FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 8, 2013Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed TOR by 12 after the first quarter and won 118–116.

Final
OKC116
CHA94
Q1 OKC -1; Q2 OKC +14; Q3 OKC +24; Q4 OKC +22
Final
IND115
ORL86
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +15; Q3 IND +25; Q4 IND +29
Final
WAS78
BKN95
Q1 BKN +24; Q2 BKN +26; Q3 BKN +16; Q4 BKN +17
Final
MEM103
CLE92
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM -3; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +11
Final
DAL102
DET99
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +3
Final · OT
ATL102
BOS107
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +5; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +5
Final
UTA88
CHI89
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +1
Final
PHI93
MIA102
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA -4; Q3 MIA +1; Q4 MIA +9
Final
POR136
SAS106
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR 0; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +30
Final
PHX112
SAC121
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC +7; Q4 SAC +9
Final
HOU94
GSW88
Q1 HOU -9; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU -3; Q4 HOU +6
Final · OT
TOR116
LAL118
Q1 LAL -12; Q2 LAL -6; Q3 LAL -10; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +2
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 8, 2012: 2 games. Top scorer: Dwight Howard (ORL @ CHI), 29 points.
The lead · TOR @ LAL

Kobe Bryant scores 41, Lakers rally past Toronto

Lakers trailed by 12 after one and won 118–116.

Game flow · LAL 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.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-12-6-100+2LAL AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
TOR372230207116
LAL252826309118
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 40, 38, 29, 33, 34, 30, 42, 41LAL41 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 19, 9, 15, 11, 11, 6, 20, 24LAL24 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 7, 18, 25, 34, 9, 18, 15, 15, 28TOR28 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 11, 24, 13, 32, 7, 24, 21, 26, 5, 17TOR17 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.2Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 15.2 in 61 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.8Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.8 in 42 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.7Season avg34.5Today

35 minutes today, against 11.7 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Portland posts the night's biggest win

Portland beat San Antonio by 30, the widest margin of 12 games.

CHI over UTA1LAL over TOR2DAL over DET3BOS over ATL5HOU over GSW6MIA over PHI9SAC over PHX9MEM over CLE11BKN over WAS17OKC over CHA22IND over ORL29POR over SAS30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Deron Williams leads the day with 42

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.
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 23, 15, 24, 33, 24, 14, 20, 42BKN vs WAS · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +24.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: CJ McCollum POR, Mar 28, 2018: 42 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Season high42 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 40, 38, 29, 33, 34, 30, 42, 41LAL vs TOR · W
27.8 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Vince Carter TOR, Mar 21, 2004: 42 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
41 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 33, 12, 24, 19, 12, 26, 24, 20, 20, 35POR @ SAS · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 10, 18, 15, 23, 24, 5, 19, 15, 13, 32ATL @ BOS · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 7, 18, 25, 34, 9, 18, 15, 15, 28TOR @ LAL · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 26, 8, 23, 26, 26, 18, 13, 27BOS vs ATL · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 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
Derrick WilliamsMIN+7.4 18.6 last 10 · 11.2 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC+6.8 19.9 last 10 · 13.1 season
Maurice HarklessORL+6.2 12.6 last 10 · 6.4 season
Al HorfordATL+6.1 23.6 last 10 · 17.5 season
Ty LawsonDEN+5.7 22.5 last 10 · 16.8 season
Cold
Jordan CrawfordBOS−7.3 4.8 last 10 · 12.1 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Shannon BrownPHX−4.7 6.5 last 10 · 11.2 season
Chris KamanDAL−4.5 7.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
Kevin SeraphinWAS−4.4 5.0 last 10 · 9.4 season