FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, March 2, 2006Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed DAL by 8 after the first quarter and won 98–89.

Final · Box score
Cavs92
Bulls91
Q1 CLE +9; Q2 CLE +18; Q3 CLE +15; Q4 CLE +1
Final · Box score
Mavs89
Spurs98
Q1 SAS -8; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS +9
On this day · 2004–05Mar 2, 2005: 10 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (Sixers-Nets), 37 points.
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The lead · Mavs-Spurs

San Antonio climbs out of an 8-point hole against Dallas

LeBron James goes for 33 points

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-2+4+9SAS AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2216262589
Spurs1422323098
Who led
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 32, 19, 17, 4, 23, 30, 9, 14, 20, 23SAS23 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 10, 19, 19, 13, 19, 9, 12, 15SAS15 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 19, 21, 25, 17, 31, 32, 32, 23DAL23 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 16, 15, 19, 9, 23, 27, 24, 23DAL23 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · Cavs-Bulls

Cleveland leads Chicago wire to wire

Cleveland was ahead at every break and won 92–91. Best quarter: the second, 29–20. LeBron James led Cleveland with 33 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Cavs-Bulls
LeBron James · CLEKirk Hinrich · CHIPTS3325REB119AST84Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Cavs-Bulls8
Mavs-Spurs6
Shot of the night

Murray's three with 3.9 seconds left puts the Cavaliers ahead, 92-91 final

The night in charts
Mavs-Spurs combined for 187, 4 more than any other game
Points by game
Mavs-SpursMavs 89, Spurs 98
187
Cavs-BullsCavs 92, Bulls 91
183
CLE won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Cavs-BullsCavs 92, Bulls 91
+1 CLE
Mavs-SpursMavs 89, Spurs 98
+9 SAS
Parker shot 8-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
ParkerSAS · 23 PTS, 4 AST
57% (8-14)
HowardDAL · 15 PTS, 3 REB, 1 STL
54% (7-13)
HinrichCHI · 25 PTS, 9 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
48% (10-21)
DengCHI · 18 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
46% (6-13)
TerryDAL · 23 PTS, 2 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
44% (7-16)
Final · Cavs-Bulls
Cavs 92Bulls 91
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs2629201792
Bulls1720233191
The story
Eric Snow had 14 points and 8 assists as Cleveland beat Chicago 92-91

Luol Deng led Chicago with 18 PTS, 10 REB 14 PTS, 8 AST, 3 REB · 5-8 FG

The swing

The Cavaliers won the first 26-17, their biggest quarter edge.

CLE lead by quarter
200 +9+18+15+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Mavs-Spurs
Mavs 89Spurs 98
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2216262589
Spurs1422323098
The story
Tony Parker's 23 points carried San Antonio past Dallas, 98-89

For Dallas, Jason Terry had 23 PTS, 2 REB 23 PTS, 4 AST · 8-14 FG

The swing

The Spurs trailed by 8 going into the second, then won it 22-16.

SAS lead by quarter
200 −8−2+4+9 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Dirk Nowitzki was the fantasy play: 39.2 FPTS on 23 PTS, 11 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.1Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 15.1 in 55 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.5Season avg18.6Last 3

18.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.5 in 52 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.7Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 11.7 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 33

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 44, 43, 26, 33, 25, 22, 26, 19, 33Cavs-Bulls · W
30.6 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 9, 9, 17, 21, 18, 26, 13, 13, 30, 25Bulls-Cavs · L
15.2 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 19, 21, 25, 17, 31, 32, 32, 23Mavs-Spurs · L
25.4 PPG season to date · −2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 32, 19, 17, 4, 23, 30, 9, 14, 20, 23Spurs-Mavs · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 16, 15, 19, 9, 23, 27, 24, 23Mavs-Spurs · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 16, 4, 14, 17, 12, 12, 6, 15, 24, 18Bulls-Cavs · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Paul PierceBOS+7.8 34.8 last 10 · 27.0 season
Jameer NelsonORL+7.6 21.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Kevin MartinSAC+5.6 16.4 last 10 · 10.8 season
Josh ChildressATL+5.6 15.5 last 10 · 9.9 season
Anthony JohnsonIND+5.3 13.6 last 10 · 8.3 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyHOU−7.1 17.7 last 10 · 24.8 season
Stephon MarburyNYK−5.5 11.9 last 10 · 17.4 season
Marko JaricMIN−5.1 3.7 last 10 · 8.8 season
Devin HarrisDAL−5.0 5.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK−4.7 8.6 last 10 · 13.3 season