FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 4, 2012Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed GSW by 9 at halftime and won 83–75.

Final · OT
NYK111
BOS115
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS -5; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +4
Final
MIA83
LAL93
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +12; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +10
Final
NJN104
CHA101
Q1 NJN -3; Q2 NJN -8; Q3 NJN +1; Q4 NJN +3
Final
GSW75
TOR83
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR -9; Q3 TOR +2; Q4 TOR +8
Final · OT
LAC105
HOU103
Q1 LAC -5; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 LAC +2
Final
CHI96
PHI91
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI -6; Q3 CHI 0; Q4 CHI +5
Final
SAC88
PHX96
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX -5; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 PHX +8
Final
DEN99
SAS94
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN +5
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 4, 2011: 11 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (NYK vs CLE), 41 points.
The lead · GSW @ TOR

Toronto fights back from 9 down against Golden State

Final: 83–75, after trailing by 9 at the half. DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 25 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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 Q3Final0-2-9+2+8TOR AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW2027111775
TOR1820222383
Who led
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 21, 8, 14, 29, 24, 23, 17, 21, 4, 25TOR25 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Leandro BarbosaPoints, last 10 games: 7, 12, 13, 7, 16, 17, 11, 15, 13, 18TOR18 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 28, 29, 23, 14, 24, 22, 12, 22, 24, 22GSW22 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 11, 33, 32, 26, 14, 24, 20, 20GSW20 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 8 games went past regulation.

LAC over HOU2NJN over CHA3BOS over NYK4CHI over PHI5DEN over SAS5TOR over GSW8PHX over SAC8LAL over MIA10Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.7Season avg28.4Last 5

28.4 points a game over his last five games, against 21.7 in 36 earlier games. Today: 57 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 27 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.9Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 12.9 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Deron Williams leads the day with 57

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.
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 27, 26, 29, 29, 26, 38, 23, 12, 12, 57NJN @ CHA · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +35.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: James Harden HOU, Mar 20, 2019: 57 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Career high57 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 32, 26, 4, 6, 23, 16, 32, 29, 19, 35CHI @ PHI · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 9, 10, 14, 18, 20, 23, 12, 10, 27, 34BOS vs NYK · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high34 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 10, 36, 32, 28, 15, 24, 31, 38, 33LAL vs MIA · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 13, 21, 24, 36, 27, 22, 16, 28LAC @ HOU · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 35, 23, 28, 25, 18, 20, 38, 35, 25MIA @ LAL · L
27.8 PPG season to date · −2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 13 REB · 7 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
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+5.7 16.7 last 10 · 11.0 season
Isaiah ThomasSAC+5.4 15.1 last 10 · 9.7 season
Deron WilliamsNJN+5.3 27.9 last 10 · 22.6 season
Nicolas BatumPOR+5.2 19.5 last 10 · 14.3 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS+5.1 18.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Cold
LaMarcus AldridgePOR−4.5 17.4 last 10 · 21.9 season
D.J. AugustinCHA−4.2 8.2 last 10 · 12.4 season
Stephen JacksonMIL−3.9 6.6 last 10 · 10.5 season
Evan TurnerPHI−3.7 4.1 last 10 · 7.8 season
Byron MullensCHA−3.7 5.6 last 10 · 9.3 season