FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, April 5, 2007Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed PHX by 1 at halftime and won 92–85.

Final · OT
MIA94
CLE90
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +4
Final
PHX85
SAS92
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +7
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 · 2005–06Apr 5, 2006: 10 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS @ BOS), 38 points.
The lead · PHX @ SAS

Tony Parker goes for 35 in San Antonio win over Phoenix

San Antonio won 92–85.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-1+12+7SAS AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX1918222685
SAS2016352192
Who led
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 10, 22, 18, 20, 6, 23, 22, 16, 35SAS35 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 27, 17, 16, 20, 31, 20, 17, 14, 22SAS22 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 17, 18, 11, 14, 18, 23, 15, 20PHX20 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 12, 17, 8, 10, 33, 20, 17, 17PHX17 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Second story · MIA @ CLE

Miami outlasts Cleveland in overtime

83–83 at the end of regulation. Miami took the last extra period 11–7. Final: 94–90. Shaquille O'Neal led Miami with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIA vs CLE
Shaquille O'Neal · MIALeBron James · CLEPTS2035REB89AST25Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 60 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.5 in 70 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.4Season avg41.4Today

41 minutes today, against 21.4 a game in 74 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 35

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: 24, 37, 31, 21, 18, 26, 24, 39, 31, 35CLE vs MIA · L
27.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 30, 10, 22, 18, 20, 6, 23, 22, 16, 35SAS vs PHX · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 27, 17, 16, 20, 31, 20, 17, 14, 22SAS vs PHX · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 17, 18, 11, 14, 18, 23, 15, 20PHX @ SAS · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 13, 18, 22, 17, 15, 23, 16, 20MIA @ CLE · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 9, 6, 4, 11, 9, 10, 5, 5, 6, 20MIA @ CLE · W
8.3 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 6 REB · 2 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+12.0 43.1 last 10 · 31.1 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Sasha PavlovicCLE+5.8 14.4 last 10 · 8.6 season
Cuttino MobleyLAC+5.4 19.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+5.3 14.3 last 10 · 9.0 season
Cold
Sam CassellLAC−6.5 6.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Allen IversonDEN−6.5 20.1 last 10 · 26.6 season
Richard HamiltonDET−6.3 13.7 last 10 · 20.0 season
Caron ButlerWAS−6.3 12.8 last 10 · 19.1 season
Earl BoykinsMIL−5.5 9.1 last 10 · 14.6 season