FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 22, 2007Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
CHI84
CLE78
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI +12; Q3 CHI +2; Q4 CHI +6
Final
SAC106
WAS109
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +8; Q3 WAS +12; Q4 WAS +3
Final
MIA100
DAL112
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL +23; Q3 DAL +30; Q4 DAL +12
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 · 2005–06Feb 22, 2006: 9 games. Top scorer: Shawn Marion (PHX vs BOS), 44 points.
The lead · SAC @ WAS

Gilbert Arenas scores 43 as Washington beats Sacramento

Washington won 109–106. Gilbert Arenas: 43 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4+8+12+3WAS AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC29202433106
WAS33242824109
Who led
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 23, 36, 27, 37, 16, 29, 9, 22, 38, 43WAS43 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 21, 15, 38, 15, 10, 16, 15, 25WAS25 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 21, 10, 20, 21, 39, 18, 18, 32SAC32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 19, 21, 7, 11, 13, 8, 10, 30SAC30 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
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
18.1Season avg25.6Last 5

25.6 points a game over his last five games, against 18.1 in 46 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg6.0Last 3

6.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.1 in 48 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.9Season avg36.7Today

37 minutes today, against 15.9 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · CHI @ CLE

Chicago beats Cleveland, 84–78

Chicago led 64–62 after three and won by 6. Luol Deng led Chicago with 18 points, 5 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
WAS over SAC3CHI over CLE6DAL over MIA12Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over CLE.
Top performances

Gilbert Arenas leads the day with 43

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.
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 23, 36, 27, 37, 16, 29, 9, 22, 38, 43WAS vs SAC · W
29.3 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 21, 10, 20, 21, 39, 18, 18, 32SAC @ WAS · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 32, 15, 26, 18, 38, 15, 24, 38, 26, 31DAL vs MIA · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 19, 21, 7, 11, 13, 8, 10, 30SAC @ WAS · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 21, 11, 29, 18, 23, 38, 29, 29CLE vs CHI · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 21, 15, 38, 15, 10, 16, 15, 25WAS vs SAC · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 5 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
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Nene HilarioDEN+6.9 17.8 last 10 · 10.9 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+6.0 26.1 last 10 · 20.1 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+5.8 21.9 last 10 · 16.1 season
Rudy GayMEM+5.6 15.5 last 10 · 9.9 season
Cold
Willie GreenPHI−6.0 4.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
Tyronn LueATL−5.5 6.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Fred JonesTOR−5.5 2.1 last 10 · 7.6 season
Richard HamiltonDET−5.1 16.4 last 10 · 21.5 season
Rasual ButlerNOK−5.0 5.5 last 10 · 10.5 season