FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 27, 2007Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
CLE88
DAL81
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +7
Final
PHX108
LAC88
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +19; Q3 PHX +30; Q4 PHX +20
Final
BOS104
SEA96
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +8
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 27, 2006: 11 games. Top scorer: Richard Hamilton (DET @ NYK), 51 points.
The lead · CLE @ DAL

Cleveland handles Dallas by 7

The Cavaliers won the second quarter 24–18. Final: 88–81. LeBron James led Cleveland with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists.

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+3+9+6+7CLE AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2324212088
DAL2018241981
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 29, 21, 31, 32, 33, 25, 25, 24CLE24 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 21, 12, 24, 7, 12, 20, 13, 18CLE18 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 16, 36, 13, 7, 20, 31, 31, 30, 20, 19DAL19 PTS · 20 REB · 1 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 47, 22, 19, 15, 23, 19, 23, 15, 17, 19DAL19 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · BOS @ SEA

Boston never trails at a break against Seattle

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 104–96. Paul Pierce led Boston with 37 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over DAL7BOS over SEA8PHX over LAC20Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over SEA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.2Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.2 in 28 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.0Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.0 in 14 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.9Season avg31.4Today

31 minutes today, against 16.9 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 37

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 26, 32, 18, 11, 22, 24, 16, 37BOS @ SEA · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 19, 18, 16, 17, 25, 28, 19, 30PHX @ LAC · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 23, 16, 30, 13, 6, 18, 27, 23, 25SEA vs BOS · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 29, 21, 31, 32, 33, 25, 25, 24CLE @ DAL · W
29.1 PPG season to date · −5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 11, 15, 16, 26, 12, 21, 14, 23BOS @ SEA · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 24, 13, 23, 23, 27, 22, 9, 21LAC vs PHX · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 5 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
Allen IversonDEN+5.1 31.4 last 10 · 26.3 season
Bonzi WellsHOU+4.0 13.5 last 10 · 9.5 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+3.8 28.1 last 10 · 24.3 season
Brandon RoyPOR+3.7 22.7 last 10 · 19.0 season
Mo WilliamsMIL+3.6 19.3 last 10 · 15.7 season
Cold
Damien WilkinsSEA−4.9 6.6 last 10 · 11.5 season
Eddy CurryNYK−4.3 9.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
LeBron JamesCLE−3.9 25.2 last 10 · 29.1 season
Kelenna AzubuikeGSW−3.8 7.6 last 10 · 11.4 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−3.4 19.4 last 10 · 22.8 season