FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 5, 2012Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed DAL by 7 at halftime and won 95–91.

Final
UTA109
CLE100
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +15; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +9
Final
ORL92
TOR88
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +4
Final
GSW120
WAS100
Q1 GSW +17; Q2 GSW +14; Q3 GSW +18; Q4 GSW +20
Final
IND72
CHI92
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +20
Final
PHI93
MIL97
Q1 MIL -5; Q2 MIL -4; Q3 MIL +3; Q4 MIL +4
Final
LAC94
MIN95
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN +1
Final
DAL91
OKC95
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC -7; Q3 OKC +3; Q4 OKC +4
Final · OT
SAC116
DEN119
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +3
Final
NOH74
POR86
Q1 POR +10; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +22; Q4 POR +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 5, 2011: 6 games. Top scorer: Andrea Bargnani (TOR @ NJN), 35 points.
The lead · DAL @ OKC

OKC handles Dallas by 4

The Thunder won the fourth quarter 27–26. Final: 95–91. Russell Westbrook led OKC with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · OKC 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+3-7+3+4OKC AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2329132691
OKC2619232795
Who led
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 40, 31, 31, 19, 22, 29, 25, 24OKC24 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 23, 51, 31, 28, 33, 23, 38, 35, 22OKC22 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 12, 28, 34, 26, 25, 24, 1, 19, 40, 27DAL27 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 13, 16, 16, 12, 18, 2, 22, 18DAL18 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Second story · PHI @ MIL

Milwaukee takes care of Philadelphia

A 4-point win, 97–93. Brandon Jennings led Milwaukee with 33 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over LAC1DEN over SAC3ORL over TOR4MIL over PHI4OKC over DAL4UTA over CLE9POR over NOH12GSW over WAS20CHI over IND20Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over PHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.3Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 13.3 in 36 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 22 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.0Season avg17.4Last 3

17.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.0 in 21 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.7Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 13.7 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Love leads the day with 39

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: 19, 30, 33, 20, 22, 10, 10, 23, 42, 39MIN vs LAC · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 12, 28, 20, 12, 14, 33, 28, 36ORL @ TOR · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 17, 22, 20, 14, 6, 34, 27, 33MIL vs PHI · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 3, 8, 27, 20, 20, 19, 12, 17, 14, 32DEN vs SAC · W
13.4 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 10, 21, 22, 13, 18, 14, 17, 27SAC @ DEN · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 12, 28, 34, 26, 25, 24, 1, 19, 40, 27DAL @ OKC · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 0 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+6.1 17.1 last 10 · 11.0 season
Nicolas BatumPOR+5.8 20.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Deron WilliamsNJN+5.3 27.9 last 10 · 22.6 season
Isaiah ThomasSAC+5.3 14.9 last 10 · 9.6 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS+5.2 18.3 last 10 · 13.1 season
Cold
LaMarcus AldridgePOR−4.5 17.1 last 10 · 21.6 season
D.J. AugustinCHA−4.2 8.2 last 10 · 12.4 season
Caron ButlerLAC−4.2 9.2 last 10 · 13.4 season
Stephen JacksonMIL−3.9 6.6 last 10 · 10.5 season
Evan TurnerPHI−3.8 3.9 last 10 · 7.7 season