FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 17, 2008Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed SAS by 7 after the first quarter and won 90–88.

Final
CLE90
SAS88
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +2
Final
UTA109
DEN120
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +2; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +11
Final
PHX106
LAL98
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +13; Q3 PHX +18; Q4 PHX +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 · 2006–07Jan 17, 2007: 11 games. Top scorer: Quentin Richardson (NYK @ WAS), 35 points.
The lead · CLE @ SAS

Cleveland holds off San Antonio, 90–88

Cleveland led 73–65 after three and held on to win by two. LeBron James led Cleveland with 27 points, 9 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 Q3Final0-7+7+8+2CLE AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE1931231790
SAS2617222388
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 36, 24, 39, 22, 31, 31, 51, 27CLE27 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 3, 14, 8, 4, 7, 14, 14, 17CLE17 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 20, 0, 23, 20, 9, 22, 20, 31SAS31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 20, 12, 26, 31, 12, 21, 14, 23SAS23 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Second story · PHX @ LAL

Phoenix leads Lakers wire to wire

Phoenix was ahead at every break and won 106–98. Best quarter: the second, 29–19. Leandro Barbosa led Phoenix with 22 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over SAS2PHX over LAL8DEN over UTA11Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over LAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
27.6Season avg34.2Last 5

34.2 points a game over his last five games, against 27.6 in 37 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.4Season avg21.0Last 3

21.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.4 in 39 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg41.7Today

42 minutes today, against 22.6 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 41 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Linas Kleiza leads the day with 41

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.
Linas KleizaPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 0, 17, 9, 5, 18, 5, 5, 41DEN vs UTA · W
11.2 PPG season to date · +30.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high41 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 20, 0, 23, 20, 9, 22, 20, 31SAS vs CLE · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 15, 26, 25, 19, 37, 37, 48, 30LAL vs PHX · L
27.7 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 39, 13, 29, 33, 38, 32, 21, 23, 27, 28DEN vs UTA · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 36, 24, 39, 22, 31, 31, 51, 27CLE @ SAS · W
29.7 PPG season to date · −2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 22, 18, 15, 23, 10, 17, 17, 33, 23UTA @ DEN · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 5 REB · 12 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
Joe SmithCHI+6.7 17.4 last 10 · 10.7 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+5.8 27.4 last 10 · 21.6 season
Charlie BellMIL+5.6 11.5 last 10 · 5.9 season
Rafer AlstonHOU+5.6 17.0 last 10 · 11.4 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+5.1 16.4 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
Damien WilkinsSEA−5.5 4.5 last 10 · 10.0 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−4.9 18.0 last 10 · 22.9 season
Kyle LowryMEM−4.2 4.1 last 10 · 8.3 season
Antoine WrightNJN−4.2 3.8 last 10 · 8.0 season
Metta World PeaceSAC−3.9 14.5 last 10 · 18.4 season