FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, March 12, 2013Regular season · 8 games
← Mar 11CalendarMar 13 →

8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed WAS by 13 after the first quarter and won 95–90.

Final
BOS74
CHA100
Q1 CHA -1; Q2 CHA +3; Q3 CHA +15; Q4 CHA +26
Final
WAS90
CLE95
Q1 CLE -13; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +11; Q4 CLE +5
Final
LAL106
ORL97
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +9
Final
NOH98
BKN108
Q1 BKN +9; Q2 BKN +9; Q3 BKN +2; Q4 BKN +10
Final
ATL81
MIA98
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +17
Final
DAL115
MIL108
Q1 DAL -7; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +7
Final
SAS83
MIN107
Q1 MIN -4; Q2 MIN +15; Q3 MIN +17; Q4 MIN +24
Final
MEM102
POR97
Q1 MEM 0; Q2 MEM +8; Q3 MEM +10; Q4 MEM +5
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 · 2011–12Mar 12, 2012: 7 games. Top scorer: Brandon Jennings (MIL @ NJN), 34 points.
The lead · WAS @ CLE

Cleveland climbs back to beat Washington

Washington led by 13 after one. Cleveland won it 95–90. Dion Waiters led Cleveland with 20 points, 6 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. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13+1+11+5CLE AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS3316162590
CLE2030261995
Who led
Dion WaitersPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 12, 26, 25, 23, 17, 3, 21, 20CLE20 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Alonzo GeePoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 11, 6, 2, 10, 15, 12, 4, 17CLE17 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 10, 6, 16, 16, 19, 16, 13, 27WAS27 PTS · 7 REB · 14 AST
Emeka OkaforPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 8, 15, 11, 12, 10, 6, 6, 18WAS18 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.1Season avg28.6Last 5

28.6 points a game over his last five games, against 19.1 in 61 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.9Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.9 in 44 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Season avg40.5Today

40 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · DAL @ MIL

Dallas keeps rolling, beats Milwaukee

That is four in a row. Final: 115–108. Vince Carter led Dallas with 23 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · DAL
W@ NOH104–100Lvs LAL99–103Lvs MIL90–95L@ MEM84–90W@ BKN98–90L@ HOU103–136Wvs HOU112–108W@ DET102–99W@ MIN100–77W@ MIL115–108DAL: last 10 games through Mar 12, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Dwight Howard leads the day with 39

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.
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 15, 11, 11, 6, 20, 24, 16, 39LAL @ ORL · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +22.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Gerald HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 19, 24, 5, 12, 14, 11, 21, 17, 35CHA vs BOS · W
13.8 PPG season to date · +21.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 22, 27, 23, 34, 22, 26, 29, 32MIL vs DAL · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 16, 22, 17, 23, 10, 26, 16, 28POR vs MEM · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 10, 6, 16, 16, 19, 16, 13, 27WAS @ CLE · L
14.6 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 7 REB · 14 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 12, 26, 24, 20, 20, 35, 20, 27POR vs MEM · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 1 REB · 7 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
Derrick WilliamsMIN+6.2 17.6 last 10 · 11.4 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC+6.2 19.2 last 10 · 13.0 season
Deron WilliamsBKN+5.7 23.7 last 10 · 18.0 season
Ty LawsonDEN+5.4 22.4 last 10 · 17.0 season
Chandler ParsonsHOU+5.0 20.4 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Jordan CrawfordBOS−6.3 5.7 last 10 · 12.0 season
Byron MullensCHA−5.8 5.6 last 10 · 11.4 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Randy FoyeUTA−4.9 6.0 last 10 · 10.9 season
Shannon BrownPHX−4.7 6.3 last 10 · 11.0 season