FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 19, 2012Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed ATL by 3 after the first quarter and won 79–76.

Final
PHI105
CHA80
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI +13; Q4 PHI +25
Final
BOS79
ATL76
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS -1; Q4 BOS +3
Final
CLE105
NJN100
Q1 CLE +13; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE +5
Final
CHI85
ORL59
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +15; Q3 CHI +12; Q4 CHI +26
Final
DAL112
DEN95
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +17
Final
MIN97
GSW93
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +14; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +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 19, 2011: 6 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA vs DEN), 33 points.
The lead · BOS @ ATL

Boston takes over late to edge Atlanta

Down 1 after three, Boston won the fourth 29–25. Final: 79–76. Ray Allen led Boston with 19 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-2-1+3BOS AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS1219192979
ATL1518182576
Who led
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 2, 22, 17, 15, 7, 26, 7, 19BOS19 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 8, 10, 14, 21, 24, 10, 22, 16BOS16 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 18, 18, 21, 34, 19, 34, 28, 25ATL25 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Zaza PachuliaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 9, 2, 10, 6, 12, 10, 9, 16ATL16 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Second story · MIN @ GSW

Minnesota leads Golden State wire to wire

Minnesota was ahead at every break and won 97–93. Best quarter: the second, 28–21. Kevin Love led Minnesota with 36 points, 16 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over ATL3MIN over GSW4CLE over NJN5DAL over DEN17PHI over CHA25CHI over ORL26Final margin, points. Pink = MIN over GSW.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.0Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.0 in 42 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.6Season avg17.2Last 3

17.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.6 in 45 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.6Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 15.6 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Love leads the day with 36

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.
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 23, 42, 39, 29, 31, 30, 25, 27, 21, 36MIN @ GSW · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 40, 27, 28, 18, 13, 22, 27, 27, 27, 33DAL @ DEN · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 38, 23, 12, 12, 57, 16, 21, 7, 20, 28NJN vs CLE · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 0 REB · 8 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 13, 13, 2, 15, 5, 15, 11, 27NJN vs CLE · L
13.5 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Tristan ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 0, 3, 3, 5, 4, 9, 5, 7, 27CLE @ NJN · W
7.2 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 22, 18, 9, 21, 14, 28, 19, 26CLE @ NJN · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 7 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
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+5.4 26.2 last 10 · 20.8 season
Drew GoodenMIL+5.0 19.5 last 10 · 14.5 season
Cold
Ben GordonDET−4.5 7.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Stephen JacksonSAS−4.2 6.1 last 10 · 10.3 season
Caron ButlerLAC−4.2 8.2 last 10 · 12.4 season
Danilo GallinariDEN−4.2 11.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Norris ColeMIA−4.0 3.5 last 10 · 7.5 season