FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 12, 2006Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed CLE by 4 at halftime and won 99–98.

Final
DET83
SAS68
Q1 DET +13; Q2 DET +12; Q3 DET +18; Q4 DET +15
Final
GSW99
PHX112
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +19; Q4 PHX +13
Final
CLE98
LAL99
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL -4; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +1
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 12, 2005: 11 games. Top scorer: Morris Peterson (TOR vs BOS), 37 points.
The lead · CLE @ LAL

Lakers win a tight one over Cleveland

99–98. Neither team led by more than 4 at any break. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 27 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-4+1+1LAL AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2525173198
LAL2818223199
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 62, 21, 37, 31, 45, 48, 50, 45, 41, 27LAL27 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 9, 18, 25, 8, 9, 17, 15, 20LAL20 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 10, 21, 18, 14, 17, 10, 8, 29CLE29 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 37, 14, 32, 31, 30, 32, 32, 35, 36, 28CLE28 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Second story · GSW @ PHX

Phoenix leads Golden State wire to wire

Phoenix was ahead at every break and won 112–99. Best quarter: the second, 35–32. Shawn Marion led Phoenix with 21 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over CLE1PHX over GSW13DET over SAS15Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over GSW.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
34.3Season avg42.2Last 5

42.2 points a game over his last five games, against 34.3 in 33 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.6 in 23 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.2Season avg22.1Today

22 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Zydrunas Ilgauskas leads the day with 29

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.
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 10, 21, 18, 14, 17, 10, 8, 29CLE @ LAL · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 37, 14, 32, 31, 30, 32, 32, 35, 36, 28CLE @ LAL · L
30.7 PPG season to date · −2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 16, 21, 21, 7, 9, 11, 15, 27DET @ SAS · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 62, 21, 37, 31, 45, 48, 50, 45, 41, 27LAL vs CLE · W
34.1 PPG season to date · −7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 16, 11, 34, 23, 7, 16, 26, 22GSW @ PHX · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 11, 24, 25, 21, 25, 15, 18, 30, 22DET @ SAS · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 1 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+7.7 33.5 last 10 · 25.8 season
Juwan HowardHOU+7.1 17.5 last 10 · 10.4 season
Kobe BryantLAL+6.6 40.7 last 10 · 34.1 season
Fred JonesIND+5.6 14.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK+5.4 20.9 last 10 · 15.5 season
Cold
JR SmithNOK−6.1 4.0 last 10 · 10.1 season
Kareem RushCHA−4.4 8.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Keith Van HornDAL−3.9 5.4 last 10 · 9.3 season
Alonzo MourningMIA−3.8 5.0 last 10 · 8.8 season
Deron WilliamsUTA−3.6 7.1 last 10 · 10.7 season