FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 6, 2013Regular season · 14 games
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14 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed NOH by 19 at halftime and won 108–102.

Final · Box score
BKN99
CHA78
Q1 BKN -3; Q2 BKN -10; Q3 BKN +9; Q4 BKN +21
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UTA101
CLE104
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE -8; Q4 CLE +3
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BOS83
IND81
Q1 BOS -8; Q2 BOS -7; Q3 BOS -10; Q4 BOS +2
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PHI96
ATL107
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +12; Q3 ATL +21; Q4 ATL +11
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NYK87
DET77
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK 0; Q4 NYK +10
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ORL96
MIA97
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +15; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +1
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POR85
MEM91
Q1 MEM -8; Q2 MEM -12; Q3 MEM -2; Q4 MEM +6
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WAS82
MIN87
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN +5; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +5
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LAL108
NOH102
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL -19; Q3 LAL -18; Q4 LAL +6
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HOU108
DAL112
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +4
Final · Box score
TOR98
PHX71
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +14; Q3 TOR +17; Q4 TOR +27
Final · Box score
CHI83
SAS101
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS -5; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +18
Final · Box score
SAC83
GSW87
Q1 GSW +7; Q2 GSW -3; Q3 GSW +6; Q4 GSW +4
Final · Box score
MIL101
LAC117
Q1 LAC +2; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +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 · 2011–12Mar 6, 2012: 6 games. Top scorer: Rodney Stuckey (DET vs LAL), 34 points.
The lead · LAL @ NOH

Kobe Bryant scores 42 as Lakers beat New Orleans

Lakers won 108–102. Kobe Bryant: 42 points, 7 rebounds, 12 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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 Q3Final00-19-18+6LAL AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL28202733108
NOH2839269102
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 4, 20, 16, 40, 38, 29, 33, 34, 30, 42LAL42 PTS · 7 REB · 12 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 24, 19, 9, 15, 11, 11, 6, 20LAL20 PTS · 15 REB · 0 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 27, 6, 20, 23, 17, 10, 21, 17, 18NOH18 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Greivis VasquezPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 13, 5, 12, 20, 6, 25, 17, 15NOH15 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 34 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.2Season avg11.7Last 3

11.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.2 in 41 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.8Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 6.8 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 14 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Toronto by 27.

MIA over ORL1BOS over IND2CLE over UTA3DAL over HOU4GSW over SAC4MIN over WAS5MEM over POR6LAL over NOH6NYK over DET10ATL over PHI11LAC over MIL16SAS over CHI18BKN over CHA21TOR over PHX27Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 42

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 4, 20, 16, 40, 38, 29, 33, 34, 30, 42LAL @ NOH · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Vince Carter TOR, Mar 21, 2004: 42 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Ties season high42 PTS · 7 REB · 12 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 35, 30, 27, 46, 22, 27, 25, 24, 21, 28HOU @ DAL · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 20, 23, 20, 19, 6, 8, 15, 27ATL vs PHI · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 12, 10, 14, 10, 23, 9, 8, 26NYK @ DET · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 39, 24, 26, 16, 28, 40, 18, 29, 20, 26MIA vs ORL · W
27.0 PPG season to date · −1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Nikola VucevicPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 4, 6, 12, 4, 18, 6, 9, 25ORL @ MIA · L
12.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high25 PTS · 21 REB · 4 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
Derrick WilliamsMIN+7.4 18.6 last 10 · 11.2 season
Maurice HarklessORL+7.4 13.8 last 10 · 6.4 season
Al HorfordATL+6.6 24.0 last 10 · 17.4 season
Ty LawsonDEN+6.6 23.3 last 10 · 16.7 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC+6.2 19.1 last 10 · 12.9 season
Cold
Jordan CrawfordBOS−7.5 4.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.7 7.3 last 10 · 13.0 season
Kevin SeraphinWAS−4.9 4.4 last 10 · 9.3 season
Ben GordonCHA−4.8 7.2 last 10 · 12.0 season
Shannon BrownPHX−4.7 6.5 last 10 · 11.2 season