FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 22, 2012Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed WAS by 20 at halftime and won 85–83.

Final
IND85
WAS83
Q1 IND -16; Q2 IND -20; Q3 IND -9; Q4 IND +2
Final
GSW83
HOU109
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +17; Q4 HOU +26
Final
BOS100
MIL91
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +9
Final
LAC90
NOH97
Q1 NOH -6; Q2 NOH -4; Q3 NOH -3; Q4 NOH +7
Final
MEM93
POR97
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR -3; Q4 POR +4
Final
UTA103
SAC102
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +1
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 22, 2011: 3 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs PHX), 42 points.
The lead · IND @ WAS

Indiana erases 20-point lead, steals one from Washington

Washington led 51–31 at halftime. Indiana won the second half 54–32 to take it 85–83. Roy Hibbert led Indiana with 19 points, 9 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-16-20-9+2IND AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND1813262885
WAS3417151783
Who led
Roy HibbertPoints, last 10 games: 2, 13, 5, 10, 8, 14, 4, 24, 13, 19IND19 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 19, 18, 11, 20, 9, 11, 25, 16IND16 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jordan CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 5, 14, 8, 19, 15, 17, 6, 22, 23, 21WAS21 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 20, 4, 25, 12, 18, 26, 14, 25, 12, 16WAS16 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg17.6Last 5

17.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 46 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg5.7Last 3

5.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.5 in 40 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg35.9Today

36 minutes today, against 20.8 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 1 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Houston by 26.

UTA over SAC1IND over WAS2POR over MEM4NOH over LAC7BOS over MIL9HOU over GSW26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Al Jefferson leads the day with 26

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.
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 31, 14, 16, 33, 18, 12, 16, 26UTA @ SAC · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 30, 16, 22, 13, 25, 15, 19, 22, 13, 25BOS @ MIL · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 27, 13, 17, 8, 16, 23, 13, 25SAC vs UTA · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 9, 11, 9, 9, 15, 6, 12, 24POR vs MEM · W
13.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 5, 15, 28, 19, 14, 20, 9, 23, 22SAC vs UTA · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 18 REB · 3 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 17, 21, 7, 20, 28, 15, 15, 22MEM @ POR · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 9 REB · 3 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
Klay ThompsonGSW+7.4 17.0 last 10 · 9.6 season
Goran DragicHOU+6.4 15.4 last 10 · 9.0 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+6.2 22.5 last 10 · 16.3 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.2 23.0 last 10 · 17.8 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+4.8 17.1 last 10 · 12.3 season
Cold
Danilo GallinariDEN−4.2 11.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Iman ShumpertNYK−4.0 5.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Norris ColeMIA−3.6 3.9 last 10 · 7.5 season
Andray BlatcheWAS−3.5 5.0 last 10 · 8.5 season
Michael BeasleyMIN−3.5 8.0 last 10 · 11.5 season