FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 17, 2012Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed PHI by 13 after the first quarter and won 89–80.

Final
HOU91
LAC95
Q1 LAC -4; Q2 LAC -8; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +4
Final
TOR103
CHA107
Q1 CHA -9; Q2 CHA -10; Q3 CHA +14; Q4 CHA +4
Final
NYK102
IND88
Q1 NYK -2; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +14
Final
PHI80
CHI89
Q1 CHI -13; Q2 CHI -6; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +9
Final
NOH102
NJN94
Q1 NOH -3; Q2 NOH -4; Q3 NOH -12; Q4 NOH +8
Final
SAS99
DAL106
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +7
Final
BOS91
DEN98
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +13; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +7
Final · OT
GSW92
UTA99
Q1 UTA -7; Q2 UTA -5; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +7
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 17, 2011: 3 games. Top scorer: Toney Douglas (NYK vs MEM), 29 points.
The lead · PHI @ CHI

Chicago fights back from 13 down against Philadelphia

Final: 89–80, after trailing by 13 after one. C.J. Watson led Chicago with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-6+5+9CHI AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI2420152180
CHI1127262589
Who led
C.J. WatsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 10, 0, 12, 5, 9, 11, 10, 20CHI20 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Joakim NoahPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 11, 9, 20, 9, 12, 14, 12, 13CHI13 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 16, 8, 10, 16, 8, 17, 7, 30PHI30 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Spencer HawesPoints, last 10 games: 7, 12, 0, 10, 4, 11, 14, 8, 6, 10PHI10 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.5Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.5 in 27 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.4Season avg12.3Last 3

12.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.4 in 26 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg44.6Today

45 minutes today, against 21.3 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 2 rebounds, 14 assists.

Second story · NOH @ NJN

New Orleans fights back late to top New Jersey

New Jersey led 82–70 after three. New Orleans won the fourth 32–12 and the game 102–94. Chris Kaman led New Orleans with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · NOH vs NJN
Chris Kaman · NOHDeron Williams · NJNPTS2020REB22AST212Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Jrue Holiday leads the day with 30

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.
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 16, 8, 10, 16, 8, 17, 7, 30PHI @ CHI · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Jerryd BaylessPoints, last 10 games: 18, 5, 15, 5, 12, 16, 20, 16, 28, 29TOR @ CHA · L
12.1 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 19, 40, 27, 28, 18, 13, 22, 27, 27, 27DAL vs SAS · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Courtney LeePoints, last 10 games: 3, 9, 13, 7, 3, 17, 5, 21, 9, 25HOU @ LAC · L
10.1 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Roy HibbertPoints, last 10 games: 12, 4, 2, 13, 5, 10, 8, 14, 4, 24IND vs NYK · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Gerald HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 16, 8, 7, 7, 15, 10, 12, 24CHA vs TOR · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 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+6.6 19.0 last 10 · 12.4 season
Josh SmithATL+6.2 24.1 last 10 · 17.9 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+5.2 21.8 last 10 · 16.6 season
Jared DudleyPHX+5.2 18.5 last 10 · 13.3 season
Trevor BookerWAS+5.1 14.0 last 10 · 8.9 season
Cold
Ben GordonDET−4.7 6.9 last 10 · 11.6 season
Danilo GallinariDEN−4.4 11.2 last 10 · 15.6 season
Stephen JacksonSAS−4.2 6.1 last 10 · 10.3 season
Caron ButlerLAC−4.1 8.5 last 10 · 12.6 season
Andray BlatcheWAS−3.6 5.2 last 10 · 8.8 season