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Monday, March 2, 2009Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed MIA by 6 after three quarters and won 107–100.

Final
NOH98
PHI91
Q1 NOH +7; Q2 NOH +1; Q3 NOH +4; Q4 NOH +7
Final
ATL98
WAS89
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +9
Final
CLE107
MIA100
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE -6; Q4 CLE +7
Final
DAL87
OKC96
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC +4; Q3 OKC +20; Q4 OKC +9
Final
SAS106
LAC78
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +21; Q4 SAS +28
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 · 2007–08Mar 2, 2008: 11 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs DAL), 52 points.
The lead · CLE @ MIA

LeBron James scores 42 as Cleveland beats Miami

Cleveland won 107–100. LeBron James: 42 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists. Dwyane Wade scored 41 for Miami in the loss.

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+4+3-6+7CLE AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE30281831107
MIA26292718100
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 47, 26, 20, 55, 20, 15, 21, 30, 26, 42CLE42 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 44, 17, 23, 11, 18, 21, 9, 20, 30CLE30 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 22, 33, 24, 37, 25, 50, 31, 21, 46, 41MIA41 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 6, 22, 7, 13, 17, 6, 14, 8, 18, 16MIA16 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · NOH @ PHI

New Orleans never trails at a break against Philadelphia

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 98–91. David West led New Orleans with 30 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOH over PHI7CLE over MIA7ATL over WAS9OKC over DAL9SAS over LAC28Final margin, points. Pink = NOH over PHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.0Season avg37.8Last 5

37.8 points a game over his last five games, against 29.0 in 58 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.4Season avg24.0Last 3

24.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.4 in 51 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 37 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.2Season avg41.1Today

41 minutes today, against 18.2 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 42

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: 47, 26, 20, 55, 20, 15, 21, 30, 26, 42CLE @ MIA · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 22, 33, 24, 37, 25, 50, 31, 21, 46, 41MIA vs CLE · L
29.2 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 15, 37, 14, 16, 18, 24, 30, 28, 32, 30NOH @ PHI · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 44, 17, 23, 11, 18, 21, 9, 20, 30CLE @ MIA · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 20, 10, 14, 21, 22, 15, 22, 30PHI vs NOH · L
18.0 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 24, 6, 17, 30, 17, 17, 25, 23, 28PHI vs NOH · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 7 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
Nate RobinsonNYK+9.8 27.4 last 10 · 17.6 season
Jarrett JackIND+6.6 18.7 last 10 · 12.1 season
Ramon SessionsMIL+6.4 18.4 last 10 · 12.0 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+6.3 22.7 last 10 · 16.4 season
Charlie BellMIL+6.3 14.6 last 10 · 8.3 season
Cold
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Quentin RichardsonNYK−4.9 5.5 last 10 · 10.4 season
Mickael PietrusORL−4.1 6.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Chris BoshTOR−4.0 18.4 last 10 · 22.4 season
Mike BibbyATL−4.0 11.3 last 10 · 15.3 season