FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 28, 2004Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed ATL by 6 after the first quarter and won 111–102.

Final
CLE111
ATL102
Q1 CLE -6; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +9
Final
HOU87
MIL115
Q1 MIL +12; Q2 MIL +19; Q3 MIL +31; Q4 MIL +28
Final
NJN84
CHI80
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN -1; Q3 NJN -5; Q4 NJN +4
Final
BOS94
DAL113
Q1 DAL +21; Q2 DAL +24; Q3 DAL +18; Q4 DAL +19
Final
PHX94
SAS115
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +24; Q4 SAS +21
Final
PHI114
SEA107
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +7
Final
TOR99
LAL117
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL +18
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 · 2003–04Dec 28, 2003: 7 games. Top scorer: Peja Stojakovic (SAC vs UTA), 37 points.
The lead · CLE @ ATL

LeBron James scores 40 as Cleveland beats Atlanta

Cleveland won 111–102. LeBron James: 40 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-1+4+9CLE AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE26242932111
ATL32192427102
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 31, 25, 11, 31, 26, 23, 22, 40CLE40 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 11, 6, 12, 21, 25, 8, 11, 20CLE20 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 21, 21, 21, 10, 6, 17, 9, 31ATL31 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Antoine WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 13, 25, 17, 8, 13, 13, 25, 16, 17ATL17 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
28.7Season avg41.4Last 5

41.4 points a game over his last five games, against 28.7 in 25 earlier games. Today: 34 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 2 vs 2003–04 avg
Minutes per game
21.82003–04 avg3.5Last 2

3.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 21.8 in 2003–04 (65 games). Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · NJN @ CHI

New Jersey handles Chicago by 4

The Nets won the fourth quarter 33–24. Final: 84–80. Vince Carter led New Jersey with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NJN over CHI4PHI over SEA7CLE over ATL9LAL over TOR18DAL over BOS19SAS over PHX21MIL over HOU28Final margin, points. Pink = NJN over CHI.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 48

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 37, 23, 35, 31, 36, 11, 29, 42, 48LAL vs TOR · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high48 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 31, 25, 11, 31, 26, 23, 22, 40CLE @ ATL · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 23, 36, 21, 19, 20, 8, 32, 30, 33, 37PHX @ SAS · L
26.0 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 40, 31, 24, 54, 51, 40, 28, 34PHI @ SEA · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 38, 14, 29, 22, 16, 26, 32, 20, 19, 32SEA vs PHI · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 26, 15, 21, 21, 21, 10, 6, 17, 9, 31ATL vs CLE · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 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
Allen IversonPHI+4.9 33.8 last 10 · 28.9 season
Richard JeffersonNJN+3.9 27.2 last 10 · 23.3 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND+3.8 19.7 last 10 · 15.9 season
Kenny ThomasPHI+3.7 12.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Corey MaggetteLAC+3.7 25.1 last 10 · 21.4 season
Cold
Earl BoykinsDEN−3.7 7.7 last 10 · 11.4 season
Chris WilcoxLAC−3.6 7.3 last 10 · 10.9 season
Jarvis HayesWAS−3.4 6.3 last 10 · 9.7 season
Bonzi WellsMEM−3.0 7.9 last 10 · 10.9 season
Darrell ArmstrongDAL−2.9 4.7 last 10 · 7.6 season