FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 26, 2012Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed SAC by 12 after the first quarter and won 113–106.

Final
BOS102
CHA95
Q1 BOS +18; Q2 BOS +2; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +7
Final
MIA90
IND105
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +15
Final
ORL117
TOR101
Q1 ORL +2; Q2 ORL +12; Q3 ORL +20; Q4 ORL +16
Final
DET79
WAS77
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET -5; Q3 DET -9; Q4 DET +2
Final
UTA105
NJN84
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA +17; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +21
Final
MIL80
NYK89
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK -5; Q3 NYK +4; Q4 NYK +9
Final
DEN108
CHI91
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN +2; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +17
Final · OT
SAC106
HOU113
Q1 HOU -12; Q2 HOU -9; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +7
Final
NOH85
LAC97
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +19; Q4 LAC +12
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 26, 2011: 6 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (NYK @ CHA), 36 points.
The lead · SAC @ HOU

Houston rallies from nine down at the half, wins in overtime

Sacramento led 51–42 at the break. It was 99–99 after regulation, and Houston won the extra time 14–7. Final: 113–106. Patrick Patterson led Houston with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 0 assists. DeMarcus Cousins scored 38 for Sacramento in the loss.

Game flow · HOU 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.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-12-9-10+7HOU AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
SAC292221277106
HOU1725292814113
Who led
Patrick PattersonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 4, 12, 8, 14, 13, 10, 8, 0, 24HOU24 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 12, 30, 18, 23, 10, 18, 23, 18, 19, 18HOU18 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 19, 14, 20, 9, 23, 22, 28, 38SAC38 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 9, 9, 36, 24, 31, 16, 16, 27SAC27 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · DET @ WAS

Detroit climbs out of a 9-point hole against Washington

Down 9 after three, the Pistons won the fourth quarter 26–15 and the game 79–77. Rodney Stuckey led Detroit with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DET vs WAS
Rodney Stuckey · DETJordan Crawford · WASPTS2420REB22AST05Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.3Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 9.3 in 49 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.1Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.1 in 30 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.5Season avg47.7Today

48 minutes today, against 23.5 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

DeMarcus Cousins leads the day with 38

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.
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 19, 14, 20, 9, 23, 22, 28, 38SAC @ HOU · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +21.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 13, 25, 15, 19, 22, 13, 25, 20, 21, 36BOS @ CHA · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 21, 16, 12, 16, 17, 10, 12, 15, 28NYK vs MIL · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 16, 19, 12, 5, 10, 29, 17, 28ORL @ TOR · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 5, 21, 9, 7, 11, 25, 5, 14, 27DEN @ CHI · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 9, 9, 36, 24, 31, 16, 16, 27SAC @ HOU · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 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
Klay ThompsonGSW+8.6 18.8 last 10 · 10.2 season
Goran DragicHOU+7.3 16.7 last 10 · 9.4 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+6.7 23.2 last 10 · 16.5 season
Joe JohnsonATL+5.9 25.2 last 10 · 19.3 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.6 23.9 last 10 · 18.3 season
Cold
Monta EllisMIL−5.1 15.5 last 10 · 20.6 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.0 13.8 last 10 · 18.8 season
Shaun LivingstonMIL−4.2 2.1 last 10 · 6.3 season
Danilo GallinariDEN−4.2 11.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Mario ChalmersMIA−3.8 6.1 last 10 · 9.9 season