FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 11, 2012Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed TOR by 7 after the first quarter and won 105–99.

Final
PHI106
NYK94
Q1 PHI -2; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +16; Q4 PHI +12
Final
BOS94
LAL97
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +3
Final
HOU107
CLE118
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE +11
Final
IND94
ORL107
Q1 ORL +14; Q2 ORL +11; Q3 ORL +25; Q4 ORL +13
Final
MIL105
TOR99
Q1 MIL -7; Q2 MIL -5; Q3 MIL -1; Q4 MIL +6
Final
MEM94
DEN91
Q1 MEM -2; Q2 MEM -3; Q3 MEM +3; Q4 MEM +3
Final
ATL106
SAC99
Q1 ATL -1; Q2 ATL -1; Q3 ATL +6; Q4 ATL +7
Final
GSW97
LAC93
Q1 GSW +12; Q2 GSW +13; Q3 GSW +14; Q4 GSW +4
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 11, 2011: 9 games. Top scorer: Monta Ellis (GSW vs ORL), 39 points.
The lead · MIL @ TOR

Ersan Ilyasova scores 31 as Milwaukee wins in Toronto

Final: 105–99. Ersan Ilyasova made 11 of 16 shots from the field.

Game flow · MIL 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 Q3Final0-7-5-1+6MIL AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL21302727105
TOR2828232099
Who led
Ersan IlyasovaPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 13, 25, 8, 18, 11, 32, 26, 31MIL31 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 15, 23, 26, 7, 25, 27, 12, 21MIL21 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 17, 21, 4, 25, 23, 23, 15, 21TOR21 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Jerryd BaylessPoints, last 10 games: 2, 7, 4, 5, 18, 5, 15, 5, 12, 16TOR16 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Orlando by 13.

LAL over BOS3MEM over DEN3GSW over LAC4MIL over TOR6ATL over SAC7CLE over HOU11PHI over NYK12ORL over IND13Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.9Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.9 in 39 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 44 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 39 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 20.1 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Ersan Ilyasova leads the day with 31

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.
Ersan IlyasovaPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 13, 25, 8, 18, 11, 32, 26, 31MIL @ TOR · W
12.4 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 12, 14, 33, 28, 36, 15, 29, 30ORL vs IND · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 15, 18, 13, 16, 18, 9, 12, 30HOU @ CLE · L
15.4 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 16, 22, 23, 10, 16, 5, 15, 28SAC vs ATL · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 22, 14, 24, 30, 27, 23, 21, 28ATL @ SAC · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 22, 8, 23, 22, 29, 22, 33, 21, 28CLE vs HOU · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 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+7.0 19.4 last 10 · 12.4 season
Antawn JamisonCLE+5.4 24.0 last 10 · 18.6 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS+5.1 18.0 last 10 · 12.9 season
Chris PaulLAC+4.9 25.2 last 10 · 20.3 season
Arron AfflaloDEN+4.9 18.5 last 10 · 13.6 season
Cold
Caron ButlerLAC−5.8 6.9 last 10 · 12.7 season
Danilo GallinariDEN−4.9 10.4 last 10 · 15.3 season
Ben GordonDET−4.2 7.8 last 10 · 12.0 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−4.2 17.1 last 10 · 21.3 season
Stephen JacksonMIL−3.9 6.6 last 10 · 10.5 season