, 30NYK30 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 41, 23, 24, 23, 19, 31, 16, 30NYK30 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · LAL @ MIN

Lakers extend win streak to 5

90–79 over Minnesota. Record: 43–19. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · LAL
W@ BOS92–86W@ NYK113–96L@ ORL75–89L@ CHA89–109L@ CLE99–104Wvs ATL104–80W@ POR106–101Wvs LAC108–95W@ OKC90–87W@ MIN90–79LAL: last 10 games through Mar 1, oldest first. Pink = win.
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
8.5Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 58 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.5Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.5 in 40 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.8Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 13.8 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Dwight Howard leads the day with 30

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.
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 30, 20, 31, 32, 31, 40, 20, 30ORL vs NYK · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 5, 30, 13, 15, 20, 21, 26, 16, 30NYK @ ORL · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 25, 7, 12, 16, 13, 25, 19, 30DAL @ PHI · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 41, 23, 24, 23, 19, 31, 16, 30NYK @ ORL · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 30, 14, 28, 21, 18, 17, 25, 27IND vs GSW · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 12, 7, 6, 10, 15, 14, 13, 26ORL vs NYK · W
12.6 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 3 REB · 4 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
Randy FoyeLAC+9.5 19.5 last 10 · 10.0 season
Ramon SessionsCLE+6.7 19.4 last 10 · 12.7 season
JJ HicksonCLE+6.6 19.2 last 10 · 12.6 season
Samuel DalembertSAC+6.4 13.2 last 10 · 6.8 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+5.8 31.1 last 10 · 25.3 season
Cold
Vince CarterPHX−5.2 9.0 last 10 · 14.2 season
Gilbert ArenasORL−5.0 6.6 last 10 · 11.6 season
Jason RichardsonORL−4.9 11.0 last 10 · 15.9 season
Rashard LewisWAS−4.8 7.1 last 10 · 11.9 season
Jamal CrawfordATL−4.8 10.2 last 10 · 15.0 season