FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 3, 2013Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed NYK by 14 at halftime and won 99–93.

Final
MIA99
NYK93
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA -14; Q3 MIA -4; Q4 MIA +6
Final
OKC108
LAC104
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +13; Q3 OKC +9; Q4 OKC +4
Final
MEM108
ORL82
Q1 MEM +10; Q2 MEM +25; Q3 MEM +25; Q4 MEM +26
Final
CHA83
SAC119
Q1 SAC 0; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +38; Q4 SAC +36
Final
PHI87
WAS90
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +1; Q3 WAS +4; Q4 WAS +3
Final
DAL103
HOU136
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +30; Q4 HOU +33
Final
DET75
SAS114
Q1 SAS +13; Q2 SAS +20; Q3 SAS +33; Q4 SAS +39
Final
CHI92
IND97
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +5
Final
ATL98
LAL99
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +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 · 2011–12Mar 3, 2012: 7 games. Top scorer: Kevin Love (MIN @ POR), 42 points.
The lead · MIA @ NYK

Miami climbs out of a 14-point hole against New York

Down 14 at the half, the Heat won the third quarter 28–18 and the game 99–93. LeBron James led Miami with 29 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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+1-14-4+6MIA AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2322282699
NYK2237181693
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 30, 39, 24, 26, 16, 28, 40, 18, 29MIA29 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 30, 24, 13, 20, 17, 33, 24, 39, 22, 20MIA20 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 36, 42, 12, 15, 32, 29, 35, 30, 32NYK32 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 0, 7, 3, 0, 0, 6, 3, 0, 4, 14NYK14 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Spurs rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. San Antonio beat Detroit by 39.

LAL over ATL1WAS over PHI3OKC over LAC4IND over CHI5MIA over NYK6MEM over ORL26HOU over DAL33SAC over CHA36SAS over DET39Final 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
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.8Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 32 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.0Season avg10.6Last 3

10.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.0 in 54 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.2Season avg29.8Today

30 minutes today, against 7.2 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 35

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 DurantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 18, 33, 40, 16, 27, 19, 18, 25, 35OKC @ LAC · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 4, 20, 16, 40, 38, 29, 33, 34LAL vs ATL · W
27.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 36, 42, 12, 15, 32, 29, 35, 30, 32NYK vs MIA · L
28.6 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Chandler ParsonsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 5, 21, 17, 17, 10, 24, 20, 21, 32HOU vs DAL · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 15, 30, 7, 18, 18, 16, 28, 22, 15, 31IND vs CHI · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 30, 39, 24, 26, 16, 28, 40, 18, 29MIA @ NYK · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 7 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
Ty LawsonDEN+6.6 23.1 last 10 · 16.5 season
Derrick WilliamsMIN+6.5 17.3 last 10 · 10.8 season
Al HorfordATL+6.1 23.4 last 10 · 17.3 season
Maurice HarklessORL+5.9 12.1 last 10 · 6.2 season
Stephen CurryGSW+5.7 27.8 last 10 · 22.1 season
Cold
Jordan CrawfordBOS−8.4 4.0 last 10 · 12.4 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−7.1 5.6 last 10 · 12.7 season
Ben GordonCHA−6.0 5.8 last 10 · 11.8 season
Kevin SeraphinWAS−5.5 3.9 last 10 · 9.4 season
Shannon BrownPHX−4.7 6.5 last 10 · 11.2 season