FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 30, 2012Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed GSW by 14 after three quarters and won 102–100.

Final
DEN99
CHA88
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN +1; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +11
Final
MIA113
TOR101
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +8; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +12
Final
PHI76
WAS97
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +19; Q3 WAS +17; Q4 WAS +21
Final
NYK90
ATL100
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +12; Q3 ATL +5; Q4 ATL +10
Final
MIL121
CLE84
Q1 MIL +9; Q2 MIL +27; Q3 MIL +25; Q4 MIL +37
Final
DET71
CHI83
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +12
Final
MEM89
HOU98
Q1 HOU +11; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +9
Final
BOS100
MIN79
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +21
Final
DAL100
ORL98
Q1 DAL -10; Q2 DAL -9; Q3 DAL -7; Q4 DAL +2
Final
SAC104
UTA103
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC -3; Q3 SAC -4; Q4 SAC +1
Final
NJN102
GSW100
Q1 NJN -4; Q2 NJN -9; Q3 NJN -14; Q4 NJN +2
Final
POR97
LAC98
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +3; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +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 30, 2011: 13 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (NYK vs NJN), 39 points.
The lead · NJN @ GSW

New Jersey fights back late to top Golden State

Golden State led 84–70 after three. New Jersey won the fourth 32–16 and the game 102–100. Gerald Wallace led New Jersey with 24 points, 18 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · NJN 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 Q3Final0-4-9-14+2NJN AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN22202832102
GSW26253316100
Who led
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 5, 15, 11, 27, 13, 8, 15, 14, 10, 24NJN24 PTS · 18 REB · 5 AST
Kris HumphriesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 4, 8, 13, 13, 17, 20, 2, 12, 20NJN20 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 25, 25, 12, 22, 16, 23, 28, 27GSW27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Charles JenkinsPoints, last 10 games: 0, 6, 0, 2, 4, 8, 27, 12, 4, 18GSW18 PTS · 2 REB · 12 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Bucks rout

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Milwaukee beat Cleveland by 37.

SAC over UTA1LAC over POR1DAL over ORL2NJN over GSW2HOU over MEM9ATL over NYK10DEN over CHA11MIA over TOR12CHI over DET12WAS over PHI21BOS over MIN21MIL over CLE37Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.9points, last 2 vs 2010–11 avg
Points per game
4.12010–11 avg15.0Last 2

15.0 points a game over his last two games, against 4.1 in 2010–11 (51 games). Today: 20 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 44 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.1Season avg37.1Today

37 minutes today, against 12.1 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 2 rebounds, 12 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony 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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 16, 17, 10, 12, 15, 28, 25, 36NYK @ ATL · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 28, 36, 12, 31, 19, 24, 22, 24, 16, 30MIA @ TOR · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 10, 23, 29, 15, 18, 14, 19, 30MIA @ TOR · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
JJ HicksonPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 2, 4, 0, 14, 4, 21, 12, 29POR @ LAC · L
6.1 PPG season to date · +23.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 14, 28, 19, 26, 29, 13, 16, 12, 22, 29CLE vs MIL · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 34, 28, 25, 22, 16, 16, 37, 11, 12, 28ATL vs NYK · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 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+7.8 18.4 last 10 · 10.6 season
Goran DragicHOU+6.8 16.6 last 10 · 9.8 season
Jameer NelsonORL+5.3 16.3 last 10 · 11.0 season
Isaiah ThomasSAC+5.0 16.1 last 10 · 11.1 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+4.9 26.1 last 10 · 21.2 season
Cold
Rajon RondoBOS−5.0 7.3 last 10 · 12.3 season
Monta EllisMIL−4.7 16.0 last 10 · 20.7 season
LeBron JamesMIA−4.5 22.0 last 10 · 26.5 season
Shaun LivingstonMIL−4.3 1.9 last 10 · 6.2 season
Danilo GallinariDEN−4.2 11.0 last 10 · 15.2 season