FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 12, 2009Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed PHX by 4 after three quarters and won 119–111.

Final
LAL102
SAS95
Q1 LAL +18; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +7
Final
CLE119
PHX111
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE -4; Q4 CLE +8
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 12, 2008: 11 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ NJN), 42 points.
The lead · CLE @ PHX

LeBron James scores 34 as Cleveland wins in Phoenix

Final: 119–111. LeBron James made 10 of 24 shots from the field.

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+3+1-4+8CLE AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE30332630119
PHX27353118111
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 30, 26, 42, 23, 21, 14, 32, 34CLE34 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 9, 20, 30, 15, 26, 29, 14, 30CLE30 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Matt BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 4, 18, 26, 5, 19, 17, 13, 21, 21PHX21 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 19, 22, 20, 29, 32, 23, 23, 20PHX20 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.1Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 15.1 in 56 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.5Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.5 in 32 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.6Season avg43.0Today

43 minutes today, against 26.6 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · LAL @ SAS

Lakers lead San Antonio wire to wire

Lakers were ahead at every break and won 102–95. Best quarter: the first, 35–17. Pau Gasol led Lakers with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAL vs SAS
Pau Gasol · LALTony Parker · SASPTS2325REB112AST39Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 30, 26, 42, 23, 21, 14, 32, 34CLE @ PHX · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 13 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 9, 20, 30, 15, 26, 29, 14, 30CLE @ PHX · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 37, 39, 11, 15, 26, 37, 19, 30, 21, 25SAS vs LAL · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Michael FinleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 11, 0, 14, 5, 12, 11, 10, 25SAS vs LAL · L
9.7 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 25, 14, 16, 18, 30, 13, 21, 18, 20, 23LAL @ SAS · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 36, 22, 29, 49, 31, 23, 26, 37, 23LAL @ SAS · W
28.0 PPG season to date · −5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 6 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
Jarrett JackIND+9.1 21.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+7.8 25.9 last 10 · 18.1 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+7.4 37.1 last 10 · 29.7 season
Steve NashPHX+7.0 22.2 last 10 · 15.2 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+6.2 21.1 last 10 · 14.9 season
Cold
Quentin RichardsonNYK−6.1 3.8 last 10 · 9.9 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Mike BibbyATL−5.2 9.7 last 10 · 14.9 season
Mickael PietrusORL−4.5 5.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
D.J. AugustinCHA−4.2 7.4 last 10 · 11.6 season