FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, March 18, 2013Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed BOS by 12 after the first quarter and won 105–103.

Final
WAS114
CHA119
Q1 CHA +3; Q2 CHA +4; Q3 CHA +5; Q4 CHA +5
Final
IND111
CLE90
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND +15; Q3 IND +25; Q4 IND +21
Final
POR100
PHI101
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +8; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI +1
Final
DAL127
ATL113
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +13; Q3 DAL +13; Q4 DAL +14
Final
BKN119
DET82
Q1 BKN +13; Q2 BKN +14; Q3 BKN +31; Q4 BKN +37
Final
MIA105
BOS103
Q1 MIA -12; Q2 MIA -6; Q3 MIA -4; Q4 MIA +2
Final · OT
DEN119
CHI118
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +1
Final
MIN77
MEM92
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM +21; Q4 MEM +15
Final
GSW93
NOH72
Q1 GSW -3; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +21
Final
LAL76
PHX99
Q1 PHX -4; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +23
Final
NYK90
UTA83
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK +3; Q4 NYK +7
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 18, 2012: 8 games. Top scorer: Andrew Bynum (LAL vs UTA), 33 points.
The lead · MIA @ BOS

LeBron James scores 37 as Miami wins in Boston

Final: 105–103. LeBron James made 16 of 29 shots from the field. Jeff Green scored 43 for Boston in the loss.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-12-6-4+2MIA AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA19342527105
BOS31282321103
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 26, 25, 13, 15, 27, 28, 22, 37MIA37 PTS · 7 REB · 12 AST
Mario ChalmersPoints, last 10 games: 6, 4, 5, 8, 26, 14, 7, 7, 1, 21MIA21 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 6, 18, 16, 11, 12, 8, 14, 20, 10, 43BOS43 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 26, 18, 13, 27, 20, 15, 14, 17BOS17 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.0Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.0 in 52 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.3Season avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.3 in 46 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.6Season avg51.2Today

51 minutes today, against 25.6 a game in 63 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Nets rout

Three of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Brooklyn beat Detroit by 37.

PHI over POR1DEN over CHI1MIA over BOS2CHA over WAS5NYK over UTA7DAL over ATL14MEM over MIN15IND over CLE21GSW over NOH21PHX over LAL23BKN over DET37Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Jeff Green leads the day with 43

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.
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 6, 18, 16, 11, 12, 8, 14, 20, 10, 43BOS vs MIA · L
11.7 PPG season to date · +31.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: CJ McCollum NOP, Feb 13, 2025: 43 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Career high43 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 26, 25, 13, 15, 27, 28, 22, 37MIA @ BOS · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 12 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 35, 13, 4, 12, 7, 11, 24, 5, 35DEN @ CHI · W
11.9 PPG season to date · +23.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high35 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 5, 9, 12, 6, 7, 14, 19, 19, 20, 34CHI vs DEN · L
12.3 PPG season to date · +22.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 23, 10, 26, 16, 28, 22, 31, 32POR @ PHI · L
21.1 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 33, 24, 14, 20, 42, 17, 27, 21, 18, 31BKN @ DET · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 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
Monta EllisMIL+6.9 26.5 last 10 · 19.6 season
Deron WilliamsBKN+6.5 24.7 last 10 · 18.2 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC+6.5 19.4 last 10 · 12.9 season
Derrick WilliamsMIN+5.6 17.3 last 10 · 11.7 season
Ersan IlyasovaMIL+5.4 17.9 last 10 · 12.5 season
Cold
Carmelo AnthonyNYK−6.1 21.4 last 10 · 27.5 season
Byron MullensCHA−5.4 5.7 last 10 · 11.1 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−5.4 7.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Randy FoyeUTA−5.1 5.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Shannon BrownPHX−4.7 6.3 last 10 · 11.0 season