FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 1, 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
CLE92
DAL95
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +3
Final
CHA90
POR127
Q1 POR +15; Q2 POR +20; Q3 POR +37; Q4 POR +37
Final
LAC75
SEA77
Q1 SEA +5; Q2 SEA +7; Q3 SEA 0; Q4 SEA +2
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 · 2005–06Mar 1, 2006: 13 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ HOU), 40 points.
The lead · LAC @ SEA

Rashard Lewis scores 31, Seattle holds off Clippers

Final: 77–75. Rashard Lewis added 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · SEA 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 Q3Final0+5+70+2SEA AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC2113231875
SEA2615162077
Who led
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 0, 14, 23, 20, 34, 18, 10, 29, 21, 31SEA31 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Chris WilcoxPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 25, 5, 13, 7, 8, 10, 13, 12SEA12 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 21, 12, 14, 17, 31, 14, 18, 22LAC22 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 0, 9, 17, 23, 17, 31, 15, 16, 11, 18LAC18 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · CLE @ DAL

Dallas leads Cleveland wire to wire

Dallas was ahead at every break and won 95–92. Best quarter: the first, 27–23. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 24 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SEA over LAC2DAL over CLE3POR over CHA37Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over CLE.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.2Season avg15.0Last 5

15.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.2 in 48 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.2Season avg16.8Last 3

16.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.2 in 57 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.6Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 10.6 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 1 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 11, 29, 18, 23, 38, 29, 29, 29, 35, 39CLE @ DAL · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high39 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 0, 14, 23, 20, 34, 18, 10, 29, 21, 31SEA vs LAC · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 18, 0, 6, 9, 18, 6, 12, 30POR vs CHA · W
7.6 PPG season to date · +22.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 38, 15, 24, 38, 26, 31, 31, 27, 23, 24DAL vs CLE · W
25.4 PPG season to date · −1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 21, 12, 14, 17, 31, 14, 18, 22LAC @ SEA · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 33, 40, 10, 17, 28, 22, 22, 25, 11, 20POR vs CHA · W
23.7 PPG season to date · −3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 6 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
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+7.5 28.3 last 10 · 20.8 season
Rudy GayMEM+6.4 16.4 last 10 · 10.0 season
Dwight HowardORL+6.1 24.2 last 10 · 18.1 season
Tyson ChandlerNOK+5.0 13.6 last 10 · 8.6 season
Cold
Rasual ButlerNOK−5.6 4.5 last 10 · 10.1 season
Tyronn LueATL−5.5 6.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Fred JonesPOR−5.3 2.1 last 10 · 7.4 season
Richard HamiltonDET−4.9 16.6 last 10 · 21.5 season
Earl BoykinsMIL−4.5 10.3 last 10 · 14.8 season