FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 20, 2007Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed CLE by 9 at halftime and won 108–100.

Final · OT
CLE100
CHA108
Q1 CHA -3; Q2 CHA -9; Q3 CHA -6; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA +8
Final
DEN94
NJN90
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN -7; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +4
Final
PHI75
DET96
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +21
Final
DAL92
NYK77
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +15
Final
NOK114
MEM103
Q1 NOK 0; Q2 NOK 0; Q3 NOK +11; Q4 NOK +11
Final
LAC103
CHI89
Q1 LAC -2; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +14
Final
GSW100
UTA104
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA -7; Q3 UTA -6; Q4 UTA +4
Final
IND76
HOU86
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +10
Final
MIN90
PHX108
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +17; Q4 PHX +18
Final
WAS98
POR100
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR -7; Q3 POR -5; Q4 POR +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 20, 2006: 4 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ BOS), 43 points.
The lead · CLE @ CHA

Charlotte rallies from nine down at the half, wins in overtime

Cleveland led 46–37 at the break. It was 94–94 after regulation, and Charlotte won the extra time 14–6. Final: 108–100. Gerald Wallace led Charlotte with 27 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists. LeBron James scored 37 for Cleveland in the loss.

Game flow · CHA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-3-9-60+8CHA AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
CLE242229196100
CHA2116322514108
Who led
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 13, 19, 33, 22, 24, 20, 13, 15, 20, 27CHA27 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Matt CarrollPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 5, 16, 10, 9, 22, 13, 8, 20CHA20 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 35, 39, 36, 32, 41, 32, 26, 29, 24, 37CLE37 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 11, 27, 22, 12, 4, 23, 25, 13, 4, 17CLE17 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.2Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.2 in 56 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.4Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.4 in 60 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.7Season avg40.0Today

40 minutes today, against 11.7 a game in 33 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Detroit by 21.

POR over WAS2DEN over NJN4UTA over GSW4CHA over CLE8HOU over IND10NOK over MEM11LAC over CHI14DAL over NYK15PHX over MIN18DET over PHI21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 37

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: 35, 39, 36, 32, 41, 32, 26, 29, 24, 37CLE @ CHA · L
27.5 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 2, 16, 11, 24, 37, 10, 14, 23, 24, 32HOU vs IND · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 33, 26, 23, 32, 30, 19, 26, 30MIN @ PHX · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 12, 9, 8, 18, 15, 7, 12, 30DET vs PHI · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 23, 30, 21, 17, 29, 29, 26, 29, 30DEN @ NJN · W
29.6 PPG season to date · +0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 25, 9, 32, 14, 17, 30, 21, 12, 22, 29NJN vs DEN · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 9 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
Stephon MarburyNYK+8.5 24.3 last 10 · 15.8 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Eddie JonesMIA+6.8 14.0 last 10 · 7.2 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+6.8 15.3 last 10 · 8.5 season
Kobe BryantLAL+5.7 35.7 last 10 · 30.0 season
Cold
JR SmithDEN−6.8 7.3 last 10 · 14.1 season
Caron ButlerWAS−6.6 12.5 last 10 · 19.1 season
Sam CassellLAC−6.4 6.8 last 10 · 13.2 season
Yao MingHOU−5.4 19.3 last 10 · 24.7 season
Damon JonesCLE−5.4 1.5 last 10 · 6.9 season