FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 21, 2013Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed PHI by 5 after the first quarter and won 101–100.

Final
POR99
CHI89
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR +15; Q3 POR +27; Q4 POR +10
Final
PHI100
DEN101
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN +1
Final
MIN98
SAC101
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC -4; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +3
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 21, 2012: 10 games. Top scorer: Ben Gordon (DET @ DEN), 45 points.
The lead · PHI @ DEN

Denver holds off Philadelphia, 101–100

Denver led 75–71 after three and held on to win by one. Corey Brewer led Denver with 29 points, 1 rebound and 0 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 Q3Final0-5+7+4+1DEN AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI22222729100
DEN17342426101
Who led
Corey BrewerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 5, 11, 15, 20, 10, 11, 16, 11, 29DEN29 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 4, 16, 12, 8, 7, 4, 10, 8, 20, 21DEN21 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Damien WilkinsPoints, last 10 games: 2, 21, 12, 16, 13, 5, 12, 12, 4, 24PHI24 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 9, 8, 15, 21, 27, 27, 2, 18PHI18 PTS · 6 REB · 15 AST
Second story · MIN @ SAC

Sacramento wins a tight one over Minnesota

101–98. Neither team led by more than 4 at any break. Isaiah Thomas led Sacramento with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over PHI1SAC over MIN3POR over CHI10Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over MIN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.3Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.3 in 66 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.0Season avg22.7Last 3

22.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.0 in 47 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.2Season avg39.2Today

39 minutes today, against 14.2 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Corey Brewer leads the day with 29

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.
Corey BrewerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 5, 11, 15, 20, 10, 11, 16, 11, 29DEN vs PHI · W
11.9 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 26, 16, 28, 22, 31, 32, 21, 28POR @ CHI · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 35, 20, 27, 26, 14, 27, 8, 24POR @ CHI · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 23, 9, 27, 14, 22, 26, 7, 24SAC vs MIN · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Damien WilkinsPoints, last 10 games: 2, 21, 12, 16, 13, 5, 12, 12, 4, 24PHI @ DEN · L
4.9 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 4, 16, 12, 8, 7, 4, 10, 8, 20, 21DEN vs PHI · W
9.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high21 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
Deron WilliamsBKN+6.1 24.5 last 10 · 18.4 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+5.4 17.9 last 10 · 12.5 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+5.2 19.6 last 10 · 14.4 season
Martell WebsterWAS+5.0 16.6 last 10 · 11.6 season
Jerryd BaylessMEM+5.0 12.7 last 10 · 7.7 season
Cold
Randy FoyeUTA−5.4 5.2 last 10 · 10.6 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−5.1 22.3 last 10 · 27.4 season
Shannon BrownPHX−4.8 6.1 last 10 · 10.9 season
Byron MullensCHA−4.4 7.0 last 10 · 11.4 season