FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 19, 2014Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed MIA by 12 after the first quarter and won 101–96.

Final
CHI102
PHI94
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +8
Final
CHA99
BKN104
Q1 BKN +5; Q2 BKN +8; Q3 BKN +5; Q4 BKN +5
Final
MIA96
BOS101
Q1 BOS -12; Q2 BOS -6; Q3 BOS +2; Q4 BOS +5
Final
UTA86
MEM96
Q1 MEM +11; Q2 MEM +16; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +10
Final
TOR107
NOP100
Q1 TOR -8; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR -4; Q4 TOR +7
Final
IND86
NYK92
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK +12; Q3 NYK +5; Q4 NYK +6
Final · OT
MIN123
DAL122
Q1 MIN +13; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +1
Final
DET109
DEN118
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN -7; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +9
Final
ORL93
PHX109
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +16
Final
SAS125
LAL109
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +16
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 · 2012–13Mar 19, 2013: 4 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs DEN), 34 points.
The lead · MIA @ BOS

Boston rallies from 12 down to beat Miami

Trailing by 12 after one, Boston outscored the Heat 79–62 the rest of the way. Final: 101–96. Avery Bradley led Boston with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-12-6+2+5BOS AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA3425191896
BOS22312721101
Who led
Avery BradleyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 3, 17, 14, 5, 9, 12, 11, 23BOS23 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Brandon BassPoints, last 10 games: 16, 11, 9, 5, 11, 7, 8, 7, 5, 18BOS18 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 24, 16, 25, 22, 22, 19, 24, 17MIA17 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Chris AndersenPoints, last 10 games: 7, 5, 6, 2, 9, 4, 14, 6, 3, 16MIA16 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Phoenix by 16.

MIN over DAL1BKN over CHA5BOS over MIA5NYK over IND6TOR over NOP7CHI over PHI8DEN over DET9MEM over UTA10PHX over ORL16SAS over LAL16Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.6Season avg21.6Last 5

21.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.6 in 65 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.8Season avg22.9Last 3

22.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.8 in 66 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.0Season avg46.6Today

47 minutes today, against 19.0 a game in 55 earlier games. Line: 27 points, 6 rebounds, 17 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Love leads the day with 35

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.
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 33, 22, 33, 19, 28, 26, 27, 18, 26, 35MIN @ DAL · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 28, 33, 29, 26, 22, 34, 23, 34NYK vs IND · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 34, 32, 15, 25, 14, 25, 16, 17, 29, 31TOR @ NOP · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 8, 4, 7, 15, 16, 9, 9, 7, 3, 27DEN vs DET · W
8.3 PPG season to date · +19.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 6 REB · 17 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 27, 22, 14, 12, 31, 17, 19, 27DAL vs MIN · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 16, 20, 10, 18, 6, 14, 28, 25BKN vs CHA · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 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
Kenneth FariedDEN+8.8 21.4 last 10 · 12.6 season
Tyreke EvansNOP+6.2 19.6 last 10 · 13.4 season
D.J. AugustinCHI+5.8 18.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
Matt BarnesLAC+5.3 14.6 last 10 · 9.3 season
Gerald GreenPHX+4.7 20.3 last 10 · 15.6 season
Cold
Evan TurnerIND−8.2 7.5 last 10 · 15.7 season
Glen DavisLAC−7.1 3.4 last 10 · 10.5 season
Brandon JenningsDET−5.6 10.6 last 10 · 16.2 season
Jeremy LambOKC−5.2 3.7 last 10 · 8.9 season
Chandler ParsonsHOU−5.1 10.9 last 10 · 16.0 season