FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 23, 2012Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 7 points, by PHX (vs IND) and ATL (vs NJN).

Final
MIL112
CHA92
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +15; Q4 MIL +20
Final
PHX113
IND111
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX -7; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +2
Final
CLE80
ORL93
Q1 ORL +11; Q2 ORL +15; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +13
Final
NYK79
TOR96
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +17; Q4 TOR +17
Final
NJN84
ATL93
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL -1; Q3 ATL -7; Q4 ATL +9
Final
MIA88
DET73
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +23; Q3 MIA +15; Q4 MIA +15
Final · 2OT
MIN140
OKC149
Q1 OKC +1; Q2 OKC +2; Q3 OKC +6; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC 0; OT2 OKC +9
Final
BOS86
PHI99
Q1 PHI -6; Q2 PHI -6; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +13
Final
DAL87
SAS104
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +17
Final
POR96
LAL103
Q1 LAL +11; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +7
Final
DEN102
UTA121
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +18; Q4 UTA +19
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 23, 2011: 12 games. Top scorer: Dorell Wright (GSW @ HOU), 34 points.
The lead · PHX @ IND

Phoenix holds off Indiana, 113–111

Phoenix led 86–79 after three and held on to win by two. Marcin Gortat led Phoenix with 23 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-3-7+7+2PHX AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX28263227113
IND31301832111
Who led
Marcin GortatPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 8, 25, 8, 16, 15, 13, 4, 23PHX23 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 10, 15, 14, 10, 12, 14, 10, 19, 6, 22PHX22 PTS · 0 REB · 1 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 18, 11, 20, 9, 11, 25, 16, 28IND28 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Roy HibbertPoints, last 10 games: 13, 5, 10, 8, 14, 4, 24, 13, 19, 19IND19 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg15.4Last 5

15.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 44 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg3.7Last 3

3.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 41 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.5Season avg43.9Today

44 minutes today, against 16.5 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Milwaukee by 20.

PHX over IND2LAL over POR7ATL over NJN9OKC over MIN9ORL over CLE13PHI over BOS13MIA over DET15TOR over NYK17SAS over DAL17UTA over DEN19MIL over CHA20Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Kevin Love leads the day with 51

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: 39, 29, 31, 30, 25, 27, 21, 36, 17, 51MIN @ OKC · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +25.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Antawn Jamison GSW, Dec 3, 2000: 51 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Career high51 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 31, 19, 23, 19, 23, 36, 28, 23, 19, 45OKC vs MIN · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Ray Allen SEA, May 1, 2005: 45 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Career high45 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 26, 28, 24, 25, 26, 18, 32, 40OKC vs MIN · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jarrett Allen CLE, Feb 1, 2026: 40 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
40 PTS · 17 REB · 5 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 28, 33, 18, 23, 7, 10, 32, 30ATL vs NJN · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 21, 4, 12, 18, 20, 17, 23, 30TOR vs NYK · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 30, 17, 15, 21, 15, 21, 16, 29POR @ LAL · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 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
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
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+5.4 17.8 last 10 · 12.4 season
Andrew BynumLAL+4.8 22.8 last 10 · 18.0 season
Cold
Andrea BargnaniTOR−4.8 14.6 last 10 · 19.4 season
Danilo GallinariDEN−4.2 11.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Iman ShumpertNYK−3.7 5.4 last 10 · 9.1 season
Andray BlatcheWAS−3.5 5.0 last 10 · 8.5 season
Michael BeasleyMIN−3.5 8.0 last 10 · 11.5 season