FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 6, 2012Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed ORL by 10 after the first quarter and won 100–84.

Final
ORL84
CHA100
Q1 CHA -10; Q2 CHA -5; Q3 CHA +1; Q4 CHA +16
Final
ATL101
IND96
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +5
Final · OT
HOU92
BOS97
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS -5; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +5
Final · OT
LAL85
DET88
Q1 DET -7; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET -7; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +3
Final
NJN78
MIA108
Q1 MIA +13; Q2 MIA +27; Q3 MIA +32; Q4 MIA +30
Final
NYK85
DAL95
Q1 DAL +12; Q2 DAL +6; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +10
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 6, 2011: 9 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC vs PHX), 32 points.
The lead · ORL @ CHA

Charlotte climbs out of a 10-point hole against Orlando

Down 10 after one, the Bobcats won the third quarter 29–23 and the game 100–84. Corey Maggette led Charlotte with 29 points, 7 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · CHA 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-5+1+16CHA AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL2523231384
CHA15282928100
Who led
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 18, 16, 10, 20, 17, 14, 24, 29CHA29 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Gerald HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 15, 7, 14, 16, 13, 8, 15, 16CHA16 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 26, 12, 28, 20, 12, 14, 33, 28, 36, 15ORL15 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 9, 9, 14, 10, 23, 15, 16, 19, 14ORL14 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.6Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.6 in 37 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.4Season avg5.7Last 3

5.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.4 in 28 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.8Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 23.8 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 17 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Miami posts the night's biggest win

Miami beat New Jersey by 30, the widest margin of 6 games.

DET over LAL3ATL over IND5BOS over HOU5DAL over NYK10CHA over ORL16MIA over NJN30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Rodney Stuckey leads the day with 34

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.
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 36, 16, 16, 0, 17, 29, 20, 34DET vs LAL · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Andrew BynumPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 16, 14, 19, 14, 13, 19, 16, 30LAL @ DET · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 18, 20, 23, 12, 10, 27, 34, 30BOS vs HOU · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 12, 22, 18, 16, 10, 20, 17, 14, 24, 29CHA vs ORL · W
15.2 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 28, 34, 26, 25, 24, 1, 19, 40, 27, 28DAL vs NYK · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 15, 30, 14, 17, 13, 22, 14, 24, 30, 27ATL @ IND · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 2 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
Rodney StuckeyDET+6.1 21.6 last 10 · 15.5 season
Nicolas BatumPOR+5.8 20.2 last 10 · 14.4 season
Isaiah ThomasSAC+5.3 14.9 last 10 · 9.6 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS+5.2 18.3 last 10 · 13.1 season
Cold
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−4.7 16.3 last 10 · 21.0 season
D.J. AugustinCHA−4.5 7.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR−4.5 17.1 last 10 · 21.6 season
Caron ButlerLAC−4.2 9.2 last 10 · 13.4 season
Byron MullensCHA−4.0 5.3 last 10 · 9.3 season