FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 26, 2009Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
CLE74
HOU93
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +18; Q4 HOU +19
Final
PHX106
LAL132
Q1 LAL +13; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +21; Q4 LAL +26
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 · 2007–08Feb 26, 2008: 8 games. Top scorer: Mo Williams (MIL vs CLE), 37 points.
The lead · CLE @ HOU

Houston makes it six straight

Houston beat Cleveland 93–74 and moved to 37–21. Yao Ming led Houston with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+8+5+18+19HOU AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE1129102474
HOU1926232593
Who led
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 30, 7, 24, 20, 22, 19, 15, 28HOU28 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Von WaferPoints, last 10 games: 7, 5, 5, 8, 0, 19, 3, 13, 9, 19HOU19 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 19, 15, 44, 17, 23, 11, 18, 21CLE21 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 52, 16, 47, 26, 20, 55, 20, 15, 21CLE21 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Second story · PHX @ LAL

Lakers lead Phoenix wire to wire

Lakers were ahead at every break and won 132–106. Best quarter: the first, 39–26. Lamar Odom led Lakers with 23 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAL vs PHX
Lamar Odom · LALLeandro Barbosa · PHXPTS2318REB96AST47Top 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
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.8Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.8 in 51 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.3Season avg24.4Last 3

24.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.3 in 38 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 29 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.2Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Yao Ming leads the day with 28

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.
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 30, 7, 24, 20, 22, 19, 15, 28HOU vs CLE · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 12, 19, 15, 22, 12, 25, 8, 23LAL vs PHX · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 34, 37, 10, 30, 39, 28, 36, 22LAL vs PHX · W
27.6 PPG season to date · −5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 19, 15, 44, 17, 23, 11, 18, 21CLE @ HOU · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 52, 16, 47, 26, 20, 55, 20, 15, 21CLE @ HOU · L
28.3 PPG season to date · −7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Von WaferPoints, last 10 games: 7, 5, 5, 8, 0, 19, 3, 13, 9, 19HOU vs CLE · W
10.1 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 1 REB · 0 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
Ramon SessionsMIL+8.2 20.3 last 10 · 12.1 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+8.1 25.5 last 10 · 17.4 season
Lamar OdomLAL+7.3 18.4 last 10 · 11.1 season
Kevin DurantOKC+6.8 33.1 last 10 · 26.3 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+6.4 22.7 last 10 · 16.3 season
Cold
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−4.5 20.4 last 10 · 24.9 season
Andris BiedrinsGSW−4.3 8.5 last 10 · 12.8 season
Vince CarterNJN−4.3 16.2 last 10 · 20.5 season
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.2 8.7 last 10 · 12.9 season