FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, March 8, 2006Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 9 points, by CHA (vs GSW) and CLE (vs TOR) and HOU (vs IND).

Final
CLE98
TOR97
Q1 CLE -9; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE +1
Final
PHI101
BOS104
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS -6; Q3 BOS -1; Q4 BOS +3
Final
GSW101
CHA104
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA -9; Q3 CHA -5; Q4 CHA +3
Final
CHI101
DET106
Q1 DET -7; Q2 DET -7; Q3 DET +4; Q4 DET +5
Final
WAS112
MIA118
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA -5; Q4 MIA +6
Final
SAC123
MIL116
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC +12; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +7
Final
LAL113
NOK107
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +6
Final
IND99
HOU103
Q1 HOU -4; Q2 HOU -9; Q3 HOU -9; Q4 HOU +4
Final
MIN93
UTA96
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +3
Final
MEM99
SEA74
Q1 MEM +9; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +19; Q4 MEM +25
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 · 2004–05Mar 8, 2005: 10 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs LAC), 41 points.
The lead · CLE @ TOR

LeBron James scores 35 as Cleveland wins in Toronto

Final: 98–97. LeBron James made 13 of 24 shots from the field.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9+8-3+1CLE AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE1931202898
TOR2814312497
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 33, 25, 22, 26, 19, 33, 37, 17, 35CLE35 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Flip MurrayPoints, last 10 games: 9, 6, 4, 17, 8, 19, 13, 8, 24, 14CLE14 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 9, 20, 19, 21, 25, 27, 13, 31TOR31 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Mike JamesPoints, last 10 games: 27, 22, 16, 25, 26, 21, 22, 20, 31, 30TOR30 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.4Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 5.4 in 38 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.8Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.8 in 43 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.2Season avg39.2Today

39 minutes today, against 14.2 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Five close finishes and one Grizzlies rout

Five of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Memphis beat Seattle by 25.

CLE over TOR1BOS over PHI3CHA over GSW3UTA over MIN3HOU over IND4DET over CHI5MIA over WAS6LAL over NOK6SAC over MIL7MEM over SEA25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 40

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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 34, 16, 37, 38, 36, 24, 26, 32, 24, 40MIA vs WAS · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 36, 39, 40, 28, 35, 42, 40, 43, 40LAL @ NOK · W
35.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 6, 29, 22, 29, 27, 22, 21, 32, 30, 38HOU vs IND · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 12, 16, 25, 16, 16, 17, 16, 29, 36SAC @ MIL · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 33, 25, 22, 26, 19, 33, 37, 17, 35CLE @ TOR · W
30.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 18, 30, 18, 21, 24, 37, 23, 32MIL vs SAC · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 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
Paul PierceBOS+6.7 34.0 last 10 · 27.3 season
Anthony JohnsonIND+5.9 14.6 last 10 · 8.7 season
Mike JamesTOR+5.3 24.0 last 10 · 18.7 season
Jumaine JonesCHA+5.3 15.2 last 10 · 9.9 season
Jameer NelsonORL+5.2 19.1 last 10 · 13.9 season
Cold
Stephon MarburyNYK−6.2 10.8 last 10 · 17.0 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.0 18.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Baron DavisGSW−5.0 13.0 last 10 · 18.0 season
Mo WilliamsMIL−4.7 9.2 last 10 · 13.9 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK−4.5 8.6 last 10 · 13.1 season