FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 31, 2012Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed CHA by 9 after three quarters and won 110–107.

Final
NOH85
LAL88
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL -6; Q4 LAL +3
Final · OT
CHA107
DET110
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET -1; Q3 DET -9; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +3
Final
CLE75
NYK91
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +8; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +16
Final
ATL90
PHI95
Q1 PHI -6; Q2 PHI +2; Q3 PHI -4; Q4 PHI +5
Final
MEM99
MIL95
Q1 MEM -8; Q2 MEM -4; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM +4
Final
IND103
SAS112
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +16; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +9
Final
NJN111
SAC99
Q1 NJN -4; Q2 NJN +3; Q3 NJN +15; Q4 NJN +12
Final
UTA96
LAC105
Q1 LAC +16; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +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 31, 2011: 2 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs DAL), 28 points.
The lead · CHA @ DET

Detroit needs overtime to survive Charlotte

Tied 97–97 after regulation. Detroit won the final period 13–10 for a 110–107 win. Tayshaun Prince led Detroit with 24 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · DET 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+4-1-90+3DET AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
CHA1732282010107
DET2127202913110
Who led
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 28, 12, 20, 6, 11, 6, 18, 29, 14, 24DET24 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Jonas JerebkoPoints, last 10 games: 4, 11, 14, 12, 6, 8, 9, 3, 5, 18DET18 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Byron MullensPoints, last 10 games: 10, 4, 2, 4, 5, 17, 18, 0, 4, 20CHA20 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Reggie WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 7, 0, 13, 2, 10, 9, 2, 15, 17CHA17 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New York by 16.

LAL over NOH3DET over CHA3MEM over MIL4PHI over ATL5SAS over IND9LAC over UTA9NJN over SAC12NYK over CLE16Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.7Season avg26.4Last 5

26.4 points a game over his last five games, against 17.7 in 49 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.0Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.0 in 45 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.6Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 10.6 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Josh Smith leads the day with 34

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.
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 32, 30, 20, 22, 30, 19, 23, 34ATL @ PHI · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 16, 13, 16, 19, 25, 15, 20, 26LAC vs UTA · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 16, 26, 23, 28, 19, 18, 27, 26UTA @ LAC · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 16, 6, 2, 16, 12, 20, 14, 8, 8, 25PHI vs ATL · W
10.9 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 23, 7, 21, 20, 20, 27, 20, 24LAC vs UTA · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 28, 12, 20, 6, 11, 6, 18, 29, 14, 24DET vs CHA · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 4 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
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+4.9 26.1 last 10 · 21.2 season
Isaiah ThomasSAC+4.6 15.7 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Monta EllisMIL−5.6 14.8 last 10 · 20.4 season
Rajon RondoBOS−5.0 7.3 last 10 · 12.3 season
Antawn JamisonCLE−4.6 12.9 last 10 · 17.5 season
LeBron JamesMIA−4.5 22.0 last 10 · 26.5 season
Kobe BryantLAL−4.4 23.5 last 10 · 27.9 season