FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 27, 2011Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 9 points, by SAC (vs PHI) and DAL (vs PHX).

Final · OT
SAC114
PHI111
Q1 SAC -9; Q2 SAC -5; Q3 SAC +3; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +3
Final
ATL99
CLE83
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +13; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +16
Final
SAS104
MEM111
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM +4; Q4 MEM +7
Final
HOU119
MIA125
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +6
Final
BOS85
MIN82
Q1 BOS +19; Q2 BOS +13; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +3
Final
POR90
OKC99
Q1 OKC +1; Q2 OKC +14; Q3 OKC +6; Q4 OKC +9
Final
WAS104
GSW114
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW -3; Q3 GSW +6; Q4 GSW +10
Final
NOH84
LAL102
Q1 LAL +11; Q2 LAL +16; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +18
Final
DAL91
PHX83
Q1 DAL -9; Q2 DAL -5; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +8
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 27, 2010: 5 games. Top scorer: Rodrigue Beaubois (DAL @ GSW), 40 points.
The lead · SAC @ PHI

Marcus Thornton scores 32, Sacramento rallies past Philadelphia

Sacramento trailed by 9 after one and won 114–111.

Game flow · SAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-9-5+30+3SAC AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
SAC1826302614114
PHI2722222911111
Who led
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 42, 23, 7, 23, 25, 27, 15, 32SAC32 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jason ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 8, 2, 4, 6, 4, 5, 8, 15SAC15 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 22, 9, 6, 4, 20, 15, 7, 12, 13, 28PHI28 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Jodie MeeksPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 13, 17, 22, 7, 17, 15, 14, 22PHI22 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Second story · DAL @ PHX

Dallas climbs back to beat Phoenix

Phoenix led by 9 after one. Dallas won it 91–83. Tyson Chandler led Dallas with 16 points, 18 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · DAL vs PHX
Tyson Chandler · DALMarcin Gortat · PHXPTS1620REB1815AST11Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.3Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.3 in 62 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 49 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.3Season avg15.1Last 3

15.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.3 in 63 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg42.7Today

43 minutes today, against 20.3 a game in 71 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Gerald Wallace leads the day with 40

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.
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 5, 8, 17, 25, 9, 28, 14, 40POR @ OKC · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +24.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Dec 29, 1997: 41 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Season high40 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 39, 16, 15, 26, 8, 18, 10, 15, 27, 37GSW vs WAS · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 13 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 16, 8, 8, 22, 16, 10, 13, 19, 21, 33GSW vs WAS · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 31, 19, 27, 21, 19, 43, 33, 19, 32, 33MIA vs HOU · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 42, 23, 7, 23, 25, 27, 15, 32SAC @ PHI · W
11.6 PPG season to date · +20.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 7, 24, 18, 30, 21, 17, 18, 23, 20, 31MIA vs HOU · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 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+11.4 23.0 last 10 · 11.6 season
Tyler HansbroughIND+7.7 18.7 last 10 · 11.0 season
Marcin GortatPHX+6.4 16.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Kyle LowryHOU+6.3 19.7 last 10 · 13.4 season
Samuel DalembertSAC+6.3 14.2 last 10 · 7.9 season
Cold
Deron WilliamsNJN−5.7 14.7 last 10 · 20.4 season
Rashard LewisWAS−5.6 6.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Carlos BoozerCHI−5.4 12.4 last 10 · 17.8 season
Ben GordonDET−5.1 6.8 last 10 · 11.9 season
Raymond FeltonDEN−5.1 10.7 last 10 · 15.8 season