FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, April 8, 2006Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed WAS by 10 after the first quarter and won 99–86.

Final
CLE108
NJN102
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE -5; Q3 CLE -6; Q4 CLE +6
Final
MIA99
WAS86
Q1 MIA -10; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +13
Final
PHI89
CHI75
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +10; Q3 PHI +23; Q4 PHI +14
Final
NOK77
DAL101
Q1 DAL +10; Q2 DAL +17; Q3 DAL +18; Q4 DAL +24
Final
GSW92
DEN95
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +3; Q4 DEN +3
Final
POR93
UTA110
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +17
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 · 2004–05Apr 8, 2005: 12 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (PHX @ GSW), 44 points.
The lead · MIA @ WAS

Miami climbs out of a 10-point hole against Washington

Down 10 after one, the Heat won the second quarter 37–22 and the game 99–86. Shaquille O'Neal led Miami with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10+5+12+13MIA AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA1937192499
WAS2922122386
Who led
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 26, 13, 18, 27, 22, 23, 18, 24, 28, 27MIA27 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Derek AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 5, 0, 4, 3, 2, 3, 14, 2, 20MIA20 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 25, 31, 17, 40, 27, 31, 13, 38, 41, 30WAS30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Antonio DanielsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 13, 12, 17, 12, 11, 12, 8, 25WAS25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · CLE @ NJN

Cleveland handles New Jersey by 6

The Cavaliers won the fourth quarter 36–24. Final: 108–102. LeBron James led Cleveland with 37 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over GSW3CLE over NJN6MIA over WAS13PHI over CHI14UTA over POR17DAL over NOK24Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over NJN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.3Season avg19.8Last 5

19.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.3 in 64 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.2Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.2 in 63 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.8Season avg45.4Today

45 minutes today, against 27.8 a game in 72 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Allen Iverson leads the day with 39

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.
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 17, 26, 28, 47, 32, 38, 26, 37, 39PHI @ CHI · W
33.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 37, 36, 36, 46, 47, 35, 37, 36, 37CLE @ NJN · W
31.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 22, 20, 23, 26, 43, 27, 20, 33NJN vs CLE · L
24.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 25, 31, 17, 40, 27, 31, 13, 38, 41, 30WAS vs MIA · L
29.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Matt HarpringPoints, last 10 games: 13, 9, 12, 7, 15, 18, 16, 21, 15, 29UTA vs POR · W
12.6 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 23, 4, 11, 4, 14, 24, 5, 17, 13, 28POR @ UTA · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 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
Raymond FeltonCHA+7.6 19.1 last 10 · 11.5 season
Charlie BellMIL+7.1 15.6 last 10 · 8.5 season
Mike JamesTOR+6.4 26.2 last 10 · 19.8 season
LeBron JamesCLE+5.9 37.6 last 10 · 31.7 season
Carlos BoozerUTA+5.6 20.7 last 10 · 15.1 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.0 18.4 last 10 · 24.4 season
Channing FryeNYK−5.7 6.6 last 10 · 12.3 season
Kenyon MartinDEN−5.5 7.5 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cuttino MobleyLAC−5.3 9.8 last 10 · 15.1 season
Steve FrancisNYK−4.9 9.8 last 10 · 14.7 season