FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 31, 2009Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed DET by 7 after the first quarter and won 79–73.

Final
LAL84
CHA94
Q1 CHA +1; Q2 CHA -1; Q3 CHA +4; Q4 CHA +10
Final
DET73
CLE79
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE 0; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +6
Final
CHI105
IND107
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND -3; Q4 IND +2
Final
ATL85
PHI98
Q1 PHI +12; Q2 PHI +14; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +13
Final
DAL108
MIN88
Q1 DAL +15; Q2 DAL +14; Q3 DAL +16; Q4 DAL +20
Final
OKC96
SAS95
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +6; Q4 OKC +1
Final
NYK104
DEN111
Q1 DEN +12; Q2 DEN +13; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +7
Final
UTA104
POR125
Q1 POR +14; Q2 POR +13; Q3 POR +19; Q4 POR +21
Final
NOH111
SAC110
Q1 NOH -6; Q2 NOH 0; Q3 NOH -4; Q4 NOH +1
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 31, 2008: 6 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (PHX vs DEN), 41 points.
The lead · DET @ CLE

Cleveland extends win streak to 13

79–73 over Detroit. Record: 61–13. LeBron James led Cleveland with 25 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.

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 Q3Final0-70+4+6CLE AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET1925141573
CLE1232181779
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 51, 19, 43, 26, 22, 30, 22, 25, 24, 25CLE25 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Delonte WestPoints, last 10 games: 6, 13, 8, 9, 7, 3, 13, 13, 3, 12CLE12 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 20, 29, 27, 24, 14, 31, 14, 13DET13 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 28, 10, 31, 14, 22, 2, 8, 11DET11 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.2Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.2 in 67 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
37.4Season avg15.7Last 3

15.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 37.4 in 55 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.7Season avg39.8Today

40 minutes today, against 16.7 a game in 60 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Portland by 21.

OKC over SAS1NOH over SAC1IND over CHI2CLE over DET6DEN over NYK7CHA over LAL10PHI over ATL13DAL over MIN20POR over UTA21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

David West leads the day with 40

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.
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 16, 14, 29, 23, 18, 29, 23, 40NOH @ SAC · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high40 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 21, 15, 9, 9, 12, 22, 9, 33ATL @ PHI · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 6, 22, 25, 28, 24, 30, 24, 18, 21, 31OKC @ SAS · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 10, 35, 18, 21, 28, 32, 31, 31IND vs CHI · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 19, 27, 19, 13, 8, 13, 11, 30NYK @ DEN · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 15, 35, 20, 29, 29, 43, 31, 29DEN vs NYK · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 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
Kevin LoveMIN+6.4 17.6 last 10 · 11.2 season
Brandon RushIND+6.1 13.4 last 10 · 7.3 season
Monta EllisGSW+5.9 23.9 last 10 · 18.0 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.5 19.5 last 10 · 14.0 season
Thaddeus YoungPHI+5.0 20.2 last 10 · 15.2 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−5.6 21.6 last 10 · 27.2 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Mehmet OkurUTA−5.0 12.2 last 10 · 17.2 season
Daequan CookMIA−4.4 4.9 last 10 · 9.3 season
Drew GoodenSAS−4.4 7.0 last 10 · 11.4 season