FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 28, 2005Regular season · 11 games
← Mar 27CalendarMar 29 →

11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed NOH by 15 after three quarters and won 109–108.

Final
NJN95
CHA91
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN -4; Q3 NJN +1; Q4 NJN +4
Final
ATL102
ORL109
Q1 ORL +17; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +18; Q4 ORL +7
Final
DAL95
DET88
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL +7
Final
IND90
MIL76
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +11; Q3 IND +24; Q4 IND +14
Final · OT
CLE109
NOH108
Q1 CLE -4; Q2 CLE -11; Q3 CLE -15; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +1
Final
MEM86
CHI94
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI +8
Final
DEN114
PHX123
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +1; Q3 PHX +1; Q4 PHX +9
Final
HOU99
UTA85
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +14
Final
WAS114
POR106
Q1 WAS -4; Q2 WAS +7; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +8
Final
PHI109
SAC118
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +9
Final
NYK100
GSW108
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +9; Q4 GSW +8
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 · 2003–04Mar 28, 2004: 8 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (MIL vs HOU), 36 points.
The lead · CLE @ NOH

LeBron James scores 44 as Cleveland beats New Orleans

Cleveland won 109–108. LeBron James: 44 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-4-11-150+1CLE AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
CLE241821388109
NOH282525237108
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 35, 36, 34, 16, 56, 29, 19, 19, 44CLE44 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 10, 13, 15, 10, 13, 16, 13, 14CLE14 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 17, 4, 11, 6, 21, 27, 20, 11, 33, 22NOH22 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Bostjan NachbarPoints, last 10 games: 11, 12, 19, 8, 19, 5, 11, 0, 10, 17NOH17 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.6Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.6 in 63 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.5Season avg17.6Last 3

17.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.5 in 64 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.7Season avg39.8Today

40 minutes today, against 14.7 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · NJN @ CHA

New Jersey takes care of Charlotte

A 4-point win, 95–91. Vince Carter led New Jersey with 39 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over NOH1NJN over CHA4ORL over ATL7DAL over DET7CHI over MEM8WAS over POR8GSW over NYK8PHX over DEN9SAC over PHI9IND over MIL14HOU over UTA14Final margin, points. Pink = NJN over CHA.
Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 44

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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 19, 22, 15, 26, 31, 0, 26, 44HOU @ UTA · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
44 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 35, 36, 34, 16, 56, 29, 19, 19, 44CLE @ NOH · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
44 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 33, 30, 23, 39, 33, 22, 16, 39NJN @ CHA · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 32, 36, 31, 31, 39, 36, 20, 34PHI @ SAC · L
30.4 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 20, 8, 15, 33, 13, 22, 29, 33GSW vs NYK · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 20, 24, 24, 23, 31, 12, 31, 21, 31NYK @ GSW · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 8 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
JR SmithNOH+7.4 17.2 last 10 · 9.8 season
Anthony JohnsonIND+6.1 13.5 last 10 · 7.4 season
Reggie MillerIND+5.9 19.8 last 10 · 13.9 season
Josh ChildressATL+5.7 14.8 last 10 · 9.1 season
Donyell MarshallTOR+5.2 17.0 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cold
Jeff McInnisCLE−6.5 7.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−5.8 19.0 last 10 · 24.8 season
Pau GasolMEM−5.7 12.2 last 10 · 17.9 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.5 12.3 last 10 · 17.8 season
Eric WilliamsTOR−5.4 2.7 last 10 · 8.1 season