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Friday, March 21, 2008Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed TOR by 4 after three quarters and won 90–83.

Final
MIN113
IND124
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +17; Q3 IND +11; Q4 IND +11
Final
PHI95
ORL113
Q1 ORL +14; Q2 ORL +23; Q3 ORL +28; Q4 ORL +18
Final
TOR83
CLE90
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE -4; Q4 CLE +7
Final
WAS103
MIA86
Q1 WAS +6; Q2 WAS +13; Q3 WAS +25; Q4 WAS +17
Final
DEN125
NJN114
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +3; Q4 DEN +11
Final
MEM120
NYK106
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 MEM +19; Q3 MEM +2; Q4 MEM +14
Final
SAC89
SAS102
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +13
Final
LAC102
POR107
Q1 POR +8; Q2 POR 0; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +5
Final
HOU109
GSW106
Q1 HOU -3; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +3
Final
SEA105
LAL130
Q1 LAL +13; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +17; Q4 LAL +25
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 21, 2007: 8 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS @ SEA), 42 points.
The lead · TOR @ CLE

Cleveland handles Toronto by 7

The Cavaliers won the fourth quarter 27–16. Final: 90–83. LeBron James led Cleveland with 29 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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 Q3Final0-1+3-4+7CLE AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2517251683
CLE2421182790
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 50, 39, 38, 24, 42, 25, 33, 30, 30, 29CLE29 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 8, 22, 8, 10, 16, 4, 20, 16CLE16 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 11, 27, 40, 23, 17, 24, 28, 7, 8, 24TOR24 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Rasho NesterovicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 7, 17, 18, 8, 15, 20, 13, 12, 16TOR16 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Lakers post the night's biggest win

Lakers beat Seattle by 25, the widest margin of 10 games.

HOU over GSW3POR over LAC5CLE over TOR7IND over MIN11DEN over NJN11SAS over SAC13MEM over NYK14WAS over MIA17ORL over PHI18LAL over SEA25Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.9Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.9 in 57 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.7Season avg9.2Last 3

9.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.7 in 63 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.5Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 19.5 a game in 66 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Mike Miller leads the day with 34

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.
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 22, 9, 12, 12, 19, 18, 20, 34MEM @ NYK · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 19, 13, 13, 14, 25, 22, 39, 32NJN vs DEN · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 27, 17, 22, 19, 23, 11, 24, 26, 32IND vs MIN · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 50, 39, 38, 24, 42, 25, 33, 30, 30, 29CLE vs TOR · W
30.9 PPG season to date · −1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 22, 27, 22, 12, 24, 27, 21, 33, 29NJN vs DEN · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 35, 30, 15, 33, 23, 38, 19, 24, 14, 27GSW vs HOU · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 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
Joe JohnsonATL+6.0 27.4 last 10 · 21.4 season
Beno UdrihSAC+6.0 18.9 last 10 · 12.9 season
Mickael PietrusGSW+5.4 12.5 last 10 · 7.1 season
Charlie BellMIL+5.0 12.5 last 10 · 7.5 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+4.9 15.8 last 10 · 10.9 season
Cold
Gerald WallaceCHA−6.5 13.4 last 10 · 19.9 season
Andres NocioniCHI−5.7 8.0 last 10 · 13.7 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Wally SzczerbiakCLE−5.2 7.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
Brad MillerSAC−4.6 9.1 last 10 · 13.7 season