FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 17, 2011Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
CHI84
NJN73
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +11
Final
MEM99
NYK120
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +18; Q4 NYK +21
Final
CLE70
POR111
Q1 POR +25; Q2 POR +30; Q3 POR +44; Q4 POR +41
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 17, 2010: 11 games. Top scorer: David West (NOH @ GSW), 36 points.
The lead · CHI @ NJN

Chicago makes it eight straight

Chicago beat New Jersey 84–73 and moved to 49–18. Derrick Rose led Chicago with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4+7+10+11CHI AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI2419172484
NJN2016142373
Who led
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 24, 27, 24, 20, 34, 26, 23, 21CHI21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 16, 18, 10, 7, 18, 26, 20, 19CHI19 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 21, 28, 25, 34, 26, 24, 20, 22NJN22 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Kris HumphriesPoints, last 10 games: 5, 12, 13, 16, 18, 20, 11, 19, 16, 13NJN13 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MEM @ NYK

New York routs Memphis by 21

New York led by 8 at halftime and won 120–99. Toney Douglas led New York with 29 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over NJN11NYK over MEM21POR over CLE41Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over MEM.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.7Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.7 in 65 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.4Season avg21.1Last 3

21.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.4 in 33 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.1Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 13.1 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Toney Douglas leads the day with 29

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.
Toney DouglasPoints, last 10 games: 2, 24, 11, 10, 20, 18, 18, 3, 17, 29NYK vs MEM · W
10.0 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 29, 14, 34, 31, 18, 25, 29, 28NYK vs MEM · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 21, 28, 25, 34, 26, 24, 20, 22NJN vs CHI · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 24, 27, 24, 20, 34, 26, 23, 21CHI @ NJN · W
24.6 PPG season to date · −3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 20, 26, 24, 26, 15, 22, 30, 20POR vs CLE · W
22.3 PPG season to date · −2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 16, 18, 10, 7, 18, 26, 20, 19CHI @ NJN · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 4 REB · 3 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+8.8 19.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Al JeffersonUTA+7.2 26.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
Greg MonroeDET+6.9 15.7 last 10 · 8.8 season
Chase BudingerHOU+6.4 15.7 last 10 · 9.3 season
Kyle LowryHOU+5.5 18.4 last 10 · 12.9 season
Cold
Steve NashPHX−6.5 9.1 last 10 · 15.6 season
Deron WilliamsNJN−5.7 14.8 last 10 · 20.5 season
Rashard LewisWAS−5.6 6.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Al HarringtonDEN−5.5 4.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
Raymond FeltonDEN−5.4 10.7 last 10 · 16.1 season