FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 5, 2013Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
BOS109
PHI101
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +8
Final
LAL105
OKC122
Q1 OKC +9; Q2 OKC +16; Q3 OKC +8; Q4 OKC +17
Final
DEN120
SAC113
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +7
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 5, 2012: 9 games. Top scorer: Kevin Love (MIN vs LAC), 39 points.
The lead · DEN @ SAC

Denver keeps rolling, beats Sacramento

That is six in a row. Final: 120–113. Ty Lawson led Denver with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+20+7+7DEN AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN24263634120
SAC22282934113
Who led
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 26, 27, 20, 22, 30, 11, 18, 24DEN24 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 19, 18, 26, 6, 6, 7, 7, 23DEN23 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 15, 16, 8, 12, 36, 20, 25, 18, 32SAC32 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 22, 30, 16, 14, 2, 18, 10, 23SAC23 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Second story · BOS @ PHI

Boston never trails at a break against Philadelphia

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 109–101. Avery Bradley led Boston with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over SAC7BOS over PHI8OKC over LAL17Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over PHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.6Season avg26.2Last 5

26.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.6 in 51 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.1Season avg12.8Last 3

12.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.1 in 47 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.9Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 12.9 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 37

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: 24, 22, 26, 28, 37, 23, 29, 38, 29, 37OKC vs LAL · W
23.6 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 15, 16, 8, 12, 36, 20, 25, 18, 32SAC vs DEN · L
13.0 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 4, 20, 16, 40, 38, 29, 33, 34, 30LAL @ OKC · L
27.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 18, 33, 40, 16, 27, 19, 18, 25, 35, 26OKC vs LAL · W
28.6 PPG season to date · −2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 26, 27, 20, 22, 30, 11, 18, 24DEN @ SAC · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 22, 30, 16, 14, 2, 18, 10, 23SAC vs DEN · L
12.9 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 8 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
Derrick WilliamsMIN+6.8 17.9 last 10 · 11.1 season
Al HorfordATL+6.7 24.0 last 10 · 17.3 season
Maurice HarklessORL+6.7 13.0 last 10 · 6.3 season
Ty LawsonDEN+6.6 23.3 last 10 · 16.7 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.4 28.6 last 10 · 22.2 season
Cold
Jordan CrawfordBOS−7.6 4.8 last 10 · 12.4 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−6.3 6.8 last 10 · 13.1 season
Kevin SeraphinWAS−5.5 3.9 last 10 · 9.4 season
Ben GordonCHA−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Shannon BrownPHX−4.7 6.5 last 10 · 11.2 season