FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 21, 2011Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed NYK by 14 at halftime and won 96–86.

Final
ORL97
CLE86
Q1 ORL +15; Q2 ORL +18; Q3 ORL +22; Q4 ORL +11
Final
IND102
NJN98
Q1 IND -4; Q2 IND -4; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +4
Final
BOS96
NYK86
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS -14; Q3 BOS -6; Q4 BOS +10
Final
SAC92
CHI132
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +17; Q3 CHI +26; Q4 CHI +40
Final
UTA85
MEM103
Q1 MEM +8; Q2 MEM +12; Q3 MEM +15; Q4 MEM +18
Final
GSW96
SAS111
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +17; Q4 SAS +15
Final
TOR90
DEN123
Q1 DEN +13; Q2 DEN +28; Q3 DEN +29; Q4 DEN +33
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 21, 2010: 7 games. Top scorer: Manu Ginobili (SAS @ ATL), 38 points.
The lead · BOS @ NYK

Boston rallies from 14 down to beat New York

Trailing by 14 at the half, Boston outscored the Knicks 59–35 the rest of the way. Final: 96–86. Kevin Garnett led Boston with 24 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

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 Q3Final0-3-14-6+10BOS AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS2215263396
NYK2526181786
Who led
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 16, 14, 8, 18, 10, 11, 12, 24BOS24 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 19, 11, 14, 7, 20, 10, 9, 21BOS21 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 34, 31, 18, 25, 29, 28, 6, 23, 22NYK22 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 16, 30, 9, 14, 18, 12, 21, 21NYK21 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Chicago posts the night's biggest win

Chicago beat Sacramento by 40, the widest margin of 7 games.

IND over NJN4BOS over NYK10ORL over CLE11SAS over GSW15MEM over UTA18DEN over TOR33CHI over SAC40Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.7Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 59 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.3Season avg21.8Last 3

21.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.3 in 61 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.1Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 15.1 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Dwight Howard leads the day with 28

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.
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 30, 14, 20, 16, 13, 26, 22, 31, 16, 28ORL @ CLE · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 18 REB · 4 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 6, 17, 24, 19, 12, 25, 11, 28SAS vs GSW · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 16, 22, 11, 25, 42, 23, 7, 23, 25SAC @ CHI · L
11.0 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 8, 14, 16, 14, 8, 18, 10, 11, 12, 24BOS @ NYK · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Roy HibbertPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 0, 4, 12, 15, 6, 15, 2, 24IND @ NJN · W
12.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 11, 20, 15, 23, 9, 9, 16, 23DEN vs TOR · W
11.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 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+10.6 21.6 last 10 · 11.0 season
Tyler HansbroughIND+9.5 20.3 last 10 · 10.8 season
Kyle LowryHOU+7.2 20.4 last 10 · 13.2 season
James HardenOKC+6.1 18.0 last 10 · 11.9 season
CJ MilesUTA+5.5 18.5 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cold
Deron WilliamsNJN−5.7 14.7 last 10 · 20.4 season
Rashard LewisWAS−5.6 6.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Raymond FeltonDEN−5.2 10.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Steve NashPHX−4.6 11.1 last 10 · 15.7 season
Al HarringtonDEN−4.6 5.7 last 10 · 10.3 season