FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 3, 2007Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed BOS by 5 at halftime and won 107–104.

Final
PHX100
TOR98
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +15; Q3 PHX +10; Q4 PHX +2
Final
MIL105
WAS108
Q1 WAS +2; Q2 WAS -3; Q3 WAS -4; Q4 WAS +3
Final
CLE107
BOS104
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE -5; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +3
Final
LAC110
MIA95
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC +10; Q3 LAC +27; Q4 LAC +15
Final
GSW135
MEM144
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM +2; Q4 MEM +9
Final · OT
SAS101
MIN103
Q1 MIN +11; Q2 MIN +13; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +2
Final
SEA96
HOU103
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +7; Q4 HOU +7
Final
PHI87
UTA98
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +11
Final
NYK99
POR81
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK +9; Q3 NYK +20; Q4 NYK +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 · 2005–06Jan 3, 2006: 7 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS vs HOU), 44 points.
The lead · CLE @ BOS

LeBron James scores 32 as Cleveland wins in Boston

Final: 107–104. LeBron James made 11 of 20 shots from the field.

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 Q3Final0-2-5+6+3CLE AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE19303325107
BOS21332228104
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 37, 26, 32, 27, 32, 33, 19, 32CLE32 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 18, 16, 22, 16, 8, 14, 8, 27CLE27 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Tony AllenPoints, last 10 games: 30, 11, 17, 12, 18, 13, 20, 23, 22, 22BOS22 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Gerald GreenPoints, last 10 games: 0, 6, 5, 20, 18, 17, 6, 18, 6, 21BOS21 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.6Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.6 in 31 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.7Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.7 in 32 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.2Season avg41.2Today

41 minutes today, against 17.2 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: New York by 18.

PHX over TOR2MIN over SAS2WAS over MIL3CLE over BOS3HOU over SEA7MEM over GSW9UTA over PHI11LAC over MIA15NYK over POR18Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Matt Barnes leads the day with 36

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.
Matt BarnesPoints, last 10 games: 10, 14, 7, 10, 20, 25, 13, 17, 29, 36GSW @ MEM · L
11.4 PPG season to date · +25.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 22, 18, 28, 9, 18, 27, 32, 33MEM vs GSW · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 27, 60, 23, 30, 54, 31, 39, 36, 19, 32WAS vs MIL · W
30.3 PPG season to date · +1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 37, 26, 32, 27, 32, 33, 19, 32CLE @ BOS · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 18, 33, 28, 21, 14, 15, 27, 32SEA @ HOU · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 7, 31, 14, 23, 28, 19, 17, 31, 38, 31HOU vs SEA · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 7 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
Tony AllenBOS+8.2 18.8 last 10 · 10.6 season
Mike MillerMEM+6.9 23.6 last 10 · 16.7 season
Matt BarnesGSW+6.7 18.1 last 10 · 11.4 season
Stephon MarburyNYK+6.4 19.7 last 10 · 13.3 season
Earl BoykinsDEN+6.1 20.2 last 10 · 14.1 season
Cold
Vince CarterNJN−5.3 20.1 last 10 · 25.4 season
Sam CassellLAC−4.9 8.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Hakim WarrickMEM−4.2 9.3 last 10 · 13.5 season
Wally SzczerbiakBOS−3.9 12.7 last 10 · 16.6 season
Zach RandolphPOR−3.4 20.6 last 10 · 24.0 season