FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 1, 2012Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed ORL by 11 after three quarters and won 105–102.

Final
OKC105
ORL102
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC -3; Q3 OKC -11; Q4 OKC +3
Final
MIN95
PHX104
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX -5; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +9
Final
LAC108
SAC100
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC +6; Q4 LAC +8
Final
MIA107
POR93
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +18; Q3 MIA +18; Q4 MIA +14
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 · 2010–11Mar 1, 2011: 8 games. Top scorer: Dwight Howard (ORL vs NYK), 30 points.
The lead · OKC @ ORL

Kevin Durant scores 38, OKC rallies past Orlando

OKC trailed by 11 after three and won 105–102.

Game flow · OKC 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 Q3Final0-3-3-11+3OKC AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC20302035105
ORL23302821102
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 33, 23, 51, 31, 28, 33, 23, 38OKC38 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 26, 18, 40, 31, 31, 19, 22, 29OKC29 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 17, 26, 12, 28, 20, 12, 14, 33ORL33 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 9, 14, 31, 17, 14, 6, 7, 12, 16ORL16 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Second story · MIN @ PHX

Phoenix beats Minnesota, 104–95

Phoenix led 77–74 after three and won by 9. Grant Hill led Phoenix with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
OKC over ORL3LAC over SAC8PHX over MIN9MIA over POR14Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.6Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.6 in 31 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.8Season avg20.3Last 3

20.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.8 in 34 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.4Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 24.4 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 38

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 23, 35, 23, 28, 25, 18, 20, 38MIA @ POR · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 33, 23, 51, 31, 28, 33, 23, 38OKC @ ORL · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 33, 26, 21, 22, 16, 22, 27, 30, 22, 33MIA @ POR · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 11, 11, 17, 26, 12, 28, 20, 12, 14, 33ORL vs OKC · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 26, 18, 40, 31, 31, 19, 22, 29OKC @ ORL · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 32, 32, 19, 30, 33, 20, 22, 10, 10, 23MIN @ PHX · L
24.5 PPG season to date · −1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 10 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
Jeremy LinNYK+6.8 21.4 last 10 · 14.6 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+6.1 17.0 last 10 · 10.9 season
Arron AfflaloDEN+5.1 17.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Channing FryePHX+5.1 14.9 last 10 · 9.8 season
Tony ParkerSAS+4.9 24.0 last 10 · 19.1 season
Cold
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−4.3 17.2 last 10 · 21.5 season
Stephen JacksonMIL−3.9 6.6 last 10 · 10.5 season
Byron MullensCHA−3.9 5.5 last 10 · 9.4 season
Anthony MorrowNJN−3.9 9.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Evan TurnerPHI−3.7 4.3 last 10 · 8.0 season