FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 6, 2008Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed TOR by 14 after the first quarter and won 93–90.

Final
CLE93
TOR90
Q1 CLE -14; Q2 CLE -10; Q3 CLE -13; Q4 CLE +3
Final
SEA86
WAS108
Q1 WAS +14; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +22
Final
SAS88
LAC82
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +6
Final
DAL101
MIN78
Q1 DAL +15; Q2 DAL +23; Q3 DAL +25; Q4 DAL +23
Final
MIA94
MEM101
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM -3; Q3 MEM +4; Q4 MEM +7
Final
MIL93
CHA89
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL -1; Q3 MIL -4; Q4 MIL +4
Final
PHI96
DEN109
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +13
Final
IND96
LAL112
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +18; Q4 LAL +16
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 · 2006–07Jan 6, 2007: 7 games. Top scorer: Ray Allen (SEA @ GSW), 38 points.
The lead · CLE @ TOR

LeBron James scores 39 as Cleveland wins in Toronto

Final: 93–90. LeBron James made 14 of 29 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. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-14-10-13+3CLE AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE1419243693
TOR2815272090
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 31, 32, 33, 25, 25, 24, 21, 36, 24, 39CLE39 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Larry HughesPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 4, 2, 4, 17, 2, 14, 4, 14CLE14 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 18, 26, 42, 10, 19, 29, 23, 23TOR23 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Anthony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 0, 16, 18, 2, 3, 6, 19, 7, 20TOR20 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.4Season avg28.8Last 5

28.8 points a game over his last five games, against 19.4 in 31 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.1Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.1 in 25 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.9Season avg36.6Today

37 minutes today, against 14.9 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · MIL @ CHA

Charlotte's skid reaches three

Milwaukee won 93–89; the Bobcats fall to 11–21. Charlie Bell led Milwaukee with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · CHA
Wvs UTA98–92Wvs NYK105–95L@ MIL99–103Lvs WAS104–108Lvs NOH85–99L@ ORL95–104Wvs IND107–103Lvs CHI97–109L@ NJN96–102Lvs MIL89–93CHA: last 10 games through Jan 6, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 39

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: 31, 32, 33, 25, 25, 24, 21, 36, 24, 39CLE @ TOR · W
29.2 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 38, 36, 34, 21, 24, 39, 13, 29, 33, 38DEN vs PHI · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 29, 13, 25, 28, 16, 22, 13, 33WAS vs SEA · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 20, 31, 31, 30, 20, 19, 22, 29, 24, 30DAL @ MIN · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 10, 31, 8, 23, 19, 30, 12, 28MEM vs MIA · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Charlie BellPoints, last 10 games: 0, 2, 0, 5, 2, 0, 4, 12, 0, 27MIL @ CHA · W
4.8 PPG season to date · +22.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 6 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
Jason RichardsonCHA+7.3 26.7 last 10 · 19.4 season
Ben GordonCHI+5.0 24.6 last 10 · 19.6 season
Rafer AlstonHOU+4.6 15.4 last 10 · 10.8 season
Michael FinleySAS+4.4 14.9 last 10 · 10.5 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+4.1 24.6 last 10 · 20.5 season
Cold
Jason TerryDAL−4.9 10.1 last 10 · 15.0 season
Damien WilkinsSEA−4.7 5.8 last 10 · 10.5 season
Kelenna AzubuikeGSW−4.5 6.1 last 10 · 10.6 season
Drew GoodenCLE−3.5 9.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−3.4 20.1 last 10 · 23.5 season