FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 14, 2011Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed BOS by 9 after the first quarter and won 88–79.

Final
BOS79
NJN88
Q1 NJN -9; Q2 NJN -2; Q3 NJN +6; Q4 NJN +9
Final
OKC116
WAS89
Q1 OKC +9; Q2 OKC +21; Q3 OKC +25; Q4 OKC +27
Final
LAC82
MEM105
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +14; Q3 MEM +22; Q4 MEM +23
Final
SAS80
MIA110
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +10; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +30
Final
DEN114
NOH103
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +13; Q3 DEN +19; Q4 DEN +11
Final
PHX93
HOU95
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +10; Q4 HOU +2
Final · OT
PHI107
UTA112
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +18; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +5
Final
GSW119
SAC129
Q1 SAC +15; Q2 SAC +12; Q3 SAC +23; Q4 SAC +10
Final
ORL84
LAL97
Q1 LAL -6; Q2 LAL -5; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +13
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 14, 2010: 8 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs PHI), 38 points.
The lead · BOS @ NJN

New Jersey rallies from 9 down to beat Boston

Trailing by 9 after one, New Jersey outscored the Celtics 74–56 the rest of the way. Final: 88–79. Brook Lopez led New Jersey with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · NJN 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-2+6+9NJN AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS2315231879
NJN1422312188
Who led
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 13, 21, 28, 25, 34, 26, 24, 20NJN20 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Kris HumphriesPoints, last 10 games: 4, 5, 12, 13, 16, 18, 20, 11, 19, 16NJN16 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 10, 22, 25, 19, 27, 13, 23, 5, 17, 19BOS19 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 14, 16, 16, 28, 8, 14, 16, 14, 8, 18BOS18 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · ORL @ LAL

Lakers take care of Orlando

A 13-point win, 97–84. Pau Gasol led Lakers with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over PHX2UTA over PHI5NJN over BOS9SAC over GSW10DEN over NOH11LAL over ORL13MEM over LAC23OKC over WAS27MIA over SAS30Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over ORL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.8Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.8 in 55 earlier games. Today: 42 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.0Season avg24.1Last 3

24.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.0 in 57 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.1Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 15.1 a game in 55 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Marcus Thornton leads the day with 42

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.
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 29, 26, 22, 16, 22, 11, 25, 42SAC vs GSW · W
10.4 PPG season to date · +32.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Klay Thompson GSW, Feb 6, 2023: 42 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Career high42 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 21, 29, 18, 23, 34, 24, 19, 32OKC @ WAS · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 20, 28, 19, 27, 36, 34, 9, 33, 30UTA vs PHI · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 17 REB · 6 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 7, 15, 20, 13, 17, 23, 7, 24, 18, 30MIA vs SAS · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 24, 21, 20, 27, 17, 20, 13, 30MEM vs LAC · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 34, 41, 12, 28, 19, 20, 38, 20, 28, 29MIA vs SAS · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 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
Al JeffersonUTA+7.7 26.6 last 10 · 18.9 season
Chase BudingerHOU+7.6 16.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Tyler HansbroughIND+6.8 16.9 last 10 · 10.1 season
Greg MonroeDET+6.2 14.8 last 10 · 8.6 season
Marcin GortatPHX+6.1 14.8 last 10 · 8.7 season
Cold
Steve NashPHX−5.9 9.8 last 10 · 15.7 season
Al HarringtonDEN−5.7 4.5 last 10 · 10.2 season
Rashard LewisWAS−5.6 6.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Deron WilliamsNJN−5.3 15.4 last 10 · 20.7 season
Brandon RoyPOR−5.3 9.5 last 10 · 14.8 season