FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 19, 2009Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed POR by 7 after the first quarter and won 97–92.

Final
DAL87
ATL95
Q1 ATL -6; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +8
Final · OT
POR92
CLE97
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +5
Final
GSW106
LAL114
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +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 19, 2008: 10 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (NJN vs ATL), 39 points.
The lead · POR @ CLE

LeBron James posts 26-11-10 as Cleveland tops Portland

A triple-double in a 97–92 win.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-7-2+80+5CLE AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
POR19172129692
CLE122231211197
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 42, 23, 21, 14, 32, 34, 51, 19, 43, 26CLE26 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 12, 4, 16, 15, 9, 12, 8, 21CLE21 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 31, 27, 22, 31, 29, 20, 20, 24POR24 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Travis OutlawPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 14, 22, 20, 13, 10, 18, 15, 17POR17 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.3Season avg26.0Last 5

26.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.3 in 17 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.6Season avg8.4Last 3

8.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.6 in 62 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.5Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 9.5 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · DAL @ ATL

Atlanta extends win streak to 7

95–87 over Dallas. Record: 41–28. Joe Johnson led Atlanta with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Streak strip · ATL
W@ WAS98–89L@ NYK105–109L@ CHA91–98Wvs DET87–83Wvs NOH89–79Wvs UTA100–93Wvs IND101–87Wvs POR98–80Wvs SAC119–97Wvs DAL95–87ATL: last 10 games through Mar 19, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Monta Ellis leads the day with 27

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.
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 20, 15, 14, 19, 29, 26, 29, 27GSW @ LAL · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 42, 23, 21, 14, 32, 34, 51, 19, 43, 26CLE vs POR · W
28.6 PPG season to date · −2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Kelenna AzubuikePoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 14, 13, 8, 4, 14, 18, 16, 25GSW @ LAL · L
13.4 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high25 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 22, 31, 27, 22, 31, 29, 20, 20, 24POR @ CLE · L
23.1 PPG season to date · +1.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 12, 12, 30, 31, 30, 35, 20, 24ATL vs DAL · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 27, 34, 34, 29, 27, 20, 30, 23DAL @ ATL · L
25.5 PPG season to date · −2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 12 REB · 1 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
Steve NashPHX+6.9 22.2 last 10 · 15.3 season
Thabo SefoloshaOKC+6.7 12.6 last 10 · 5.9 season
Jarrett JackIND+6.0 18.7 last 10 · 12.7 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+5.9 35.8 last 10 · 29.9 season
Larry HughesNYK+5.9 18.9 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cold
Quentin RichardsonNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Tim DuncanSAS−5.1 14.8 last 10 · 19.9 season
Kenyon MartinDEN−4.8 7.1 last 10 · 11.9 season
Chris DuhonNYK−4.5 7.2 last 10 · 11.7 season