FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 2, 2011Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed CHI by 17 at halftime and won 83–80.

Final · Box score
CHI80
ATL83
Q1 ATL -9; Q2 ATL -17; Q3 ATL -5; Q4 ATL +3
Final · Box score
SAS109
CLE99
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +17; Q4 SAS +10
Final · Box score
GSW106
WAS102
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +4
Final · Box score
PHX103
BOS115
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +20; Q3 BOS +19; Q4 BOS +12
Final · Box score
MIN116
DET105
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN +2; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +11
Final · Box score
NOH88
NYK107
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +20; Q4 NYK +19
Final · Box score
IND89
OKC113
Q1 OKC +9; Q2 OKC +21; Q3 OKC +27; Q4 OKC +24
Final · Box score
CHA80
DEN120
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN +16; Q3 DEN +24; Q4 DEN +40
Final · Box score
POR107
SAC102
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +6; Q4 POR +5
Final · Box score
HOU103
LAC106
Q1 LAC +2; Q2 LAC -5; Q3 LAC +6; Q4 LAC +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 · 2009–10Mar 2, 2010: 4 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs SAC), 39 points.
The lead · CHI @ ATL

Al Horford posts 31 and 16 as Atlanta beats Chicago

31 points and 16 rebounds in an 83–80 win.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-17-5+3ATL AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI2822131780
ATL1914252583
Who led
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 10, 12, 13, 17, 22, 6, 21, 31ATL31 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 11, 14, 11, 14, 12, 12, 22, 22, 12ATL12 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 14, 24, 19, 19, 20, 19, 21, 15CHI15 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Joakim NoahPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 9, 12, 11, 7, 7, 8, 19, 13CHI13 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.6Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.6 in 59 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.3Season avg18.1Last 3

18.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.3 in 51 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.2Season avg37.5Today

38 minutes today, against 17.2 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Nuggets rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Denver beat Charlotte by 40.

ATL over CHI3LAC over HOU3GSW over WAS4POR over SAC5SAS over CLE10MIN over DET11BOS over PHX12NYK over NOH19OKC over IND24DEN over CHA40Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Al Horford 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.
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 10, 12, 13, 17, 22, 6, 21, 31ATL vs CHI · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high31 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 4, 31, 16, 15, 38, 14, 14, 31WAS vs GSW · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +13.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 23, 14, 4, 18, 7, 33, 20, 29GSW @ WAS · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 21, 16, 8, 9, 13, 12, 5, 28SAC vs POR · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high28 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 10, 19, 14, 24, 14, 16, 16, 28BOS vs PHX · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 7, 0, 24, 4, 5, 14, 15, 29, 26SAC vs POR · L
8.9 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 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
Randy FoyeLAC+7.5 17.3 last 10 · 9.8 season
Ramon SessionsCLE+6.1 18.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Al JeffersonUTA+5.7 23.7 last 10 · 18.0 season
Willie GreenNOH+5.5 13.9 last 10 · 8.4 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+5.4 27.6 last 10 · 22.2 season
Cold
Rashard LewisWAS−6.2 5.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Joe JohnsonATL−5.6 13.6 last 10 · 19.2 season
Vince CarterPHX−5.0 9.1 last 10 · 14.1 season
Gilbert ArenasORL−5.0 6.6 last 10 · 11.6 season
Jason RichardsonORL−4.9 11.0 last 10 · 15.9 season