FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 10, 2011Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed LAL by 2 after three quarters and won 94–88.

Final
LAL88
MIA94
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA +6
Final
NYK109
DAL127
Q1 DAL +10; Q2 DAL +21; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +18
Final
DEN116
PHX97
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +24; Q4 DEN +19
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 10, 2010: 9 games. Top scorer: David West (NOH @ OKC), 33 points.
The lead · LAL @ MIA

Miami handles Lakers by 6

The Heat won the first quarter 29–26. Final: 94–88. Chris Bosh led Miami with 24 points, 9 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0+3+2-2+6MIA AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2627171888
MIA2926132694
Who led
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 7, 15, 20, 13, 17, 23, 7, 24MIA24 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 28, 23, 34, 41, 12, 28, 19, 20, 38, 20MIA20 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 37, 24, 17, 24, 27, 26, 26, 24LAL24 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 30, 14, 18, 22, 18, 12, 20, 21, 14, 20LAL20 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Second story · NYK @ DAL

Dallas leads New York wire to wire

Dallas was ahead at every break and won 127–109. Best quarter: the second, 41–30. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 23 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over LAL6DAL over NYK18DEN over PHX19Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over NYK.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 60 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.4Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.4 in 59 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg37.6Today

38 minutes today, against 23.1 a game in 62 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Amar'e Stoudemire leads the day with 36

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.
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 19, 31, 16, 30, 24, 41, 26, 31, 26, 36NYK @ DAL · L
26.4 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 7, 15, 20, 13, 17, 23, 7, 24MIA vs LAL · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 37, 24, 17, 24, 27, 26, 26, 24LAL @ MIA · L
25.1 PPG season to date · −1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 35, 23, 21, 31, 22, 29, 23, 25, 26, 23DAL vs NYK · W
23.0 PPG season to date · −0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 13, 20, 10, 7, 10, 9, 7, 22DAL vs NYK · W
11.7 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Nene HilarioPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 15, 12, 12, 13, 14, 13, 25, 22DEN @ PHX · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 REB · 1 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
Al JeffersonUTA+9.2 27.9 last 10 · 18.7 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+7.4 15.2 last 10 · 7.8 season
Jarrett JackNOH+6.8 15.5 last 10 · 8.7 season
Randy FoyeLAC+6.3 16.1 last 10 · 9.8 season
Kyle LowryHOU+6.1 18.9 last 10 · 12.8 season
Cold
Brandon RoyPOR−6.3 8.6 last 10 · 14.9 season
Steve NashPHX−5.9 9.8 last 10 · 15.7 season
Rashard LewisWAS−5.6 6.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Raymond FeltonDEN−5.1 11.1 last 10 · 16.2 season
Al HarringtonDEN−5.0 5.4 last 10 · 10.4 season