FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 20, 2011Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed NJN by 13 at halftime and won 98–92.

Final
NJN92
WAS98
Q1 WAS -12; Q2 WAS -13; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS +6
Final
DET96
ATL104
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +8
Final
NYK95
MIL100
Q1 MIL +23; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL +3; Q4 MIL +5
Final
PHX108
LAC99
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +5; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +9
Final
SAC127
MIN95
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +10; Q4 SAC +32
Final
UTA108
HOU110
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +2
Final
TOR95
OKC93
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +2
Final
GSW73
DAL101
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +28
Final
POR80
LAL84
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL -4; Q3 LAL -4; Q4 LAL +4
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 20, 2010: 7 games. Top scorer: Chris Bosh (TOR @ NJN), 36 points.
The lead · NJN @ WAS

Washington turns it around against New Jersey

From 13 down at the half to a 6-point win: 98–92. John Wall led Washington with 26 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · WAS 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 Q3Final0-12-13+3+6WAS AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN3521122492
WAS2320282798
Who led
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 18, 24, 10, 25, 14, 17, 21, 26WAS26 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Jordan CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 2, 4, 8, 7, 22, 16, 12, 27, 25, 21WAS21 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 21, 28, 25, 34, 26, 24, 20, 22, 25, 21NJN21 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Anthony MorrowPoints, last 10 games: 25, 11, 22, 6, 22, 9, 15, 8, 9, 19NJN19 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.5Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.5 in 58 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.4Season avg14.4Last 3

14.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.4 in 67 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Season avg43.9Today

44 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Kings rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Sacramento beat Minnesota by 32.

HOU over UTA2TOR over OKC2LAL over POR4MIL over NYK5WAS over NJN6ATL over DET8PHX over LAC9DAL over GSW28SAC over MIN32Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Paul Millsap leads the day with 35

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.
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 18, 23, 23, 17, 10, 12, 4, 35UTA @ HOU · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 20, 15, 17, 28, 23, 21, 25, 34HOU vs UTA · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Carlos DelfinoPoints, last 10 games: 3, 6, 15, 4, 12, 3, 13, 2, 26, 30MIL vs NYK · W
12.1 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 18, 19, 32, 13, 18, 11, 20, 28HOU vs UTA · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Baron Davis CHH, Apr 30, 2002: 28 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
28 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Samuel DalembertPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 8, 5, 2, 16, 27, 16, 6, 26SAC @ MIN · W
7.6 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 18, 24, 10, 25, 14, 17, 21, 26WAS vs NJN · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 8 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+11.0 21.7 last 10 · 10.7 season
Tyler HansbroughIND+10.1 20.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Kyle LowryHOU+7.2 20.4 last 10 · 13.2 season
Al JeffersonUTA+6.9 25.9 last 10 · 19.0 season
James HardenOKC+6.1 18.0 last 10 · 11.9 season
Cold
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
Steve NashPHX−4.6 11.1 last 10 · 15.7 season