FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 19, 2011Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed NOH by 14 after the first quarter and won 89–85.

Final
CLE92
LAC100
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC +4; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +8
Final
DEN98
MIA103
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +5
Final
IND78
MEM99
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 MEM +17; Q3 MEM +16; Q4 MEM +21
Final
BOS89
NOH85
Q1 BOS -14; Q2 BOS -11; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +4
Final
CHA98
SAS109
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +17; Q3 SAS +22; Q4 SAS +11
Final
PHI101
POR110
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +9
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 19, 2010: 11 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (PHX vs UTA), 44 points.
The lead · BOS @ NOH

Boston fights back from 14 down against New Orleans

Final: 89–85, after trailing by 14 after one. Glen Davis led Boston with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-14-11+3+4BOS AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS1426272289
NOH2823132185
Who led
Glen DavisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 10, 7, 14, 9, 16, 9, 16, 20BOS20 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 13, 23, 5, 17, 19, 12, 8, 20BOS20 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 0, 23, 11, 16, 25, 6, 16, 32NOH32 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Marco BelinelliPoints, last 10 games: 13, 2, 14, 18, 17, 21, 12, 9, 3, 23NOH23 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Second story · CLE @ LAC

Clippers beat Cleveland, 100–92

Clippers led 82–78 after three and won by 8. Blake Griffin led Clippers with 30 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over NOH4MIA over DEN5LAC over CLE8POR over PHI9SAS over CHA11MEM over IND21Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over CLE.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.8Season avg22.4Last 5

22.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.8 in 57 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.4Season avg20.2Last 3

20.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.4 in 66 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.3Season avg43.5Today

44 minutes today, against 25.3 a game in 67 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 26, 31, 19, 27, 21, 19, 43, 33MIA vs DEN · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 0, 23, 11, 16, 25, 6, 16, 32NOH vs BOS · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 20, 38, 20, 28, 29, 21, 14, 32MIA vs DEN · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 18, 17, 12, 23, 26, 8, 14, 30LAC vs CLE · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 30, 23, 23, 35, 23, 24, 5, 29LAC vs CLE · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
JJ HicksonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 23, 15, 10, 4, 8, 17, 5, 28CLE @ LAC · L
12.7 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 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
Marcus ThorntonSAC+11.8 22.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Tyler HansbroughIND+10.1 20.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Al JeffersonUTA+7.2 26.2 last 10 · 19.0 season
Toney DouglasNYK+6.8 17.0 last 10 · 10.2 season
Kyle LowryHOU+6.4 19.4 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cold
Steve NashPHX−6.1 9.5 last 10 · 15.6 season
Deron WilliamsNJN−5.7 14.7 last 10 · 20.4 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−5.2 10.7 last 10 · 15.9 season