FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 29, 2012Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed LAL by 12 after the first quarter and won 102–93.

Final
WAS89
IND93
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +4
Final
DAL85
MIA106
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +21
Final
NOH93
POR99
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR -3; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +6
Final
OKC102
LAL93
Q1 OKC -12; Q2 OKC -5; Q3 OKC +10; Q4 OKC +9
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 29, 2011: 4 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs GSW), 39 points.
The lead · OKC @ LAL

Russell Westbrook scores 36, OKC rallies past Lakers

OKC trailed by 12 after one and won 102–93.

Game flow · OKC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-5+10+9OKC AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC18263424102
LAL3019192593
Who led
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 36, 28, 23, 19, 45, 13, 32, 36OKC36 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 25, 26, 18, 32, 40, 28, 25, 21OKC21 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Andrew BynumPoints, last 10 games: 37, 25, 15, 33, 16, 9, 28, 30, 11, 25LAL25 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 34, 33, 28, 15, 29, 30, 18, 18, 30, 23LAL23 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Second story · DAL @ MIA

Miami rolls past Dallas, 106–85

The Mavericks were held to 13 points in the fourth quarter. LeBron James led Miami with 19 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
IND over WAS4POR over NOH6OKC over LAL9MIA over DAL21Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over DAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.0Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.0 in 49 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.3Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.3 in 47 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.5Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 23.5 a game in 50 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook 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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 36, 28, 23, 19, 45, 13, 32, 36OKC @ LAL · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Marco BelinelliPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 8, 20, 5, 15, 10, 7, 22, 27NOH @ POR · L
11.8 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 21, 15, 21, 16, 29, 18, 20, 25POR vs NOH · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Andrew BynumPoints, last 10 games: 37, 25, 15, 33, 16, 9, 28, 30, 11, 25LAL vs OKC · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 27, 27, 33, 26, 16, 31, 21, 25DAL @ MIA · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 9, 11, 25, 16, 28, 15, 25, 5, 25IND vs WAS · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 1 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
Andrew BynumLAL+4.6 22.9 last 10 · 18.3 season
Cold
Monta EllisMIL−4.5 16.3 last 10 · 20.8 season
Rajon RondoBOS−4.5 7.9 last 10 · 12.4 season
LeBron JamesMIA−4.4 22.1 last 10 · 26.5 season
Shaun LivingstonMIL−4.2 2.1 last 10 · 6.3 season
Danilo GallinariDEN−4.2 11.0 last 10 · 15.2 season