FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 10, 2012Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed IND by 9 after the first quarter and won 93–91.

Final
POR110
WAS99
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +11
Final
TOR86
DET105
Q1 DET +23; Q2 DET +24; Q3 DET +31; Q4 DET +19
Final · OT
IND91
MIA93
Q1 MIA -9; Q2 MIA -4; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +2
Final
UTA97
CHI111
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +16; Q4 CHI +14
Final
NOH95
MIN89
Q1 NOH 0; Q2 NOH +5; Q3 NOH +5; Q4 NOH +6
Final
HOU112
NJN106
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +10; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +6
Final
CHA95
OKC122
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +18; Q3 OKC +21; Q4 OKC +27
Final
MEM91
PHX98
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +7
Final
DAL87
GSW111
Q1 GSW +11; Q2 GSW +10; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +24
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 10, 2011: 3 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (NYK @ DAL), 36 points.
The lead · IND @ MIA

Miami needs overtime to survive Indiana

Tied 85–85 after regulation. Miami won the final period 8–6 for a 93–91 win. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-9-4-10+2MIA AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
IND26171824691
MIA17222125893
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 30, 22, 33, 31, 16, 13, 18, 28MIA28 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 18, 20, 38, 35, 25, 21, 31, 27MIA27 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 3, 32, 14, 14, 12, 25, 20, 11, 19, 19IND19 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 14, 16, 6, 10, 14, 10, 24, 15IND15 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
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
15.9Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.9 in 19 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.9minutes, last 3 vs 2010–11 avg
Minutes per game
21.92010–11 avg3.0Last 3

3.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.9 in 2010–11 (76 games). Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.3Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 7.3 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · MEM @ PHX

Phoenix beats Memphis, 98–91

Phoenix led 80–74 after three and won by 7. Jared Dudley led Phoenix with 19 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over IND2NOH over MIN6HOU over NJN6PHX over MEM7POR over WAS11CHI over UTA14DET over TOR19GSW over DAL24OKC over CHA27Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over MEM.
Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 33

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 16, 16, 13, 10, 16, 30, 15, 33OKC vs CHA · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 33, 20, 22, 10, 10, 23, 42, 39, 29, 31MIN vs NOH · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 21, 20, 20, 14, 10, 22, 22, 30POR @ WAS · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 30, 22, 33, 31, 16, 13, 18, 28MIA vs IND · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 18, 20, 38, 35, 25, 21, 31, 27MIA vs IND · W
27.7 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 14, 8, 13, 13, 4, 15, 26, 27CHI vs UTA · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 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+7.3 19.2 last 10 · 11.9 season
Arron AfflaloDEN+6.5 20.2 last 10 · 13.7 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS+5.1 18.0 last 10 · 12.9 season
Isaiah ThomasSAC+5.0 14.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Antawn JamisonCLE+5.0 23.3 last 10 · 18.3 season
Cold
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−5.3 16.0 last 10 · 21.3 season
Caron ButlerLAC−5.0 8.1 last 10 · 13.1 season
Ben GordonDET−4.2 7.8 last 10 · 12.0 season
Stephen JacksonMIL−3.9 6.6 last 10 · 10.5 season
Dorell WrightGSW−3.9 5.6 last 10 · 9.5 season