FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, March 5, 2010Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed DET by 9 after the first quarter and won 99–92.

Final
LAL83
CHA98
Q1 CHA -3; Q2 CHA +6; Q3 CHA +12; Q4 CHA +15
Final
DET92
CLE99
Q1 CLE -9; Q2 CLE -9; Q3 CLE -2; Q4 CLE +7
Final
BOS96
PHI86
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +10
Final
NYK96
TOR102
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +1; Q3 TOR +1; Q4 TOR +6
Final
MIL102
WAS74
Q1 MIL +9; Q2 MIL +15; Q3 MIL +26; Q4 MIL +28
Final
GSW122
ATL127
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL 0; Q3 ATL +4; Q4 ATL +5
Final
ORL97
NJN87
Q1 ORL +14; Q2 ORL +7; Q3 ORL +15; Q4 ORL +10
Final
SAC100
DAL108
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -1; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +8
Final
IND114
DEN122
Q1 DEN +10; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +15; Q4 DEN +8
Final
NOH91
SAS102
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +11
Final
OKC104
LAC87
Q1 OKC +10; Q2 OKC +7; Q3 OKC +9; Q4 OKC +17
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 · 2008–09Mar 5, 2009: 2 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN vs POR), 38 points.
The lead · DET @ CLE

LeBron James scores 40 as Cleveland beats Detroit

Cleveland won 99–92. LeBron James: 40 points, 13 rebounds, 6 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-9-2+7CLE AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET3124152292
CLE2224223199
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 43, 22, 33, 20, 36, 36, 22, 26, 40CLE40 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 16, 2, 19, 18, 9, 22, 17, 19, 17CLE17 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 16, 22, 17, 8, 18, 15, 16, 23DET23 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 36, 29, 27, 30, 21, 20, 16, 15, 9, 20DET20 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.2Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.2 in 57 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.4Season avg6.3Last 3

6.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.4 in 55 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.0Season avg43.8Today

44 minutes today, against 24.0 a game in 56 earlier games. Line: 32 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 5. Widest: Milwaukee by 28.

ATL over GSW5TOR over NYK6CLE over DET7DAL over SAC8DEN over IND8BOS over PHI10ORL over NJN10SAS over NOH11CHA over LAL15OKC over LAC17MIL over WAS28Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 43, 22, 33, 20, 36, 36, 22, 26, 40CLE vs DET · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Al Jefferson UTA, Apr 12, 2013: 40 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
40 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 19, 40, 23, 23, 27, 24, 21, 17, 30, 34DEN vs IND · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 36, 32, 36, 21, 25, 29, 39, 19, 32OKC @ LAC · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 29, 36, 20, 21, 30, 9, 30, 32IND @ DEN · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 26, 22, 22, 16, 35, 10, 17, 32NOH @ SAS · L
10.9 PPG season to date · +21.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 11, 24, 13, 32, 17, 30, 27, 18, 9, 31GSW @ ATL · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 11 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
Andray BlatcheWAS+11.9 23.2 last 10 · 11.3 season
Darren CollisonNOH+11.3 22.2 last 10 · 10.9 season
C.J. WatsonGSW+9.7 20.3 last 10 · 10.6 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+8.5 21.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Stephen CurryGSW+5.3 21.2 last 10 · 15.9 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−7.1 3.7 last 10 · 10.8 season
Steve NashPHX−6.7 10.3 last 10 · 17.0 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−6.1 9.6 last 10 · 15.7 season
Devin BrownCHI−5.9 2.4 last 10 · 8.3 season