FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 22, 2006Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed TOR by 14 at halftime and won 122–104.

Final
PHI86
MIN84
Q1 PHI -8; Q2 PHI -11; Q3 PHI -12; Q4 PHI +2
Final
DEN89
SAS85
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN -1; Q4 DEN +4
Final
GSW92
LAC105
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +13
Final
MEM93
WAS82
Q1 MEM -8; Q2 MEM -3; Q3 MEM +7; Q4 MEM +11
Final
HOU97
DET99
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET +2
Final
SAC99
MIA119
Q1 MIA +13; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +20
Final · 2OT
SEA152
PHX149
Q1 SEA +8; Q2 SEA +6; Q3 SEA +5; Q4 SEA 0; OT1 SEA 0; OT2 SEA +3
Final · OT
DAL95
POR89
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL -2; Q3 DAL +5; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +6
Final
TOR104
LAL122
Q1 LAL -7; Q2 LAL -14; Q3 LAL +6; 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 · 2004–05Jan 22, 2005: 8 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI @ ORL), 38 points.
The lead · TOR @ LAL

Kobe Bryant hits seven threes, Lakers top Toronto

81 points for Kobe Bryant. Final: 122–104.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-14+6+18LAL AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR36272219104
LAL29204231122
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 48, 50, 45, 41, 27, 38, 37, 51, 37, 81LAL81 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Smush ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 8, 6, 12, 12, 24, 5, 10, 12, 13LAL13 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Mike JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 30, 26, 14, 24, 15, 17, 17, 26TOR26 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 10, 22, 27, 26, 29, 23, 27, 22, 29, 18TOR18 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 9 games went past regulation.

PHI over MIN2DET over HOU2SEA over PHX3DEN over SAS4DAL over POR6MEM over WAS11LAC over GSW13LAL over TOR18MIA over SAC20Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
34.8Season avg48.8Last 5

48.8 points a game over his last five games, against 34.8 in 38 earlier games. Today: 81 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.4Season avg20.7Last 3

20.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.4 in 29 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg53.1Today

53 minutes today, against 22.8 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 81

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: 48, 50, 45, 41, 27, 38, 37, 51, 37, 81LAL vs TOR · W
35.9 PPG season to date · +46.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high81 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 38, 32, 38, 34, 37, 11, 35, 43HOU @ DET · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high43 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 39, 28, 24, 20, 22, 33, 27, 1, 24, 42SEA @ PHX · W
24.6 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high42 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 31, 41, 46, 33, 17, 36, 30, 39PHI @ MIN · W
33.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 13, 19, 20, 28, 21, 25, 25, 30, 22, 37PHX vs SEA · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Raja BellPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 7, 30, 17, 23, 19, 12, 18, 31PHX vs SEA · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 2 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
Kobe BryantLAL+9.6 45.5 last 10 · 35.9 season
Jameer NelsonORL+7.6 21.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Juwan HowardHOU+7.5 19.1 last 10 · 11.6 season
Jalen RoseTOR+6.6 18.4 last 10 · 11.8 season
Raja BellPHX+5.4 19.7 last 10 · 14.2 season
Cold
JR SmithNOK−6.5 2.6 last 10 · 9.1 season
Kareem RushCHA−4.4 8.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Michael SweetneyCHI−3.8 6.0 last 10 · 9.8 season
Gilbert ArenasWAS−3.8 24.6 last 10 · 28.4 season
Troy MurphyGSW−3.2 12.3 last 10 · 15.5 season