FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 15, 2011Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed DAL by 3 after the first quarter and won 104–101.

Final
MIL85
ATL110
Q1 ATL +11; Q2 ATL +16; Q3 ATL +29; Q4 ATL +25
Final
NYK117
IND119
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND +2
Final
WAS79
CHI98
Q1 CHI +12; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +15; Q4 CHI +19
Final
DAL101
POR104
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR -3; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +3
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 15, 2010: 6 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN @ HOU), 45 points.
The lead · DAL @ POR

LaMarcus Aldridge scores 30, Portland holds off Dallas

Final: 104–101. LaMarcus Aldridge added 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-3+2+3POR AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL32242421101
POR29242922104
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 14, 20, 26, 24, 26, 15, 22, 30POR30 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 5, 18, 6, 4, 10, 9, 14, 9, 16, 21POR21 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 21, 31, 22, 29, 23, 25, 26, 23, 25, 28DAL28 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 10, 7, 10, 9, 7, 22, 25, 18DAL18 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+15.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.1Season avg25.2Last 5

25.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.1 in 54 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.7Season avg19.4Last 3

19.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.7 in 65 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+34.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.4Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 13.4 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 27 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · NYK @ IND

Indiana controls New York start to finish

Indiana won 119–117, leading by as many as 5 at a break. Tyler Hansbrough led Indiana with 30 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
IND over NYK2POR over DAL3CHI over WAS19ATL over MIL25Final margin, points. Pink = IND over NYK.
Top performances

Joe Johnson 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.
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 22, 12, 24, 14, 11, 16, 11, 36ATL vs MIL · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 14, 20, 26, 24, 26, 15, 22, 30POR vs DAL · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Tyler HansbroughPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 13, 13, 17, 26, 21, 20, 29, 30IND vs NYK · W
10.5 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 22, 29, 14, 34, 31, 18, 25, 29NYK @ IND · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 21, 31, 22, 29, 23, 25, 26, 23, 25, 28DAL @ POR · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Jordan CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 2, 10, 2, 4, 8, 7, 22, 16, 12, 27WAS @ CHI · L
6.8 PPG season to date · +21.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 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
Tyler HansbroughIND+9.1 19.6 last 10 · 10.5 season
Al JeffersonUTA+7.7 26.6 last 10 · 18.9 season
Chase BudingerHOU+7.6 16.8 last 10 · 9.2 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
Raymond FeltonDEN−5.0 11.2 last 10 · 16.2 season