FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 10, 2008Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed POR by 11 after the first quarter and won 88–80.

Final
POR80
CLE88
Q1 CLE -11; Q2 CLE -4; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +8
Final
ATL112
ORL123
Q1 ORL +12; Q2 ORL +21; Q3 ORL +14; Q4 ORL +11
Final
BOS100
PHI86
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS +14; Q4 BOS +14
Final
LAC99
MIA98
Q1 LAC +6; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC -7; Q4 LAC +1
Final
NYK79
DAL108
Q1 DAL +17; Q2 DAL +23; Q3 DAL +22; Q4 DAL +29
Final
NJN73
HOU91
Q1 HOU +7; Q2 HOU +18; Q3 HOU +23; Q4 HOU +18
Final
DEN103
SAS107
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +4
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 · 2006–07Mar 10, 2007: 7 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ MIL), 32 points.
The lead · POR @ CLE

LeBron James posts 24-10-11 as Cleveland tops Portland

A triple-double in an 88–80 win.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-40+8CLE AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2518191880
CLE1425232688
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 35, 26, 30, 37, 50, 39, 38, 24CLE24 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 12, 9, 2, 8, 8, 5, 12, 18CLE18 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 24, 9, 22, 15, 11, 29, 22, 25POR25 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 19, 9, 20, 26, 25, 20, 27, 15POR15 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Dallas by 29.

LAC over MIA1SAS over DEN4CLE over POR8ORL over ATL11BOS over PHI14HOU over NJN18DAL over NYK29Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
21.0Season avg29.6Last 5

29.6 points a game over his last five games, against 21.0 in 62 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs 2006–07 avg
Minutes per game
20.12006–07 avg7.7Last 3

7.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.1 in 2006–07 (72 games). Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.8Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 19.8 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Cuttino Mobley leads the day with 29

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.
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 7, 5, 6, 4, 12, 3, 13, 13, 29LAC @ MIA · W
12.8 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 28, 31, 38, 17, 31, 29, 28, 28DEN @ SAS · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 26, 20, 9, 38, 24, 20, 39, 27ATL @ ORL · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 11 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 11, 14, 15, 14, 16, 10, 27, 27MIA vs LAC · L
13.6 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 37, 24, 26, 17, 14, 26, 19, 20, 26, 26ORL vs ATL · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 11, 18, 17, 20, 31, 16, 17, 26BOS @ PHI · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 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
Hakim WarrickMEM+6.9 16.7 last 10 · 9.8 season
Thabo SefoloshaCHI+6.6 13.4 last 10 · 6.8 season
Earl WatsonSEA+5.0 14.6 last 10 · 9.6 season
Matt CarrollCHA+5.0 14.0 last 10 · 9.0 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+4.7 28.3 last 10 · 23.6 season
Cold
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Linas KleizaDEN−4.7 6.2 last 10 · 10.9 season
John SalmonsSAC−4.6 8.5 last 10 · 13.1 season
Chris KamanLAC−4.3 11.7 last 10 · 16.0 season
Anthony JohnsonSAC−4.2 1.5 last 10 · 5.7 season