FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 14, 2009Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed UTA by 10 after the first quarter and won 140–129.

Final · 3OT · Box score
Jazz129
Heat140
Q1 MIA -10; Q2 MIA -4; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 Heat 0; OT1 Heat 0; OT2 Heat 0; OT3 MIA +11
Final · Box score
Bobcats100
Wolves108
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN +15; Q3 MIN +8; Q4 MIN +8
Final · Box score
Hornets79
Bulls97
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI +14; Q3 CHI +24; Q4 CHI +18
Final · Box score
Spurs88
Rockets85
Q1 Spurs 0; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +1; Q4 SAS +3
Final · Box score
Clippers94
Nuggets107
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +14; Q4 DEN +13
Final · Box score
Thunder95
Suns106
Q1 PHX -9; Q2 PHX -6; Q3 Suns 0; Q4 PHX +11
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The lead · Jazz-Heat

Dwyane Wade scores 50, Miami rallies past Utah

Jermaine O'Neal goes for 28 points

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1End OT2Final0-10-4+3000+11MIA AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2OT3T
Jazz292625278104129
Heat1932322481015140
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 31, 21, 46, 41, 35, 42, 25, 48, 32, 50MIA50 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 18, 16, 6, 8, 19, 11, 12, 28MIA28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 16, 6, 26, 25, 25, 5, 20, 30UTA30 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Kyle KorverPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 3, 17, 2, 7, 20, 11, 3, 25UTA25 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Second story · Thunder-Suns

Phoenix climbs out of a 9-point hole against OKC

Down 9 after one, the Suns won the fourth quarter 34–23 and the game 106–95. Leandro Barbosa led Phoenix with 22 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Suns-Thunder
Leandro Barbosa · PHXKevin Durant · OKCPTS2222REB56AST22Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Spurs-Rockets21
Jazz-Heat8
Thunder-Suns7
Hornets-Bulls6
Bobcats-Wolves4
Clippers-Nuggets0
The night in charts
Jazz-Heat combined for 269, 61 more than any other game
Points by game
Jazz-HeatJazz 129, Heat 140
269
Bobcats-WolvesBobcats 100, Wolves 108
208
Thunder-SunsThunder 95, Suns 106
201
Clippers-NuggetsClippers 94, Nuggets 107
201
Hornets-BullsHornets 79, Bulls 97
176
Spurs-RocketsSpurs 88, Rockets 85
173
SAS won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Spurs-RocketsSpurs 88, Rockets 85
+3 SAS
Bobcats-WolvesBobcats 100, Wolves 108
+8 MIN
Thunder-SunsThunder 95, Suns 106
+11 PHX
Jazz-HeatJazz 129, Heat 140
+11 MIA
Clippers-NuggetsClippers 94, Nuggets 107
+13 DEN
Hornets-BullsHornets 79, Bulls 97
+18 CHI
MIA erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Jazz-HeatMIA won · Jazz 129, Heat 140
10 pts
Thunder-SunsPHX won · Thunder 95, Suns 106
9 pts
Gerald Wallace shot 8-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Gerald WallaceCHA · 26 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
73% (8-11)
BalkmanDEN · 22 PTS, 11 REB, 2 BLK, 1 AST
71% (10-14)
AugustinCHA · 18 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST
70% (7-10)
CP3NOH · 29 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST
65% (13-20)
Ben GordonCHI · 27 PTS, 5 AST, 4 REB, 1 STL
65% (11-17)
Final · Spurs-Rockets
Spurs 88Rockets 85
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs2222202488
Rockets2215262285
The story
Tony Parker's 28 points and 8 assists carried San Antonio past Houston, 88-85

For Houston, Yao Ming had 18 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST 28 PTS, 8 AST, 4 REB · 10-23 FG

The swing

The second quarter, 22-15, was where the Spurs built it.

SAS lead by quarter
200 0+7+1+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Tim Duncan was the fantasy play: 43.4 FPTS on 15 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST

Final · Jazz-Heat
Jazz 129Heat 140
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2OT3T
Jazz292625278104129
Heat1932322481015140
The story
Mario Chalmers had 23 points as Miami beat Utah 140-129 in OT

Kyle Korver led Utah with 25 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST 23 PTS, 5 STL, 4 AST, 2 REB · 7-14 FG, 1-6 3PT

The swing

The Heat won the third overtime 15-4.

MIA lead by quarter
200 −10−4+3000+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2OT3
Final · Clippers-Nuggets
Clippers 94Nuggets 107
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers1729252394
Nuggets24273422107
The story
Denver beat Los Angeles 107-94 behind 17 points and 10 rebounds from Nene Hilario

Al Thornton paced Los Angeles: 19 PTS, 7 REB 17 PTS, 10 REB, 5 STL, 1 AST · 4-7 FG

The swing

A 34-25 third quarter did the most damage for the Nuggets.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +7+5+14+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+10.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.4Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 65 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.8Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.8 in 33 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.5Season avg47.8Today

48 minutes today, against 23.5 a game in 61 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 50

Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 31, 21, 46, 41, 35, 42, 25, 48, 32, 50Heat-Jazz · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high50 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 16, 6, 26, 25, 25, 5, 20, 30Jazz-Heat · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 13 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 20, 9, 14, 16, 27, 21, 24, 30, 30, 29Hornets-Bulls · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 39, 11, 15, 26, 37, 19, 30, 21, 25, 28Spurs-Rockets · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 18, 16, 6, 8, 19, 11, 12, 28Heat-Jazz · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 16, 14, 15, 34, 43, 4, 9, 27Bulls-Hornets · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Jarrett JackIND+8.4 21.0 last 10 · 12.6 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+7.6 25.8 last 10 · 18.2 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+7.1 37.1 last 10 · 30.0 season
Steve NashPHX+6.7 21.9 last 10 · 15.2 season
Devin HarrisNJN+6.3 29.0 last 10 · 22.7 season
Cold
Mike BibbyATL−6.6 8.3 last 10 · 14.9 season
Quentin RichardsonNYK−5.6 4.2 last 10 · 9.8 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Tim DuncanSAS−4.8 15.2 last 10 · 20.0 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−4.3 12.3 last 10 · 16.6 season