FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 9, 2007Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed SAC by 15 at halftime and won 108–98.

Final
ATL72
IND91
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +19
Final
DET98
PHI89
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +3; Q3 DET +16; Q4 DET +9
Final
TOR86
NJN101
Q1 NJN +5; Q2 NJN -1; Q3 NJN +9; Q4 NJN +15
Final
LAL118
MEM128
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM -5; Q3 MEM +19; Q4 MEM +10
Final
POR84
SAS98
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +14
Final
SEA102
PHX113
Q1 PHX -5; Q2 PHX -2; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +11
Final
DAL108
UTA105
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL -8; Q3 DAL -1; Q4 DAL +3
Final
CLE108
SAC98
Q1 CLE -8; Q2 CLE -15; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +10
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 9, 2006: 5 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs IND), 45 points.
The lead · CLE @ SAC

LeBron James drops 34 in 15-point comeback win over Sacramento

Sacramento led by 15 at the half. Final: 108–98.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-15+5+10CLE AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE22163733108
SAC3023172898
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 32, 27, 32, 33, 19, 32, 8, 19, 34CLE34 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 12, 14, 8, 10, 13, 31, 21, 21CLE21 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 7, 21, 26, 21, 19, 38, 28, 26SAC26 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Brad MillerPoints, last 10 games: 2, 19, 19, 21, 13, 15, 10, 8, 3, 24SAC24 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.9Season avg25.6Last 5

25.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.9 in 35 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.7Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.7 in 32 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.5Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 15.5 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Eight games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Indiana by 19.

DAL over UTA3DET over PHI9MEM over LAL10CLE over SAC10PHX over SEA11SAS over POR14NJN over TOR15IND over ATL19Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 38

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 6, 20, 23, 27, 17, 31, 20, 36, 29, 38DAL @ UTA · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 32, 27, 32, 33, 19, 32, 8, 19, 34CLE @ SAC · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 16, 17, 13, 10, 14, 15, 8, 33DET @ PHI · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 38, 33, 18, 28, 12, 23, 14, 21, 18, 32NJN vs TOR · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Nick CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 6, 8, 2, 6, 7, 8, 6, 29SEA @ PHX · L
8.1 PPG season to date · +21.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 21 REB · 4 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 28, 23, 12, 14, 15, 22, 13, 11, 24, 29PHX vs SEA · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 15 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
Earl BoykinsDEN+8.6 23.7 last 10 · 15.1 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.6 18.8 last 10 · 11.2 season
Tracy McGradyHOU+6.9 29.3 last 10 · 22.4 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.0 19.3 last 10 · 13.3 season
Matt BarnesGSW+5.9 17.0 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Joe JohnsonATL−6.3 18.9 last 10 · 25.2 season
Hakim WarrickMEM−5.0 8.1 last 10 · 13.1 season
Sam CassellLAC−4.2 9.9 last 10 · 14.1 season
Chucky AtkinsMEM−4.0 9.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Jerry StackhouseDAL−3.9 7.0 last 10 · 10.9 season