FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 14, 2013Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed NYK by 8 after the first quarter and won 105–90.

Final
DAL91
SAS92
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +1
Final
NYK90
POR105
Q1 POR -8; Q2 POR +3; Q3 POR +16; Q4 POR +15
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 14, 2012: 12 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA @ CHI), 36 points.
The lead · NYK @ POR

Portland fights back from 8 down against New York

Final: 105–90, after trailing by 8 after one. Damian Lillard led Portland with 26 points, 2 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · POR 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+3+16+15POR AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK3018142890
POR22292727105
Who led
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 26, 24, 20, 20, 35, 20, 27, 26POR26 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 22, 17, 23, 10, 26, 16, 28, 22POR22 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 26, 13, 13, 18, 20, 36, 24, 9, 15, 33NYK33 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 6 games: 0, 4, 10, 3, 5, 12NYK12 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · DAL @ SAS

San Antonio leads Dallas wire to wire

San Antonio was ahead at every break and won 92–91. Best quarter: the second, 28–24. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 28 points, 19 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · SAS vs DAL
Tim Duncan · SASDirk Nowitzki · DALPTS2821REB1911AST23Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.5Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.5 in 62 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.3Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.3 in 49 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.7Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 15.7 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 1 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

JR Smith leads the day with 33

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.
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 26, 13, 13, 18, 20, 36, 24, 9, 15, 33NYK @ POR · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 9, 19, 10, 19, 13, 16, 18, 18, 13, 28SAS vs DAL · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 19 REB · 2 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 26, 24, 20, 20, 35, 20, 27, 26POR vs NYK · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 22, 17, 23, 10, 26, 16, 28, 22POR vs NYK · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 30, 21, 10, 20, 8, 22, 12, 16, 19, 21DAL @ SAS · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 10, 12, 20, 10, 2, 11, 4, 16POR vs NYK · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
16 PTS · 4 REB · 6 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+6.4 17.7 last 10 · 11.3 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC+6.2 19.1 last 10 · 12.9 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.1 28.3 last 10 · 22.2 season
Monta EllisMIL+6.1 25.5 last 10 · 19.4 season
Deron WilliamsBKN+5.7 23.7 last 10 · 18.0 season
Cold
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−6.1 21.4 last 10 · 27.5 season
Byron MullensCHA−5.8 5.6 last 10 · 11.4 season
Randy FoyeUTA−5.7 5.1 last 10 · 10.8 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Chris KamanDAL−5.1 6.2 last 10 · 11.3 season