FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, March 29, 2009Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed DAL by 10 after the first quarter and won 102–74.

Final
DAL74
CLE102
Q1 CLE -10; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE +17; Q4 CLE +28
Final
LAL76
ATL86
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +10
Final
NJN99
MIN108
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +13; Q4 MIN +9
Final · OT
CHI129
TOR134
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +11; Q3 TOR +13; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +5
Final
PHI97
DET101
Q1 DET -4; Q2 DET -1; Q3 DET -4; Q4 DET +4
Final
OKC84
BOS103
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +19
Final
WAS115
IND124
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +7; Q3 IND +16; Q4 IND +9
Final
SAS86
NOH90
Q1 NOH -6; Q2 NOH -4; Q3 NOH +5; Q4 NOH +4
Final
PHX118
SAC126
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +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 29, 2008: 6 games. Top scorer: Al Thornton (LAC vs MEM), 39 points.
The lead · DAL @ CLE

Cleveland climbs out of a 10-point hole against Dallas

Down 10 after one, the Cavaliers won the third quarter 30–11 and the game 102–74. LeBron James led Cleveland with 24 points, 6 rebounds and 12 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-35-25-15-5+5+15+25+35TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-2+17+28CLE AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL3019111474
CLE20273025102
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 34, 51, 19, 43, 26, 22, 30, 22, 25, 24CLE24 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 30, 10, 23, 21, 12, 24, 7, 16, 22, 22CLE22 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 34, 29, 27, 20, 30, 23, 23, 26, 26, 20DAL20 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Erick DampierPoints, last 10 games: 7, 4, 4, 12, 6, 0, 16, 8, 5, 10DAL10 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.9Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.9 in 66 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.7Season avg22.0Last 3

22.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.7 in 54 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.1Season avg43.1Today

43 minutes today, against 17.1 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Cleveland posts the night's biggest win

Cleveland beat Dallas by 28, the widest margin of 9 games.

DET over PHI4NOH over SAS4TOR over CHI5SAC over PHX8MIN over NJN9IND over WAS9ATL over LAL10BOS over OKC19CLE over DAL28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Ben Gordon leads the day with 37

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.
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 27, 17, 18, 16, 21, 19, 18, 25, 37CHI @ TOR · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 41, 32, 29, 17, 25, 20, 20, 36NJN @ MIN · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 11, 24, 17, 15, 12, 15, 20, 31PHX @ SAC · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 30, 17, 27, 15, 18, 35, 16, 18, 21, 31TOR vs CHI · W
22.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 14, 19, 20, 27, 23, 5, 11, 31WAS @ IND · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 12, 10, 35, 18, 21, 28, 32, 31IND vs WAS · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 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
Thaddeus YoungPHI+7.4 22.7 last 10 · 15.3 season
Brandon RushIND+5.8 13.0 last 10 · 7.2 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.5 19.5 last 10 · 14.0 season
Monta EllisGSW+5.4 22.9 last 10 · 17.5 season
Grant HillPHX+5.0 16.5 last 10 · 11.5 season
Cold
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Drew GoodenSAS−4.8 6.8 last 10 · 11.6 season
Kobe BryantLAL−4.4 22.8 last 10 · 27.2 season
O.J. MayoMEM−4.2 14.0 last 10 · 18.2 season
Corey MaggetteGSW−4.2 14.7 last 10 · 18.9 season