FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, March 31, 2007Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed PHI by 5 at halftime and won 86–82.

Final · OT
CLE112
CHI108
Q1 CLE -4; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +10; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +4
Final
PHI82
NJN86
Q1 NJN -4; Q2 NJN -5; Q3 NJN +4; Q4 NJN +4
Final · OT
NYK94
NOK103
Q1 NOK -4; Q2 NOK +14; Q3 NOK +9; Q4 NOK 0; OT1 NOK +9
Final
LAC99
POR86
Q1 LAC +20; Q2 LAC +26; Q3 LAC +17; Q4 LAC +13
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 31, 2006: 12 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ NYK), 47 points.
The lead · PHI @ NJN

New Jersey beats Philadelphia, 86–82

New Jersey led 61–57 after three and won by 4. Vince Carter led New Jersey with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · NJN 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 Q3Final0-4-5+4+4NJN AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI2118182582
NJN1717272586
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 30, 21, 12, 22, 29, 27, 40, 13, 27, 19NJN19 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 20, 18, 18, 19, 16, 14, 13, 14NJN14 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 6, 16, 2, 16, 19, 9, 16, 3, 14PHI14 PTS · 7 REB · 12 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 7, 0, 7, 7, 2, 6, 11, 12, 10, 14PHI14 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
3.8Season avg14.2Last 5

14.2 points a game over his last five games, against 3.8 in 51 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 16 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.4Season avg5.6Last 3

5.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.4 in 52 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+36.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.1Season avg44.7Today

45 minutes today, against 8.1 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · CLE @ CHI

Cleveland needs overtime to survive Chicago

Tied 100–100 after regulation. Cleveland won the final period 12–8 for a 112–108 win. LeBron James led Cleveland with 39 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists.

Top-scorer duel · CLE vs CHI
LeBron James · CLEBen Gordon · CHIPTS3937REB52AST94Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
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: 26, 29, 24, 37, 31, 21, 18, 26, 24, 39CLE @ CHI · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 8, 33, 10, 25, 31, 17, 25, 37CHI vs CLE · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Eddy CurryPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 5, 22, 8, 27, 17, 25, 17, 34NYK @ NOK · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Tyrus ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 8, 23, 5, 8, 2, 9, 4, 2, 13, 27CHI vs CLE · L
5.1 PPG season to date · +22.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 27, 25, 19, 15, 12, 12, 26, 25LAC @ POR · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 14, 14, 19, 24, 23, 22, 13, 23POR vs LAC · L
16.3 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 5 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
Kobe BryantLAL+11.2 42.4 last 10 · 31.2 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Sasha PavlovicCLE+7.4 15.7 last 10 · 8.3 season
Antonio McDyessDET+6.1 13.9 last 10 · 7.8 season
Josh SmithATL+5.4 21.2 last 10 · 15.8 season
Cold
Caron ButlerWAS−6.8 12.3 last 10 · 19.1 season
Sam CassellLAC−6.5 6.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Adam MorrisonCHA−5.8 6.3 last 10 · 12.1 season
JR SmithDEN−5.7 8.3 last 10 · 14.0 season
Mo WilliamsMIL−5.7 11.7 last 10 · 17.4 season