FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 14, 2006Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed CLE by 19 at halftime and won 91–87.

Final
TOR111
PHI97
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR -7; Q4 TOR +14
Final
WAS119
CHA114
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +5
Final
UTA83
MIA121
Q1 MIA +27; Q2 MIA +22; Q3 MIA +39; Q4 MIA +38
Final
BOS76
MEM93
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 MEM +16; Q3 MEM +18; Q4 MEM +17
Final
POR66
CHI95
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +25; Q4 CHI +29
Final
CLE87
DAL91
Q1 DAL -3; Q2 DAL -19; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL +4
Final
NOK81
SAS96
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +15
Final
LAL98
SAC114
Q1 SAC -7; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +16
Final
PHX129
SEA120
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +9
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 14, 2005: 7 games. Top scorer: Al Harrington (ATL vs DET), 37 points.
The lead · CLE @ DAL

Dirk Nowitzki drops 30 in 19-point comeback win over Cleveland

Cleveland led by 19 at the half. Final: 91–87. LeBron James scored 36 for Cleveland in the loss.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-190+4DAL AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE223182687
DAL1915273091
Who led
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 32, 32, 23, 26, 25, 25, 33, 34, 24, 30DAL30 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 23, 17, 21, 26, 19, 14, 14, 20DAL20 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 19, 33, 37, 17, 35, 25, 47, 36CLE36 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 19, 9, 12, 15, 10, 13, 21, 17CLE17 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Miami posts the night's biggest win

Miami beat Utah by 38, the widest margin of 9 games.

DAL over CLE4WAS over CHA5PHX over SEA9TOR over PHI14SAS over NOK15SAC over LAL16MEM over BOS17CHI over POR29MIA over UTA38Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.2Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.2 in 41 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 20 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.8Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.8 in 46 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.9Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 11.9 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 36

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: 22, 26, 19, 33, 37, 17, 35, 25, 47, 36CLE @ DAL · L
30.8 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 13, 35, 20, 24, 31, 25, 19, 12, 35WAS @ CHA · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 26, 46, 37, 28, 33, 23, 39, 28, 34, 34WAS @ CHA · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 33, 21, 33, 31, 20, 18, 38, 19, 33SEA vs PHX · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 29, 19, 27, 23, 24, 28, 15, 18, 24, 31TOR @ PHI · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 32, 32, 23, 26, 25, 25, 33, 34, 24, 30DAL vs CLE · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 13 REB · 6 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+6.7 17.1 last 10 · 10.4 season
Yao MingHOU+6.4 28.2 last 10 · 21.8 season
Morris PetersonTOR+5.9 21.5 last 10 · 15.6 season
Jason RichardsonGSW+5.8 29.6 last 10 · 23.8 season
Boris DiawPHX+5.2 18.4 last 10 · 13.2 season
Cold
Jamal CrawfordNYK−6.2 6.6 last 10 · 12.8 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.0 18.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Bonzi WellsSAC−5.1 8.4 last 10 · 13.5 season
Donyell MarshallCLE−5.0 4.2 last 10 · 9.2 season
Mo WilliamsMIL−4.8 9.0 last 10 · 13.8 season