FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 4, 2006Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed MIL by 6 after the first quarter and won 91–84.

Final
ORL97
TOR121
Q1 TOR +6; Q2 TOR +19; Q3 TOR +19; Q4 TOR +24
Final
CHA106
BOS109
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +3
Final
CLE91
MIL84
Q1 CLE -6; Q2 CLE -4; Q3 CLE -5; Q4 CLE +7
Final
DAL78
MIN91
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +13
Final
MIA92
NOK107
Q1 NOK 0; Q2 NOK +19; Q3 NOK +15; Q4 NOK +15
Final
SEA101
CHI97
Q1 SEA 0; Q2 SEA +11; Q3 SEA +9; Q4 SEA +4
Final
POR75
SAS106
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +31
Final
IND86
DEN106
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +20
Final
PHI85
PHX105
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX +18; Q4 PHX +20
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 · 2004–05Jan 4, 2005: 5 games. Top scorer: Jermaine O'Neal (IND vs MIL), 55 points.
The lead · CLE @ MIL

LeBron James posts 32-11-11 as Cleveland tops Milwaukee

A triple-double in a 91–84 win.

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 Q3Final0-6-4-5+7CLE AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE1923202991
MIL2521211784
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 39, 26, 41, 25, 37, 14, 32, 31, 30, 32CLE32 PTS · 11 REB · 11 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 2, 10, 6, 21, 20, 0, 12, 18CLE18 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 19, 20, 36, 17, 21, 22, 29, 28MIL28 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Bobby SimmonsPoints, last 10 games: 2, 8, 16, 6, 9, 10, 13, 18, 10, 18MIL18 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.2Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.2 in 28 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.9Season avg4.7Last 3

4.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.9 in 16 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.8Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 12.8 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

San Antonio posts the night's biggest win

San Antonio beat Portland by 31, the widest margin of 9 games.

BOS over CHA3SEA over CHI4CLE over MIL7MIN over DAL13NOK over MIA15DEN over IND20PHX over PHI20TOR over ORL24SAS over POR31Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 32

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 39, 26, 41, 25, 37, 14, 32, 31, 30, 32CLE @ MIL · W
30.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 11 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 19, 30, 43, 28, 22, 19, 29, 31BOS vs CHA · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 14, 11, 3, 11, 9, 25, 18, 31ORL @ TOR · L
11.9 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 19, 20, 36, 17, 21, 22, 29, 28MIL vs CLE · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 5, 27, 24, 19, 24, 14, 28, 24PHX vs PHI · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Desmond MasonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 9, 15, 4, 7, 13, 8, 13, 15, 24NOK vs MIA · W
10.3 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 0 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
Vince CarterNJN+5.1 29.8 last 10 · 24.7 season
Juan DixonPOR+4.7 16.2 last 10 · 11.5 season
Wally SzczerbiakMIN+4.3 24.3 last 10 · 20.0 season
Ruben PattersonPOR+4.0 15.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+4.0 28.7 last 10 · 24.7 season
Cold
Keith Van HornDAL−4.6 4.8 last 10 · 9.4 season
Kareem RushCHA−4.4 8.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Alonzo MourningMIA−3.3 5.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Antawn JamisonWAS−3.2 14.8 last 10 · 18.0 season
John SalmonsPHI−2.9 4.6 last 10 · 7.5 season