FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 12, 2011Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed POR by 3 at halftime and won 91–82.

Final
MEM85
MIA118
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +18; Q3 MIA +24; Q4 MIA +33
Final
POR82
ATL91
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL -3; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +9
Final
LAC122
WAS101
Q1 LAC +11; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC +18; Q4 LAC +21
Final
UTA100
CHI118
Q1 CHI +20; Q2 CHI +27; Q3 CHI +17; Q4 CHI +18
Final
PHI74
MIL102
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +18; Q3 MIL +23; Q4 MIL +28
Final
SAC103
NOH115
Q1 NOH +7; Q2 NOH 0; Q3 NOH -1; Q4 NOH +12
Final
SAS115
HOU107
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS -1; Q4 SAS +8
Final
LAL96
DAL91
Q1 LAL +1; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +5
Final
DET101
DEN131
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +19; Q4 DEN +30
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 12, 2010: 12 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN @ NOH), 32 points.
The lead · POR @ ATL

Atlanta beats Portland, 91–82

Atlanta led 62–54 after three and won by 9. Jeff Teague led Atlanta with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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+1-3+8+9ATL AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR1820162882
ATL1916272991
Who led
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 2, 7, 0, 8, 4, 0, 2, 24ATL24 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 23, 11, 12, 19, 14, 9, 14, 20ATL20 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 29, 24, 19, 14, 20, 26, 24, 26, 15, 22POR22 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 12, 9, 21, 5, 13, 10, 20, 19POR19 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Miami posts the night's biggest win

Miami beat Memphis by 33, the widest margin of 9 games.

LAL over DAL5SAS over HOU8ATL over POR9NOH over SAC12CHI over UTA18LAC over WAS21MIL over PHI28DEN over DET30MIA over MEM33Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.5Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 54 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg10.1Last 3

10.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.3 in 60 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.4Season avg44.3Today

44 minutes today, against 12.4 a game in 54 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Chris Paul leads the day with 33

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.
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 19, 17, 6, 7, 4, 23, 13, 33NOH vs SAC · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 7 REB · 15 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 20, 28, 19, 27, 36, 34, 9, 33UTA @ CHI · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 3, 26, 12, 8, 19, 14, 8, 5, 12, 31DEN vs DET · W
11.8 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 23, 34, 41, 12, 28, 19, 20, 38, 20, 28MIA vs MEM · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 30, 33, 20, 12, 20, 15, 17, 28HOU vs SAS · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 31, 29, 25, 27, 29, 26, 26, 31, 19, 27MIA vs MEM · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 5 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+7.9 26.6 last 10 · 18.7 season
Chase BudingerHOU+7.2 16.3 last 10 · 9.1 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+6.7 14.6 last 10 · 7.9 season
James HardenOKC+6.2 17.7 last 10 · 11.5 season
Greg MonroeDET+6.2 14.8 last 10 · 8.6 season
Cold
Steve NashPHX−5.9 9.8 last 10 · 15.7 season
Raymond FeltonDEN−5.8 10.3 last 10 · 16.1 season
Rashard LewisWAS−5.6 6.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Brandon RoyPOR−5.3 9.5 last 10 · 14.8 season
Al HarringtonDEN−5.2 5.2 last 10 · 10.4 season