FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 8, 2010Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed SAS by 4 after three quarters and won 97–95.

Final
SAS95
CLE97
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE -3; Q3 CLE -4; Q4 CLE +2
Final
ATL98
NYK99
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +1
Final
NJN101
MEM107
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM +16; Q3 MEM +4; Q4 MEM +6
Final
DAL125
MIN112
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +13
Final
GSW131
NOH135
Q1 NOH +11; Q2 NOH +5; Q3 NOH +5; Q4 NOH +4
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 8, 2009: 7 games. Top scorer: Devin Harris (NJN vs NYK), 35 points.
The lead · SAS @ CLE

Cleveland wins a tight one over San Antonio

97–95. Neither team led by more than 4 at any break. Mo Williams led Cleveland with 17 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists. Manu Ginobili scored 38 for San Antonio in the loss.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+2-3-4+2CLE AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS2626241995
CLE2821232597
Who led
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 4, 6, 19, 22, 7, 16, 8, 7, 17CLE17 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 19, 18, 9, 22, 17, 19, 17, 30, 17CLE17 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 21, 26, 8, 21, 13, 16, 17, 38SAS38 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
George HillPoints, last 10 games: 6, 18, 17, 16, 26, 9, 23, 14, 11, 23SAS23 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Second story · ATL @ NYK

New York holds off Atlanta, 99–98

New York led 76–70 after three and held on to win by one. Danilo Gallinari led New York with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over ATL1CLE over SAS2NOH over GSW4MEM over NJN6DAL over MIN13Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over ATL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.6Season avg24.2Last 5

24.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.6 in 54 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.7Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.7 in 51 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg46.3Today

46 minutes today, against 24.3 a game in 57 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 1 rebounds, 20 assists.

Top performances

Manu Ginobili leads the day with 38

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.
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 21, 26, 8, 21, 13, 16, 17, 38SAS @ CLE · L
14.6 PPG season to date · +23.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 18, 10, 10, 10, 10, 12, 19, 36MIN vs DAL · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Courtney LeePoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 21, 2, 17, 12, 28, 21, 25, 30NJN @ MEM · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 10, 14, 9, 6, 17, 12, 18, 29DAL @ MIN · W
11.8 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 17, 19, 40, 10, 13, 15, 22, 28NOH vs GSW · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 17, 28, 23, 18, 11, 17, 31, 28NJN @ MEM · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 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+12.5 24.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Darren CollisonNOH+10.4 21.4 last 10 · 11.0 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+9.6 22.5 last 10 · 12.9 season
C.J. WatsonGSW+8.7 19.3 last 10 · 10.6 season
Courtney LeeNJN+6.3 19.1 last 10 · 12.8 season
Cold
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−6.1 4.4 last 10 · 10.5 season
Devin BrownCHI−5.9 2.4 last 10 · 8.3 season
Steve NashPHX−5.9 11.1 last 10 · 17.0 season
Baron DavisLAC−5.1 9.9 last 10 · 15.0 season