FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 25, 2007Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed MIA by 4 at halftime and won 96–82.

Final
MIA82
CLE96
Q1 CLE +8; Q2 CLE -4; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +14
Final
PHX115
LAL122
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 LAL +7
Final
SEA79
POR89
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +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 · 2006–07Dec 25, 2006: 1 game. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs LAL), 40 points.
The lead · MIA @ CLE

Cleveland beats Miami, 96–82

Cleveland led 67–61 after three and won by 14. LeBron James led Cleveland with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 12 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+8-4+6+14CLE AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA1730142182
CLE2518242996
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 38, 15, 17, 29, 21, 31, 32, 33, 25, 25CLE25 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 7, 13, 21, 4, 11, 4, 5, 18CLE18 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 33, 33, 31, 17, 24, 30, 36, 41, 20, 22MIA22 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 12, 16, 13, 9, 16, 9, 12, 15MIA15 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Second story · PHX @ LAL

Lakers make it three straight

Lakers beat Phoenix 122–115 and moved to 18–10. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 38 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

Streak strip · LAL
W@ DEN111–107Wvs GSW123–113Wvs SAS102–97L@ GSW106–108Wvs LAC113–92W@ CHI103–91L@ CLE90–94W@ PHI106–101W@ NYK95–90Wvs PHX122–115LAL: last 10 games through Dec 25, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.9Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.9 in 26 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.6Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.6 in 18 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.7Season avg33.5Today

34 minutes today, against 11.7 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 30, 21, 32, 18, 21, 19, 39, 38LAL vs PHX · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Andrew BynumPoints, last 10 games: 2, 20, 6, 17, 14, 12, 17, 24, 13, 28LAL vs PHX · W
12.5 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 38, 15, 17, 29, 21, 31, 32, 33, 25, 25CLE vs MIA · W
29.3 PPG season to date · −4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 14, 11, 29, 12, 10, 21, 7, 24PHX @ LAL · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 14 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 16, 35, 23, 16, 30, 13, 6, 18, 27, 23SEA @ POR · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 33, 33, 31, 17, 24, 30, 36, 41, 20, 22MIA @ CLE · L
24.2 PPG season to date · −2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 8 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
Allen IversonDEN+4.6 31.0 last 10 · 26.4 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+4.5 28.7 last 10 · 24.2 season
Bonzi WellsHOU+4.0 13.5 last 10 · 9.5 season
Craig SmithMIN+3.9 15.2 last 10 · 11.3 season
Brandon RoyPOR+3.7 22.7 last 10 · 19.0 season
Cold
Eddy CurryNYK−3.8 10.4 last 10 · 14.2 season
Damien WilkinsSEA−3.8 8.1 last 10 · 11.9 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−3.4 19.4 last 10 · 22.8 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−3.2 6.2 last 10 · 9.4 season
Chris WilcoxSEA−3.0 10.6 last 10 · 13.6 season