FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 31, 2013Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed SAS by 5 at halftime and won 88–86.

Final
CLE92
NOH112
Q1 NOH +2; Q2 NOH -1; Q3 NOH +11; Q4 NOH +20
Final
TOR92
WAS109
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +17
Final
DET94
CHI95
Q1 CHI -4; Q2 CHI -4; Q3 CHI -3; Q4 CHI +1
Final
MIA88
SAS86
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +2
Final
BOS89
NYK108
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +17; Q3 NYK +17; Q4 NYK +19
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 31, 2012: 8 games. Top scorer: Josh Smith (ATL @ PHI), 34 points.
The lead · MIA @ SAS

Miami holds off San Antonio, 88–86

Miami led 71–64 after three and held on to win by two. Chris Bosh led Miami with 23 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-2-5+7+2MIA AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2218311788
SAS2421192286
Who led
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 13, 11, 5, 15, 12, 21, 10, 23MIA23 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 7, 20, 6, 10, 2, 14, 12, 7, 6, 14MIA14 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 28, 30, 25, 19, 17, 23, 34, 17SAS17 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Kawhi LeonardPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 12, 24, 9, 21, 12, 11, 4, 17SAS17 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Second story · DET @ CHI

Chicago takes over late to edge Detroit

Down 3 after three, Chicago won the fourth 24–20. Final: 95–94. Luol Deng led Chicago with 28 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over DET1MIA over SAS2WAS over TOR17NYK over BOS19NOH over CLE20Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over DET.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.7Season avg28.8Last 5

28.8 points a game over his last five games, against 17.7 in 71 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.3Season avg23.0Last 3

23.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.3 in 54 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 30 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.5Season avg42.9Today

43 minutes today, against 18.5 a game in 70 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Kyrie Irving leads the day with 31

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.
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 20, 6, 35, 12, 17, 22, 20, 24, 12, 31CLE @ NOH · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 23, 21, 5, 20, 17, 28, 25, 28CHI vs DET · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 43, 13, 10, 12, 19, 21, 27, 27BOS @ NYK · L
12.3 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Greivis VasquezPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 13, 18, 24, 14, 13, 12, 0, 25NOH vs CLE · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 15, 22, 32, 10, 11, 13, 7, 0, 25DET @ CHI · L
11.2 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 17, 28, 16, 26, 16, 19, 20, 24BOS @ NYK · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 15 REB · 5 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
Jeff GreenBOS+7.9 20.2 last 10 · 12.3 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
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−5.3 22.2 last 10 · 27.5 season
Mike DunleavyMIL−5.1 5.1 last 10 · 10.2 season