FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 26, 2013Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed LAC by 5 after the first quarter and won 109–102.

Final
NYK100
BOS85
Q1 NYK +4; Q2 NYK +14; Q3 NYK +15; Q4 NYK +15
Final
MIN105
DET82
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN +28; Q4 MIN +23
Final · OT
LAC102
DAL109
Q1 DAL -5; Q2 DAL +2; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +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 26, 2012: 9 games. Top scorer: DeMarcus Cousins (SAC @ HOU), 38 points.
The lead · LAC @ DAL

Dirk Nowitzki scores 33, Dallas wins in overtime

Tied 97–97 after regulation. Final: 109–102.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-5+2+10+7DAL AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
LAC272125245102
DAL2228242312109
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 21, 13, 23, 22, 16, 22, 17, 33DAL33 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 10, 7, 18, 13, 8, 19, 15, 14DAL14 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 16, 20, 24, 20, 11, 19, 29, 33LAC33 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 17, 22, 22, 12, 26, 7, 11, 14LAC14 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
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
11.7Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.7 in 69 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg4.0Last 3

4.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.8 in 30 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg41.1Today

41 minutes today, against 24.0 a game in 58 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · NYK @ BOS

New York never trails at a break against Boston

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 100–85. JR Smith led New York with 32 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over LAC7NYK over BOS15MIN over DET23Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over BOS.
Top performances

Chris Paul 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.
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 16, 20, 24, 20, 11, 19, 29, 33LAC @ DAL · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 21, 13, 23, 22, 16, 22, 17, 33DAL vs LAC · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 24, 9, 15, 33, 17, 20, 22, 14, 25, 32NYK @ BOS · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 30, 32, 6, 14, 9, 21, 37, 28, 29NYK @ BOS · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 5, 19, 6, 11, 11, 5, 9, 21MIN @ DET · W
11.3 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high21 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 12, 8, 14, 20, 10, 43, 13, 10, 12, 19BOS vs NYK · L
11.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 10 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
John WallWAS+7.0 23.8 last 10 · 16.8 season
Jerryd BaylessMEM+6.5 14.7 last 10 · 8.2 season
Deron WilliamsBKN+6.1 24.5 last 10 · 18.4 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+5.8 20.3 last 10 · 14.5 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+5.3 17.9 last 10 · 12.6 season
Cold
O.J. MayoDAL−5.6 10.8 last 10 · 16.4 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Carl LandryGSW−5.1 5.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Shannon BrownPHX−5.0 5.7 last 10 · 10.8 season
Byron MullensCHA−4.7 6.3 last 10 · 11.0 season