FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 30, 2008Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by CLE (vs PHI) and SAC (vs SEA).

Final
HOU88
SAS109
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +18; Q3 SAS +20; Q4 SAS +21
Final
UTA103
MIN110
Q1 MIN -3; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +2; Q4 MIN +7
Final
NYK109
ATL114
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +5
Final
MIA62
BOS88
Q1 BOS +19; Q2 BOS +20; Q3 BOS +20; Q4 BOS +26
Final
PHI88
CLE91
Q1 CLE -5; Q2 CLE -5; Q3 CLE 0; Q4 CLE +3
Final
NOH118
TOR111
Q1 NOH +9; Q2 NOH +11; Q3 NOH +22; Q4 NOH +7
Final
DAL104
GSW114
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +10
Final
SAC120
SEA107
Q1 SAC -5; Q2 SAC -3; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +13
Final · OT
WAS120
LAL126
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL 0; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +6
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 30, 2007: 12 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs HOU), 53 points.
The lead · PHI @ CLE

Cleveland wins a tight one over Philadelphia

91–88. Neither team led by more than 5 at any break. LeBron James led Cleveland with 26 points, 9 rebounds and 9 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 Q3Final0-5-50+3CLE AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI2721202088
CLE2221252391
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 42, 25, 33, 30, 30, 29, 29, 21, 13, 26CLE26 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Delonte WestPoints, last 10 games: 10, 5, 10, 7, 16, 7, 3, 8, 4, 18CLE18 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 25, 21, 14, 28, 28, 21, 13, 19PHI19 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 3, 11, 12, 7, 18, 15, 9, 23, 15, 17PHI17 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Boston posts the night's biggest win

Boston beat Miami by 26, the widest margin of 9 games.

CLE over PHI3ATL over NYK5LAL over WAS6MIN over UTA7NOH over TOR7GSW over DAL10SAC over SEA13SAS over HOU21BOS over MIA26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.5Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.5 in 61 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.6Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.6 in 49 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg44.5Today

44 minutes today, against 21.2 a game in 70 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Jamal Crawford 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.
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 4, 16, 22, 16, 26, 24, 26, 39NYK @ ATL · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 0 REB · 8 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 18, 15, 19, 24, 13, 32, 30, 36DAL @ GSW · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 29, 12, 23, 37, 35, 20, 14, 32NOH @ TOR · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 6, 16, 32, 34, 20, 29, 18, 36, 25, 31SAC @ SEA · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 11, 28, 24, 31, 18, 18, 22, 30GSW vs DAL · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 26, 19, 26, 23, 17, 24, 28, 29SAC @ SEA · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 3 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+6.1 16.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Vince CarterNJN+6.0 27.3 last 10 · 21.3 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+5.7 18.4 last 10 · 12.7 season
Charlie BellMIL+5.6 13.2 last 10 · 7.6 season
Amar'e StoudemirePHX+5.5 30.4 last 10 · 24.9 season
Cold
Wally SzczerbiakCLE−6.3 5.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Sam CassellBOS−5.8 5.5 last 10 · 11.3 season
John SalmonsSAC−5.6 6.8 last 10 · 12.4 season
Andres NocioniCHI−5.6 7.9 last 10 · 13.5 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season