FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 3, 2012Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed CLE by 9 after the first quarter and won 101–98.

Final
OKC90
ATL97
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +6; Q3 ATL +1; Q4 ATL +7
Final
MIL98
ORL114
Q1 ORL +15; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +16
Final
CLE98
WAS101
Q1 WAS -9; Q2 WAS -5; Q3 WAS 0; Q4 WAS +3
Final
DET83
MEM100
Q1 MEM 0; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM -1; Q4 MEM +17
Final
IND102
NOH84
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +17; Q3 IND +25; Q4 IND +18
Final
UTA96
DAL102
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +19; Q4 DAL +6
Final
MIN122
POR110
Q1 MIN +12; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +12
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 3, 2011: 2 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA vs ORL), 29 points.
The lead · CLE @ WAS

Jordan Crawford scores 31, Washington holds off Cleveland

Final: 101–98. Jordan Crawford added 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · WAS 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-50+3WAS AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE3322232098
WAS24262823101
Who led
Jordan CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 21, 12, 21, 20, 32, 19, 18, 31WAS31 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 15, 9, 29, 18, 24, 10, 21, 19, 33, 24WAS24 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 13, 21, 32, 22, 8, 23, 22, 29CLE29 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 22, 17, 23, 25, 6, 24, 22, 20CLE20 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Second story · DET @ MEM

Memphis makes it four straight

Memphis beat Detroit 100–83 and moved to 22–15. Marc Gasol led Memphis with 17 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · MEM
Lvs UTA88–98Wvs HOU93–83W@ NJN105–100Wvs DEN103–102Wvs GSW104–103L@ HOU93–97Wvs PHI89–76Wvs DAL96–85W@ TOR102–99Wvs DET100–83MEM: last 10 games through Mar 3, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.8Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.8 in 35 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.5Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.5 in 17 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.2Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 12.2 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Love 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.
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 32, 19, 30, 33, 20, 22, 10, 10, 23, 42MIN @ POR · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Juwan Howard WSB, Apr 19, 1996: 42 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Season high42 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 28, 34, 26, 25, 24, 1, 19, 40DAL vs UTA · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +20.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: David West NOH, Nov 16, 2007: 40 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Season high40 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 33, 23, 51, 31, 28, 33, 23, 38, 35OKC @ ATL · L
28.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Jordan CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 21, 12, 21, 20, 32, 19, 18, 31WAS vs CLE · W
13.3 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 30, 14, 17, 13, 22, 14, 24, 30ATL vs OKC · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 13, 21, 32, 22, 8, 23, 22, 29CLE @ WAS · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 5 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+5.7 16.7 last 10 · 11.0 season
Nicolas BatumPOR+5.2 19.5 last 10 · 14.3 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS+5.1 18.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Isaiah ThomasSAC+5.0 14.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Cold
LaMarcus AldridgePOR−4.5 17.4 last 10 · 21.9 season
Byron MullensCHA−4.5 4.7 last 10 · 9.2 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−4.3 17.2 last 10 · 21.5 season
Stephen JacksonMIL−3.9 6.6 last 10 · 10.5 season
Evan TurnerPHI−3.9 4.0 last 10 · 7.9 season