FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 29, 2006Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed PHX by 10 after the first quarter and won 113–106.

Final
PHX106
CLE113
Q1 CLE -10; Q2 CLE -9; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE +7
Final
MIA101
HOU95
Q1 MIA +7; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +17; Q4 MIA +6
Final
BOS79
MIL83
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL +4
Final
PHI89
ORL81
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI -1; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +8
Final
LAL93
DET102
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +21; Q4 DET +9
Final · OT
SAC123
TOR124
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR 0; OT1 TOR +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 29, 2005: 9 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS vs ORL), 37 points.
The lead · PHX @ CLE

LeBron James scores 44 as Cleveland beats Phoenix

Cleveland won 113–106. LeBron James: 44 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-9-3+7CLE AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX32282719106
CLE22293329113
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 46, 29, 24, 14, 51, 23, 38, 30, 44CLE44 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Sasha PavlovicPoints, last 10 games: 3, 0, 0, 9, 6, 9, 16, 3, 5, 15CLE15 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 7, 20, 17, 28, 22, 21, 22, 24PHX24 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 25, 30, 22, 37, 26, 19, 15, 22PHX22 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
35.8Season avg47.6Last 5

47.6 points a game over his last five games, against 35.8 in 40 earlier games. Today: 39 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.9Season avg16.7Last 3

16.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.9 in 33 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.7Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 10.7 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · BOS @ MIL

Milwaukee handles Boston by 4

The Bucks won the second quarter 26–18. Final: 83–79. Michael Redd led Milwaukee with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over SAC1MIL over BOS4MIA over HOU6CLE over PHX7PHI over ORL8DET over LAL9Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over BOS.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 44

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: 28, 46, 29, 24, 14, 51, 23, 38, 30, 44CLE vs PHX · W
31.2 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
44 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 6, 42, 19, 40, 17, 17, 44, 35, 6, 42SAC @ TOR · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 45, 41, 27, 38, 37, 51, 37, 81, 30, 39LAL @ DET · L
35.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 38, 34, 37, 11, 35, 43, 41, 29, 19, 37HOU vs MIA · L
27.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 31, 32, 15, 31, 34, 36, 22, 25, 25, 32MIA @ HOU · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Rafer AlstonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 19, 17, 5, 13, 11, 3, 16, 26HOU vs MIA · L
11.8 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 7 REB · 3 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+7.6 21.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Juwan HowardHOU+6.7 18.3 last 10 · 11.6 season
Kobe BryantLAL+6.7 42.6 last 10 · 35.9 season
Jalen RoseTOR+6.4 18.5 last 10 · 12.1 season
Juan DixonPOR+6.3 19.8 last 10 · 13.5 season
Cold
JR SmithNOK−4.6 4.7 last 10 · 9.3 season
Kareem RushCHA−4.4 8.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Vince CarterNJN−4.0 20.2 last 10 · 24.2 season
Paul PierceBOS−4.0 21.3 last 10 · 25.3 season
Michael SweetneyCHI−3.8 6.0 last 10 · 9.8 season