FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 8, 2011Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed CLE by 12 after the first quarter and won 95–85.

Final
LAL101
ATL87
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +16; Q4 LAL +14
Final
GSW95
CLE85
Q1 GSW -12; Q2 GSW +1; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +10
Final
PHI110
IND100
Q1 PHI +11; Q2 PHI +12; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +10
Final
MIL95
WAS76
Q1 MIL +1; Q2 MIL +15; Q3 MIL +23; Q4 MIL +19
Final
POR105
MIA96
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +2; Q4 POR +9
Final
HOU110
PHX113
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX -2; Q3 PHX -3; Q4 PHX +3
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 · 2009–10Mar 8, 2010: 5 games. Top scorer: Manu Ginobili (SAS @ CLE), 38 points.
The lead · GSW @ CLE

Golden State climbs out of a 12-point hole against Cleveland

Down 12 after one, the Warriors won the second quarter 29–16 and the game 95–85. Monta Ellis led Golden State with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · GSW 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12+1+11+10GSW AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW1829291995
CLE3016192085
Who led
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 35, 15, 16, 20, 13, 21, 41, 27, 24GSW24 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 14, 4, 18, 7, 33, 20, 29, 9, 22, 23GSW23 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 26, 20, 22, 6, 2, 18, 17, 19CLE19 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Ryan HollinsPoints, last 10 games: 5, 2, 6, 5, 8, 0, 3, 4, 2, 14CLE14 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.5Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.5 in 61 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg6.7Last 3

6.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 36 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.6Season avg40.2Today

40 minutes today, against 17.6 a game in 59 earlier games. Line: 32 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · HOU @ PHX

Phoenix wins a tight one over Houston

113–110. Neither team led by more than 3 at any break. Hakim Warrick led Phoenix with 32 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHX over HOU3POR over MIA9GSW over CLE10PHI over IND10LAL over ATL14MIL over WAS19Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over HOU.
Top performances

Dwyane Wade 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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 41, 28, 23, 34, 41, 12, 28, 19, 20, 38MIA vs POR · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Hakim WarrickPoints, last 10 games: 0, 1, 10, 12, 2, 16, 7, 9, 1, 32PHX vs HOU · W
8.8 PPG season to date · +23.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 16, 6, 17, 7, 5, 11, 29, 32PHX vs HOU · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 36, 9, 2, 10, 18, 21, 24, 18, 19, 32HOU @ PHX · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 31, 29, 25, 27, 29, 26, 26, 31MIA vs POR · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 20, 37, 24, 17, 24, 27, 26, 26LAL @ ATL · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 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
Randy FoyeLAC+7.0 16.8 last 10 · 9.8 season
Al JeffersonUTA+6.5 24.9 last 10 · 18.4 season
Kyle LowryHOU+6.1 18.9 last 10 · 12.8 season
Jarrett JackNOH+5.9 14.5 last 10 · 8.6 season
Gerald HendersonCHA+5.9 13.5 last 10 · 7.6 season
Cold
Brandon RoyPOR−6.3 8.6 last 10 · 14.9 season
Rashard LewisWAS−5.6 6.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Al HarringtonDEN−5.2 5.3 last 10 · 10.5 season
Daniel GibsonCLE−5.0 7.2 last 10 · 12.2 season
Deron WilliamsNJN−4.9 15.9 last 10 · 20.8 season