FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 28, 2012Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed ORL by 4 after the first quarter and won 108–86.

Final
MIN88
CHA83
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN -2; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +5
Final
DET87
CLE75
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET +5; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +12
Final
ORL86
NYK108
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK +16; Q3 NYK +31; Q4 NYK +22
Final
DEN96
TOR105
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +2; Q3 TOR 0; Q4 TOR +9
Final
CHI98
ATL77
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI +12; Q3 CHI +16; Q4 CHI +21
Final
UTA82
BOS94
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +12
Final
IND84
NJN100
Q1 NJN +3; Q2 NJN +6; Q3 NJN +2; Q4 NJN +16
Final
SAS117
SAC112
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +5
Final
NOH102
GSW87
Q1 NOH +3; Q2 NOH +17; Q3 NOH +16; Q4 NOH +15
Final
PHX86
LAC103
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +10; Q4 LAC +17
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 28, 2011: 6 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (NYK vs ORL), 39 points.
The lead · ORL @ NYK

New York routs Orlando by 22

New York led by 16 at halftime and won 108–86. Carmelo Anthony led New York with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-40-30-20-100+10+20+30+40TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+16+31+22NYK AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL2912182786
NYK25323318108
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 12, 16, 17, 10, 12, 15, 28, 25NYK25 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Iman ShumpertPoints, last 10 games: 6, 16, 9, 6, 4, 4, 7, 6, 11, 25NYK25 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 25, 25, 13, 13, 9, 9, 10, 18, 17ORL17 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 6, 6, 4, 3, 10, 8, 12, 15ORL15 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · UTA @ BOS

Boston makes it three straight

Boston beat Utah 94–82 and moved to 28–22. Kevin Garnett led Boston with 23 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

Streak strip · BOS
W@ LAC94–85W@ GSW105–103L@ SAC95–120L@ DEN91–98W@ ATL79–76W@ MIL100–91L@ PHI86–99Wvs WAS88–76W@ CHA102–95Wvs UTA94–82BOS: last 10 games through Mar 28, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.4Season avg27.2Last 5

27.2 points a game over his last five games, against 17.4 in 47 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.5Season avg20.0Last 3

20.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.5 in 49 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.9Season avg43.0Today

43 minutes today, against 16.9 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Love leads the day with 40

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: 30, 25, 27, 21, 36, 17, 51, 30, 28, 40MIN @ CHA · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Al Jefferson MIN, Jan 27, 2008: 40 PTS · 19 REB · 3 AST
40 PTS · 19 REB · 4 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 7, 20, 28, 17, 20, 19, 17, 30NJN vs IND · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 28, 12, 20, 6, 11, 6, 18, 29DET @ CLE · W
12.8 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 21, 13, 18, 18, 9, 12, 8, 28SAC vs SAS · L
10.9 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 18, 25, 25, 12, 22, 16, 23, 28GSW vs NOH · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 18, 17, 23, 7, 21, 20, 20, 27LAC vs PHX · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 14 REB · 5 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+9.1 19.6 last 10 · 10.5 season
Goran DragicHOU+6.6 16.1 last 10 · 9.5 season
DeMarcus CousinsSAC+5.1 22.6 last 10 · 17.5 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+5.0 17.3 last 10 · 12.3 season
Jordan CrawfordWAS+4.3 18.3 last 10 · 14.0 season
Cold
Monta EllisMIL−4.5 16.3 last 10 · 20.8 season
Rajon RondoBOS−4.5 7.9 last 10 · 12.4 season
Shaun LivingstonMIL−4.2 2.1 last 10 · 6.3 season
Danilo GallinariDEN−4.2 11.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−3.8 15.3 last 10 · 19.1 season