FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 26, 2011Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed TOR by 7 after three quarters and won 94–90.

Final
NJN87
ATL98
Q1 ATL +17; Q2 ATL +26; Q3 ATL +21; Q4 ATL +11
Final
NYK106
CHA114
Q1 CHA -1; Q2 CHA +13; Q3 CHA +13; Q4 CHA +8
Final
IND88
DET100
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +12
Final
CHI95
MIL87
Q1 CHI -4; Q2 CHI -4; Q3 CHI -5; Q4 CHI +8
Final
DAL94
UTA77
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +17
Final
TOR90
LAC94
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC -1; Q3 LAC -7; Q4 LAC +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 26, 2010: 11 games. Top scorer: Danny Granger (IND vs UTA), 44 points.
The lead · TOR @ LAC

Toronto's skid reaches four

Clippers won 94–90; the Raptors fall to 20–53. Blake Griffin led Clippers with 22 points, 16 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-1-7+4LAC AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2123291790
LAC1825232894
Who led
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 26, 8, 14, 30, 17, 33, 22, 22LAC22 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 10, 23, 14, 14, 8, 4, 21, 28, 8, 17LAC17 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Ed DavisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 8, 2, 2, 0, 3, 7, 18, 21TOR21 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Jose CalderonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 13, 10, 17, 3, 9, 6, 3, 16TOR16 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.5Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.5 in 39 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.8Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.8 in 44 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.6Season avg30.3Today

30 minutes today, against 11.6 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · CHI @ MIL

Chicago makes it four straight

Chicago beat Milwaukee 95–87 and moved to 53–19. Derrick Rose led Chicago with 30 points, 3 rebounds and 17 assists.

Streak strip · CHI
W@ CHA101–84Wvs ATL94–76Wvs UTA118–100Wvs WAS98–79W@ NJN84–73L@ IND108–115Wvs SAC132–92W@ ATL114–81Wvs MEM99–96W@ MIL95–87CHI: last 10 games through Mar 26, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 36

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 29, 28, 6, 23, 22, 24, 25, 36NYK @ CHA · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 20, 34, 26, 23, 21, 42, 18, 30, 24, 30CHI @ MIL · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 17 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 6, 0, 10, 22, 25, 22, 8, 11, 25MIL vs CHI · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Anthony MorrowPoints, last 10 games: 22, 9, 15, 8, 9, 19, 12, 10, 19, 25NJN @ ATL · L
13.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high25 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 4, 17, 6, 15, 7, 11, 18, 14, 8, 23ATL vs NJN · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Carlos DelfinoPoints, last 10 games: 4, 12, 3, 13, 2, 26, 30, 30, 8, 23MIL vs CHI · L
12.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 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
Marcus ThorntonSAC+10.7 22.0 last 10 · 11.3 season
Tyler HansbroughIND+7.7 18.7 last 10 · 11.0 season
Kyle LowryHOU+6.4 19.6 last 10 · 13.2 season
Marcin GortatPHX+5.9 15.3 last 10 · 9.4 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+5.6 14.1 last 10 · 8.5 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−5.4 12.4 last 10 · 17.8 season
Ben GordonDET−5.1 6.8 last 10 · 11.9 season
Monta EllisGSW−5.1 19.0 last 10 · 24.1 season