FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 6, 2011Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed DAL by 17 at halftime and won 104–103.

Final
CHI87
MIA86
Q1 CHI -4; Q2 CHI -9; Q3 CHI -2; Q4 CHI +1
Final
LAL99
SAS83
Q1 LAL +21; Q2 LAL +28; Q3 LAL +29; Q4 LAL +16
Final
WAS102
DET113
Q1 DET +7; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +11
Final · OT
GSW117
PHI125
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +8; Q3 PHI 0; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +8
Final
NYK92
ATL79
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +13
Final
NOH96
CLE81
Q1 NOH +3; Q2 NOH +3; Q3 NOH +7; Q4 NOH +15
Final · OT
PHX118
OKC122
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC -4; Q3 OKC -5; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +4
Final
MEM104
DAL103
Q1 MEM -6; Q2 MEM -17; Q3 MEM +1; Q4 MEM +1
Final
BOS89
MIL83
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS -6; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +6
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 6, 2010: 9 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs ATL), 38 points.
The lead · MEM @ DAL

Memphis storms back from 17 down to beat Dallas

The Grizzlies trailed by 17 at the half and won 104–103. Zach Randolph led Memphis with 27 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-17+1+1MEM AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM21174125104
DAL27282325103
Who led
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 31, 14, 21, 12, 24, 23, 24, 21, 20, 27MEM27 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 22, 10, 22, 8, 19, 18, 12, 17MEM17 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 25, 7, 12, 16, 13, 25, 19, 30, 21, 26DAL26 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 13, 35, 23, 21, 31, 22, 29, 23DAL23 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.3Season avg24.2Last 5

24.2 points a game over his last five games, against 16.3 in 61 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.3Season avg6.3Last 3

6.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.3 in 35 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.6Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 10.6 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Lakers by 16.

CHI over MIA1MEM over DAL1OKC over PHX4BOS over MIL6PHI over GSW8DET over WAS11NYK over ATL13NOH over CLE15LAL over SAS16Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 32

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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 10, 13, 25, 18, 22, 21, 28, 32OKC vs PHX · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 6, 7, 10, 16, 6, 17, 7, 5, 11, 29PHX @ OKC · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 31, 14, 21, 12, 24, 23, 24, 21, 20, 27MEM @ DAL · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 42, 32, 26, 17, 21, 12, 24, 27CHI @ MIA · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 33, 21, 35, 15, 16, 20, 13, 21, 41, 27GSW @ PHI · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 23, 31, 29, 25, 27, 29, 26, 26MIA vs CHI · L
26.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 6 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
Marcin GortatPHX+6.6 15.0 last 10 · 8.4 season
Randy FoyeLAC+6.5 16.3 last 10 · 9.8 season
Al JeffersonUTA+5.7 23.9 last 10 · 18.2 season
Ramon SessionsCLE+5.3 18.0 last 10 · 12.7 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+5.3 12.6 last 10 · 7.3 season
Cold
Rashard LewisWAS−5.6 6.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Brandon RoyPOR−5.4 9.8 last 10 · 15.2 season
Al HarringtonDEN−5.2 5.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Deron WilliamsNJN−4.9 15.9 last 10 · 20.8 season
Gilbert ArenasORL−4.5 7.0 last 10 · 11.5 season