FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 5, 2007Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed DET by 2 after the first quarter and won 111–93.

Final
HOU85
CLE91
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE +10; Q3 CLE +11; Q4 CLE +6
Final
MIL81
ORL99
Q1 ORL +10; Q2 ORL +15; Q3 ORL +20; Q4 ORL +18
Final
GSW111
DET93
Q1 GSW -2; Q2 GSW +6; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +18
Final
ATL81
MIA88
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA +8; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +7
Final
CHA95
UTA120
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +16; Q4 UTA +25
Final
SAS88
LAC74
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +14
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 5, 2006: 9 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs CHI), 37 points.
The lead · GSW @ DET

Golden State beats Detroit, 111–93

Golden State led 88–71 after three and won by 18. Jason Richardson led Golden State with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+6+17+18GSW AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW26352723111
DET2827162293
Who led
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 5, 19, 18, 15, 12, 17, 9, 28, 29GSW29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 22, 24, 8, 15, 10, 26, 25, 16GSW16 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Lindsey HunterPoints, last 10 games: 12, 2, 11, 0, 13, 2, 4, 2, 6, 20DET20 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 2, 7, 8, 9, 14, 22, 17, 18DET18 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · HOU @ CLE

Cleveland handles Houston by 6

The Cavaliers won the third quarter 25–24. Final: 91–85. LeBron James led Cleveland with 32 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over HOU6MIA over ATL7SAS over LAC14ORL over MIL18GSW over DET18UTA over CHA25Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over HOU.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.0Season avg34.2Last 5

34.2 points a game over his last five games, against 27.0 in 57 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.5Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.5 in 27 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.7Season avg40.1Today

40 minutes today, against 19.7 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Gerald Wallace leads the day with 33

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.
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 32, 21, 18, 19, 12, 20, 31, 13, 19, 33CHA @ UTA · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 38, 29, 29, 29, 35, 39, 36, 32CLE vs HOU · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 8 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 19, 22, 25, 9, 16, 10, 28, 32UTA vs CHA · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 5, 19, 18, 15, 12, 17, 9, 28, 29GSW @ DET · W
14.2 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 6, 20, 8, 9, 12, 22, 19, 25ORL vs MIL · W
12.5 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 28, 27, 32, 37, 34, 22, 28, 21, 25HOU @ CLE · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 4 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
Rudy GayMEM+5.9 16.0 last 10 · 10.1 season
Tyson ChandlerNOK+5.7 14.5 last 10 · 8.8 season
Stephon MarburyNYK+5.1 20.5 last 10 · 15.4 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+5.0 21.8 last 10 · 16.8 season
Cold
Rasual ButlerNOK−5.9 4.1 last 10 · 10.0 season
Fred JonesPOR−5.0 2.3 last 10 · 7.3 season
Damon JonesCLE−4.9 2.1 last 10 · 7.0 season
Earl BoykinsMIL−4.5 10.3 last 10 · 14.8 season
Tyronn LueATL−4.5 7.0 last 10 · 11.5 season