FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 15, 2007Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed NJN by 2 at halftime and won 93–86.

Final · Box score
Spurs90
Bucks101
Q1 Bucks 0; Q2 MIL +9; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +11
Final · Box score
Heat93
Nets86
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +7
Final · Box score
Lakers86
Nuggets113
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 Nuggets 0; Q3 DEN +15; Q4 DEN +27
On this day · 2005–06Mar 15, 2006: 10 games. Top scorer: Joe Johnson (Hawks-Knicks), 36 points.
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The lead · Heat-Nets

Miami extends win streak to 8

Kobe Bryant goes for 25 points

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4-2+8+7MIA AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat2320252593
Nets1926152686
Who led
Udonis HaslemPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 12, 2, 5, 12, 6, 11, 10, 21MIA21 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 23, 31, 14, 24, 32, 12, 13, 19MIA19 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 7, 9, 21, 17, 2, 7, 18, 26, 20NJN20 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 40, 27, 25, 9, 32, 14, 17, 30, 21, 12NJN12 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Lead changes
Heat-Nets10
Lakers-Nuggets7
Spurs-Bucks5
The night in charts
Lakers-Nuggets combined for 199, 8 more than any other game
Points by game
Lakers-NuggetsLakers 86, Nuggets 113
199
Spurs-BucksSpurs 90, Bucks 101
191
Heat-NetsHeat 93, Nets 86
179
MIA won the closest game by 7
Closest finishes
Heat-NetsHeat 93, Nets 86
+7 MIA
Spurs-BucksSpurs 90, Bucks 101
+11 MIL
Lakers-NuggetsLakers 86, Nuggets 113
+27 DEN
MIA rallied from 2 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Heat-NetsMIA won · Heat 93, Nets 86
2 pts
Lakers-NuggetsDEN won · Lakers 86, Nuggets 113
1 pt
Kleiza shot 10-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
KleizaDEN · 29 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
77% (10-13)
HaslemMIA · 21 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
73% (8-11)
ReddMIL · 29 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST, 1 STL
65% (13-20)
BarrySAS · 20 PTS, 1 AST, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
ShaqMIA · 19 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
58% (7-12)
Final · Heat-Nets
Heat 93Nets 86
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat2320252593
Nets1926152686
The story
Udonis Haslem's 21 points and 12 rebounds carried Miami past New Jersey, 93-86

For New Jersey, Richard Jefferson had 20 PTS, 5 REB 21 PTS, 12 REB, 1 AST · 8-11 FG

The swing

The Heat trailed by 2 going into the third, then won it 25-15.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +4−2+8+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Jason Kidd was the fantasy play: 43.0 FPTS on 14 AST, 10 REB, 9 PTS

Final · Spurs-Bucks
Spurs 90Bucks 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2320212690
Bucks23291732101
The story
Milwaukee beat San Antonio 101-90 behind 13 points and 12 rebounds from Andrew Bogut

Tony Parker paced San Antonio: 15 PTS, 8 AST 13 PTS, 12 REB, 6 AST · 6-9 FG

The swing

A 29-20 second quarter did the most damage for the Bucks.

MIL lead by quarter
200 0+9+5+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Tim Duncan topped the game at 42.6 FPTS: 13 PTS, 13 REB, 4 AST

Final · Lakers-Nuggets
Lakers 86Nuggets 113
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers3120211486
Nuggets30213626113
The story
Carmelo Anthony had 26 points as Denver beat Los Angeles 113-86

Luke Walton led Los Angeles with 13 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST 26 PTS, 8 REB, 5 AST · 10-20 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

The Nuggets won the third 36-21, their biggest quarter edge.

DEN lead by quarter
300 −10+15+27 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.3Season avg15.8Last 5

15.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.3 in 57 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.3Season avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.3 in 44 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.6Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 21.6 a game in 46 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · Lakers-Nuggets

Denver rolls past Lakers, 113–86

The Lakers were held to 14 points in the fourth quarter. Linas Kleiza led Denver with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
MIA over NJN7MIL over SAS11DEN over LAL27Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over LAL.
Top performances

Michael Redd leads the day with 29

Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 12, 26, 31, 21, 52, 15, 10, 29, 29, 29Bucks-Spurs · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Linas KleizaPoints, last 10 games: 7, 3, 15, 10, 9, 8, 14, 24, 4, 29Nuggets-Lakers · W
6.7 PPG season to date · +22.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 36, 34, 33, 23, 30, 21, 17, 29, 29, 26Nuggets-Lakers · W
29.6 PPG season to date · −3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 38, 26, 35, 30, 31, 40, 30, 25, 25Lakers-Nuggets · L
29.1 PPG season to date · −4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Udonis HaslemPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 12, 2, 5, 12, 6, 11, 10, 21Heat-Nets · W
10.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 7, 9, 21, 17, 2, 7, 18, 26, 20Nets-Heat · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Stephon MarburyNYK+10.2 26.2 last 10 · 16.0 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Eddie JonesMIA+5.6 12.6 last 10 · 7.0 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+5.6 13.7 last 10 · 8.1 season
Al JeffersonBOS+5.5 20.9 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Caron ButlerWAS−6.6 12.5 last 10 · 19.1 season
JR SmithDEN−5.5 9.0 last 10 · 14.5 season
Damon JonesCLE−5.4 1.5 last 10 · 6.9 season
Mike JamesMIN−5.4 4.6 last 10 · 10.0 season
Rasual ButlerNOK−5.0 4.7 last 10 · 9.7 season