FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 16, 2013Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed DET by 6 after the first quarter and won 112–101.

Final
PHX105
WAS127
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS +7; Q3 WAS +19; Q4 WAS +22
Final
CHA88
BOS105
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS +7; Q3 BOS +17; Q4 BOS +17
Final
IND91
PHI98
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI -1; Q3 PHI -1; Q4 PHI +7
Final
CLE113
SAS119
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +6
Final
DET101
POR112
Q1 POR -6; Q2 POR -5; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +11
Final
MEM84
UTA90
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA -5; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +6
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 16, 2012: 11 games. Top scorer: Russell Westbrook (OKC vs SAS), 36 points.
The lead · DET @ POR

LaMarcus Aldridge posts 31 and 12 as Portland beats Detroit

31 points and 12 rebounds in a 112–101 win.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-5+2+11POR AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET30271826101
POR24282535112
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 17, 23, 10, 26, 16, 28, 22, 31POR31 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
JJ HicksonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 18, 15, 12, 23, 14, 8, 12, 18POR18 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 2, 6, 0, 3, 1, 7, 15, 22, 32DET32 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Will BynumPoints, last 10 games: 15, 2, 7, 6, 4, 4, 10, 12, 16, 23DET23 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.2Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.2 in 63 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.1Season avg11.8Last 3

11.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.1 in 46 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Season avg38.2Today

38 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in 51 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 6. Widest: Washington by 22.

SAS over CLE6UTA over MEM6PHI over IND7POR over DET11BOS over CHA17WAS over PHX22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Martell Webster 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.
Martell WebsterPoints, last 10 games: 5, 9, 16, 11, 5, 20, 17, 20, 18, 34WAS vs PHX · W
11.5 PPG season to date · +22.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 2, 6, 0, 3, 1, 7, 15, 22, 32DET @ POR · L
11.2 PPG season to date · +21.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 17, 23, 10, 26, 16, 28, 22, 31POR vs DET · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 19, 13, 16, 18, 18, 13, 28, 30SAS vs CLE · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 14, 18, 11, 9, 8, 15, 21, 27PHI vs IND · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Roy HibbertPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 18, 18, 12, 10, 16, 27, 7, 25IND @ PHI · L
10.8 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 0 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
Marcus ThorntonSAC+6.2 19.1 last 10 · 12.9 season
Derrick WilliamsMIN+5.8 17.3 last 10 · 11.5 season
Deron WilliamsBKN+5.7 23.7 last 10 · 18.0 season
Monta EllisMIL+5.6 24.8 last 10 · 19.2 season
Bradley BealWAS+5.1 19.3 last 10 · 14.2 season
Cold
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−6.1 21.4 last 10 · 27.5 season
Chris KamanDAL−5.4 5.8 last 10 · 11.2 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Byron MullensCHA−5.3 5.8 last 10 · 11.1 season
Jordan CrawfordBOS−5.2 6.7 last 10 · 11.9 season