FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 12, 2006Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 7 points, by MIA (vs CLE) and TOR (vs IND).

Final
CLE92
MIA98
Q1 MIA -7; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA -7; Q4 MIA +6
Final
SEA120
LAL113
Q1 SEA +3; Q2 SEA +9; Q3 SEA +4; Q4 SEA +7
Final
HOU81
SAS88
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS -4; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +7
Final
PHI94
MEM91
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI -3; Q4 PHI +3
Final
DEN101
BOS106
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +5
Final
CHA78
DET94
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +16
Final
IND89
TOR93
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR -7; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR +4
Final
NJN95
NOK84
Q1 NJN +7; Q2 NJN +8; Q3 NJN +13; Q4 NJN +11
Final
PHX101
POR111
Q1 POR -1; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +1; Q4 POR +10
Final
DAL80
SAC85
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +3; Q4 SAC +5
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 12, 2005: 6 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ CHA), 32 points.
The lead · IND @ TOR

Toronto takes care of Indiana

A 4-point win, 93–89. Morris Peterson led Toronto with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-7-2+4TOR AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND2328241489
TOR2321292093
Who led
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 20, 19, 21, 25, 27, 13, 31, 20, 25TOR25 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 19, 27, 23, 24, 28, 15, 18, 24TOR24 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 2, 12, 26, 20, 15, 20, 23, 21, 26IND26 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Jeff FosterPoints, last 10 games: 2, 11, 6, 6, 6, 4, 4, 1, 4, 19IND19 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Second story · CLE @ MIA

Miami tops Cleveland in Miami

Final: 98–92. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 35 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over MEM3TOR over IND4BOS over DEN5SAC over DAL5MIA over CLE6SEA over LAL7SAS over HOU7POR over PHX10NJN over NOK11DET over CHA16Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over CLE.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.1Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 6.1 in 40 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.1Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.1 in 45 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.1Season avg25Today

25 minutes today, against 7.1 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 1 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 47

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 26, 19, 33, 37, 17, 35, 25, 47CLE @ MIA · L
30.8 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
47 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 19, 25, 34, 24, 35, 29, 14, 36DEN @ BOS · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 20, 37, 39, 38, 31, 33, 31, 31, 24, 36BOS vs DEN · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 37, 38, 36, 24, 26, 32, 24, 40, 42, 35MIA vs CLE · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 7, 19, 23, 2, 20, 24, 15, 33, 29, 32POR vs PHX · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Chris WebberPoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 19, 19, 21, 30, 17, 18, 17, 31PHI @ MEM · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 9 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
Jumaine JonesCHA+6.3 16.6 last 10 · 10.3 season
Yao MingHOU+6.0 27.5 last 10 · 21.5 season
Jason RichardsonGSW+5.8 29.6 last 10 · 23.8 season
Boris DiawPHX+5.7 18.9 last 10 · 13.2 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+5.5 33.4 last 10 · 27.9 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.0 18.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK−5.4 7.5 last 10 · 12.9 season
Stephon MarburyNYK−5.2 11.8 last 10 · 17.0 season
Bonzi WellsSAC−4.9 8.8 last 10 · 13.7 season
Mo WilliamsMIL−4.7 9.2 last 10 · 13.9 season