FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 15, 2006Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed CLE by 3 after the first quarter and won 89–87.

Final
NYK103
TOR129
Q1 TOR +9; Q2 TOR +13; Q3 TOR +18; Q4 TOR +26
Final
CLE87
POR89
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +2
Final
ORL100
SAC104
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC +12; Q4 SAC +4
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 15, 2005: 12 games. Top scorer: Jermaine O'Neal (IND vs ORL), 38 points.
The lead · CLE @ POR

Portland holds off Cleveland, 89–87

Portland led 71–67 after three and held on to win by two. Ruben Patterson led Portland with 16 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-3+5+4+2POR AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE3016212087
POR2724201889
Who led
Ruben PattersonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 9, 19, 11, 12, 16, 21, 9, 16POR16 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 18, 18, 19, 5, 14, 17, 19, 16POR16 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 31, 30, 32, 32, 35, 36, 28, 46, 29CLE29 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 18, 14, 17, 10, 8, 29, 26, 27CLE27 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Second story · ORL @ SAC

Sacramento beats Orlando, 104–100

Sacramento led 74–62 after three and won by 4. Mike Bibby led Sacramento with 42 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
POR over CLE2SAC over ORL4TOR over NYK26Final margin, points. Pink = SAC over ORL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.3Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 13.3 in 34 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.6 in 31 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 37 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Mike Bibby leads the day with 42

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.
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 38, 33, 10, 32, 5, 26, 19, 6, 42SAC vs ORL · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +22.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high42 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 10, 11, 11, 10, 15, 24, 9, 31TOR vs NYK · W
10.8 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 31, 30, 32, 32, 35, 36, 28, 46, 29CLE @ POR · L
31.1 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 25, 18, 31, 18, 18, 18, 32, 19, 29ORL @ SAC · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Morris PetersonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 26, 16, 13, 15, 19, 7, 22, 18, 28TOR vs NYK · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 18, 14, 17, 10, 8, 29, 26, 27CLE @ POR · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 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
Jameer NelsonORL+8.0 21.7 last 10 · 13.7 season
Juwan HowardHOU+6.9 17.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Vince CarterNJN+5.4 30.6 last 10 · 25.2 season
Fred JonesIND+5.4 14.5 last 10 · 9.1 season
Juan DixonPOR+5.1 17.7 last 10 · 12.6 season
Cold
JR SmithNOK−5.3 4.4 last 10 · 9.7 season
Kareem RushCHA−4.4 8.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Nick CollisonSEA−3.9 3.1 last 10 · 7.0 season
Damon JonesCLE−3.7 3.7 last 10 · 7.4 season
Deron WilliamsUTA−3.3 7.3 last 10 · 10.6 season