FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 25, 2010Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed BOS by 10 after the first quarter and won 108–88.

Final
MIL112
IND110
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +2
Final
CLE108
BOS88
Q1 CLE -10; Q2 CLE -8; Q3 CLE -1; Q4 CLE +20
Final
DEN127
GSW112
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +15
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 · 2008–09Feb 25, 2009: 11 games. Top scorer: Devin Harris (NJN vs CHI), 42 points.
The lead · CLE @ BOS

LeBron James goes for 36 in Cleveland win over Boston

Cleveland won 108–88.

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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-8-1+20CLE AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE21272535108
BOS3125181488
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 36, 47, 32, 32, 43, 22, 33, 20, 36CLE36 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 8, 10, 18, 22, 8, 12, 4, 6, 19CLE19 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 26, 14, 15, 24, 21, 25, 24, 21BOS21 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 17, 7, 4, 14, 10, 15, 15, 19BOS19 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.2Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.2 in 56 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.2 in 53 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.1Season avg35.7Today

36 minutes today, against 14.1 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · MIL @ IND

Milwaukee holds off Indiana, 112–110

Milwaukee led 89–77 after three and held on to win by two. John Salmons led Milwaukee with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over IND2DEN over GSW15CLE over BOS20Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over IND.
Top performances

Chauncey Billups 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.
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 11, 39, 16, 17, 18, 28, 26, 37DEN @ GSW · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 36, 47, 32, 32, 43, 22, 33, 20, 36CLE @ BOS · W
29.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 6, 23, 25, 36, 11, 24, 13, 32, 17, 30GSW vs DEN · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 13 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 37, 23, 28, 30, 19, 19, 40, 23, 23, 27DEN @ GSW · W
29.1 PPG season to date · −2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 27, 19, 12, 14, 14, 4, 19, 25DEN @ GSW · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 34, 46, 15, 27, 6, 26, 22, 22GSW vs DEN · L
25.7 PPG season to date · −3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 5 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
Darren CollisonNOH+11.6 21.4 last 10 · 9.8 season
Andray BlatcheWAS+7.6 18.0 last 10 · 10.4 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+6.7 18.3 last 10 · 11.6 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.2 21.7 last 10 · 15.5 season
Peja StojakovicNOH+5.2 18.0 last 10 · 12.8 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−8.1 3.1 last 10 · 11.2 season
Antawn JamisonCLE−7.5 12.2 last 10 · 19.7 season
Charlie VillanuevaDET−6.4 6.2 last 10 · 12.6 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Devin BrownCHI−5.9 2.4 last 10 · 8.3 season