FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 22, 2011Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed PHX by 4 after the first quarter and won 139–137.

Final
CHI114
ATL81
Q1 CHI +10; Q2 CHI +29; Q3 CHI +38; Q4 CHI +33
Final
WAS76
POR111
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +17; Q3 POR +32; Q4 POR +35
Final · 3OT
PHX137
LAL139
Q1 LAL -4; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL 0; OT2 LAL 0; OT3 LAL +2
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 22, 2010: 10 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs SAS), 45 points.
The lead · PHX @ LAL

Kobe Bryant scores 42 as Lakers beat Phoenix

Lakers won 139–137. Kobe Bryant: 42 points, 12 rebounds, 9 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (7 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1End OT2Final0-4+6+9000+2LAL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2OT3T
PHX31292626997137
LAL27392917999139
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 26, 26, 24, 16, 16, 18, 22, 42LAL42 PTS · 12 REB · 9 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 15, 12, 11, 8, 16, 8, 16, 29LAL29 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Channing FryePoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 14, 7, 4, 20, 11, 17, 19, 32PHX32 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Marcin GortatPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 13, 14, 12, 12, 10, 18, 17, 24PHX24 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Second story · CHI @ ATL

Chicago leads Atlanta wire to wire

Chicago was ahead at every break and won 114–81. Best quarter: the second, 41–22. Derrick Rose led Chicago with 30 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over PHX2CHI over ATL33POR over WAS35Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over ATL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.0Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.0 in 28 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.4Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.4 in 42 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg53Today

53 minutes today, against 23.6 a game in 66 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 16 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 42

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 26, 26, 24, 16, 16, 18, 22, 42LAL vs PHX · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Feb 3, 2017: 42 PTS · 12 REB · 9 AST
Season high42 PTS · 12 REB · 9 AST
Channing FryePoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 14, 7, 4, 20, 11, 17, 19, 32PHX @ LAL · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 20, 34, 26, 23, 21, 42, 18, 30CHI @ ATL · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 15, 12, 11, 8, 16, 8, 16, 29LAL vs PHX · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 22, 13, 5, 8, 17, 25, 9, 28POR vs WAS · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 7, 18, 26, 20, 19, 21, 17, 27CHI @ ATL · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 1 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
Marcin GortatPHX+6.1 15.3 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cold
Deron WilliamsNJN−5.7 14.7 last 10 · 20.4 season
Rashard LewisWAS−5.6 6.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Carlos BoozerCHI−5.3 12.7 last 10 · 18.0 season
Raymond FeltonDEN−5.2 10.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Al HarringtonDEN−4.6 5.7 last 10 · 10.3 season