FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 18, 2012Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed DET by 8 after three quarters and won 87–83.

Final
ATL103
CLE87
Q1 ATL +12; Q2 ATL +14; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +16
Final · OT
DET83
LAC87
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC -3; Q3 LAC -8; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 LAC +4
Final
WAS92
MEM97
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM -3; Q3 MEM +8; Q4 MEM +5
Final
MIN99
SAC115
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC 0; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +16
Final
ORL81
MIA91
Q1 MIA +9; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA +4; Q4 MIA +10
Final
HOU86
PHX99
Q1 PHX +13; Q2 PHX +16; Q3 PHX +16; Q4 PHX +13
Final
UTA103
LAL99
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +4
Final
POR95
OKC111
Q1 OKC +16; Q2 OKC +15; Q3 OKC +14; Q4 OKC +16
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 18, 2011: 12 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA @ ATL), 43 points.
The lead · DET @ LAC

Clippers need overtime to survive Detroit

Tied 74–74 after regulation. Clippers won the final period 13–9 for an 87–83 win. Chris Paul led Clippers with 19 points, 9 rebounds and 15 assists.

Game flow · LAC 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+6-3-80+4LAC AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DET1823249983
LAC241419171387
Who led
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 22, 36, 23, 14, 13, 10, 23, 19LAC19 PTS · 9 REB · 15 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 14, 26, 28, 15, 27, 24, 12, 25, 18, 17LAC17 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 14, 2, 20, 11, 14, 32, 8, 23DET23 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 4, 14, 13, 10, 17, 10, 9, 28, 12, 20DET20 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · WAS @ MEM

Memphis beats Washington, 97–92

Memphis led 74–66 after three and won by 5. Rudy Gay led Memphis with 27 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAC over DET4UTA over LAL4MEM over WAS5MIA over ORL10PHX over HOU13ATL over CLE16SAC over MIN16OKC over POR16Final margin, points. Pink = MEM over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.6Season avg27.2Last 5

27.2 points a game over his last five games, against 18.6 in 38 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.8 in 25 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.1Season avg37.5Today

38 minutes today, against 14.1 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Andrew Bynum 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.
Andrew BynumPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 30, 19, 26, 20, 37, 25, 15, 33LAL vs UTA · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 33, 31, 16, 13, 18, 28, 28, 36, 12, 31MIA vs ORL · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 19, 12, 18, 18, 21, 34, 19, 34, 28ATL @ CLE · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 24, 31, 19, 23, 19, 23, 36, 28OKC vs POR · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 18, 23, 15, 26, 19, 7, 26, 27MEM vs WAS · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 38, 35, 22, 30, 23, 26, 28, 24, 25, 26OKC vs POR · W
27.7 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 6 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
Rodney StuckeyDET+6.2 22.5 last 10 · 16.3 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.9 24.0 last 10 · 18.1 season
Josh SmithATL+5.7 23.4 last 10 · 17.7 season
Drew GoodenMIL+5.0 19.5 last 10 · 14.5 season
Cold
Ben GordonDET−4.5 7.0 last 10 · 11.5 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−4.2 8.2 last 10 · 12.4 season
Norris ColeMIA−4.0 3.5 last 10 · 7.5 season