FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 30, 2013Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed SAC by 12 after the first quarter and won 103–98.

Final
CHI98
DAL100
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL +2
Final
ORL88
ATL97
Q1 ATL -4; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL +9
Final
LAC81
HOU98
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +22; Q4 HOU +17
Final
MEM99
MIN86
Q1 MEM -7; Q2 MEM -5; Q3 MEM -2; Q4 MEM +13
Final
CHA92
PHI100
Q1 PHI -9; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI +2; Q4 PHI +8
Final
OKC109
MIL99
Q1 OKC +4; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC 0; Q4 OKC +10
Final
BKN107
UTA116
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA -2; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +9
Final
IND112
PHX104
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +8
Final
LAL103
SAC98
Q1 LAL -12; Q2 LAL -4; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +5
Final
POR98
GSW125
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +10; Q3 GSW +18; Q4 GSW +27
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 30, 2012: 12 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (NYK @ ATL), 36 points.
The lead · LAL @ SAC

Lakers climb back to beat Sacramento

Sacramento led by 12 after one. Lakers won it 103–98. Dwight Howard led Lakers with 24 points, 15 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · LAL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12-4+7+5LAL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL25282921103
SAC3720182398
Who led
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 39, 10, 20, 12, 16, 20, 11, 25, 15, 24LAL24 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 41, 19, 11, 31, 0, 21, 36, 31, 30, 19LAL19 PTS · 9 REB · 14 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 13, 17, 21, 4, 19, 12, 12, 21SAC21 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 22, 24, 17, 15, 24, 8, 14, 34, 19SAC19 PTS · 11 REB · 2 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
9.4Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.4 in 46 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.3Season avg2.0Last 3

2.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.3 in 31 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.7Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 15.7 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Golden State by 27.

DAL over CHI2LAL over SAC5PHI over CHA8IND over PHX8ATL over ORL9UTA over BKN9OKC over MIL10MEM over MIN13HOU over LAC17GSW over POR27Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Stephen Curry leads the day with 39

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.
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 26, 31, 8, 29, 30, 24, 35, 25, 17, 39GSW vs POR · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 23, 22, 16, 22, 17, 33, 21, 35DAL vs CHI · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 31, 34, 32, 25, 24, 20, 36, 30OKC @ MIL · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Ersan IlyasovaPoints, last 10 games: 7, 20, 7, 21, 26, 20, 19, 13, 20, 29MIL vs OKC · L
13.0 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 19, 26, 17, 18, 38, 18, 21, 28, 11, 27BKN @ UTA · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 17, 12, 5, 26UTA vs BKN · W
10.8 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 1 REB · 2 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
Gerald HendersonCHA+9.0 24.2 last 10 · 15.2 season
Jerryd BaylessMEM+8.2 16.7 last 10 · 8.5 season
John WallWAS+7.8 25.1 last 10 · 17.3 season
Maurice HarklessORL+7.7 15.3 last 10 · 7.6 season
Tobias HarrisORL+7.5 17.0 last 10 · 9.5 season
Cold
Shannon BrownPHX−6.7 3.9 last 10 · 10.6 season
O.J. MayoDAL−6.4 9.7 last 10 · 16.1 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Mike DunleavyMIL−5.1 5.1 last 10 · 10.2 season
Chris KamanDAL−5.1 5.6 last 10 · 10.7 season