FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 15, 2010Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed PHI by 11 at halftime and won 94–84.

Final · Box score
Knicks94
Sixers84
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK -11; Q3 NYK +4; Q4 NYK +10
Final · Box score
Pistons93
Celtics119
Q1 BOS +16; Q2 BOS +29; Q3 BOS +19; Q4 BOS +26
Final · Box score
Nuggets123
Rockets125
Q1 HOU +9; Q2 HOU +11; Q3 HOU -2; Q4 HOU +2
Final · Box score
Wizards89
Jazz112
Q1 Jazz 0; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +30; Q4 UTA +23
Final · Box score
Lakers124
Warriors121
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL -6; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +3
Final · Box score
Hornets108
Clippers100
Q1 NOH +3; Q2 NOH -4; Q3 NOH -1; Q4 NOH +8
On this day · 2008–09Mar 15, 2009: 11 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (Nets-Clippers), 41 points.
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The lead · Knicks-Sixers

New York turns it around against Philadelphia

Carmelo Anthony goes for 45 points

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-11+4+10NYK AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks2618292194
Sixers2530141584
Who led
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 11, 17, 15, 13, 15, 27, 14, 9, 6, 21NYK21 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Toney DouglasPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 7, 6, 0, 11, 2, 19, 21, 20NYK20 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 8, 23, 4, 7, 21, 21, 13, 6, 12, 18PHI18 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Willie GreenPoints, last 10 games: 10, 4, 5, 17, 7, 5, 13, 2, 5, 17PHI17 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Lakers-Warriors

Lakers hold off Golden State, 124–121

Lakers led 94–87 after three and held on to win by three. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over DEN2LAL over GSW3NOH over LAC8NYK over PHI10UTA over WAS23BOS over DET26Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over GSW.
Lead changes
Hornets-Clippers19
Knicks-Sixers7
Lakers-Warriors7
Nuggets-Rockets4
Wizards-Jazz4
Pistons-Celtics1
Shot of the night

Brooks's jumper with 2.9 seconds left breaks the tie, 125-123 final

The night in charts
Nuggets-Rockets combined for 248, 3 more than any other game
Points by game
Nuggets-RocketsNuggets 123, Rockets 125
248
Lakers-WarriorsLakers 124, Warriors 121
245
Pistons-CelticsPistons 93, Celtics 119
212
Hornets-ClippersHornets 108, Clippers 100
208
Wizards-JazzWizards 89, Jazz 112
201
Knicks-SixersKnicks 94, Sixers 84
178
2 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Nuggets-RocketsNuggets 123, Rockets 125
+2 HOU
Lakers-WarriorsLakers 124, Warriors 121
+3 LAL
Hornets-ClippersHornets 108, Clippers 100
+8 NOH
Knicks-SixersKnicks 94, Sixers 84
+10 NYK
Wizards-JazzWizards 89, Jazz 112
+23 UTA
Pistons-CelticsPistons 93, Celtics 119
+26 BOS
NYK erased a 11-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Knicks-SixersNYK won · Knicks 94, Sixers 84
11 pts
Lakers-WarriorsLAL won · Lakers 124, Warriors 121
6 pts
Hornets-ClippersNOH won · Hornets 108, Clippers 100
4 pts
Nuggets-RocketsHOU won · Nuggets 123, Rockets 125
2 pts
Pau shot 10-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
PauLAL · 26 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
77% (10-13)
BoozerUTA · 23 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST
67% (8-12)
WestNOH · 24 PTS, 7 AST, 5 REB, 1 STL
65% (11-17)
BrooksHOU · 31 PTS, 9 AST, 1 REB
65% (11-17)
CollisonNOH · 18 PTS, 14 AST, 3 REB
62% (8-13)
Final · Nuggets-Rockets
Nuggets 123Rockets 125
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nuggets29283828123
Rockets38302532125
The story
Aaron Brooks had 31 points and 9 assists as Houston beat Denver 125-123

Johan Petro led Denver with 11 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST 31 PTS, 9 AST, 1 REB · 11-17 FG, 2-4 3PT

The swing

The Rockets won the first 38-29, their biggest quarter edge.

HOU lead by quarter
200 +9+11−2+2 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Lakers-Warriors
Lakers 124Warriors 121
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers39203530124
Warriors32332234121
The story
Pau Gasol's 26 points carried Los Angeles past Golden State, 124-121

For Golden State, Monta Ellis had 13 PTS, 11 AST 26 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST · 10-13 FG

The swing

The Lakers trailed by 6 going into the third, then won it 35-22.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +7−6+7+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Stephen Curry was the fantasy play: 54.0 FPTS on 29 PTS, 9 AST, 5 REB

Final · Knicks-Sixers
Knicks 94Sixers 84
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks2618292194
Sixers2530141584
The story
New York beat Philadelphia 94-84 behind 20 points from Toney Douglas

Andre Iguodala paced Philadelphia: 17 REB, 14 PTS, 2 AST 20 PTS, 7 AST, 3 STL, 1 REB · 7-13 FG, 2-6 3PT

The swing

A 29-14 third quarter erased a 11-point hole for the Knicks.

NYK lead by quarter
200 +1−11+4+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Jrue Holiday topped the game at 46.6 FPTS: 18 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+13.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.4Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.4 in 63 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.1 in 56 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.4Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 11.4 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 45

Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 17, 30, 34, 30, 19, 32, 24, 45Nuggets-Rockets · L
28.8 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Kobe Bryant LAL, May 19, 2001: 45 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
45 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 19, 28, 22, 25, 25, 14, 18, 31Rockets-Nuggets · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 18, 9, 31, 25, 12, 15, 35, 29Warriors-Lakers · L
16.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 19, 33, 32, 28, 14, 30, 27, 21, 20, 29Rockets-Nuggets · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 14, 24, 39, 26, 34, 32, 21, 29Lakers-Warriors · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 11, 23, 15, 14, 10, 11, 20, 17, 15, 26Lakers-Warriors · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Andray BlatcheWAS+11.8 24.3 last 10 · 12.5 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+8.5 21.8 last 10 · 13.3 season
Darren CollisonNOH+7.0 18.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.7 23.1 last 10 · 16.4 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+6.3 28.7 last 10 · 22.4 season
Cold
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−6.1 4.4 last 10 · 10.5 season
Martell WebsterPOR−6.0 3.7 last 10 · 9.7 season
Devin BrownCHI−5.8 2.4 last 10 · 8.2 season
Omri CasspiSAC−5.0 6.1 last 10 · 11.1 season