FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 30, 2008Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed POR by 9 after the first quarter and won 84–83.

Final
MIA91
ORL107
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +11; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +16
Final
MIL69
PHI112
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +19; Q3 PHI +30; Q4 PHI +43
Final
WAS83
TOR122
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +20; Q3 TOR +31; Q4 TOR +39
Final
DEN106
MEM102
Q1 DEN -7; Q2 DEN +2; Q3 DEN -5; Q4 DEN +4
Final
CHI67
MIN83
Q1 MIN -6; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +11; Q4 MIN +16
Final
GSW116
NOH103
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW +5; Q4 GSW +13
Final
CLE84
POR83
Q1 CLE -9; Q2 CLE -6; Q3 CLE -6; Q4 CLE +1
Final
NYK89
UTA100
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +12; Q4 UTA +11
Final
CHA91
SAC105
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC +16; Q4 SAC +14
Final
ATL88
LAC95
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC +7; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +7
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 30, 2007: 6 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS vs DET), 36 points.
The lead · CLE @ POR

LeBron James scores 37, Cleveland rallies past Portland

Cleveland trailed by 9 after one and won 84–83.

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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-6-6+1CLE AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2022202284
POR2919201583
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 31, 51, 27, 28, 23, 36, 41, 37CLE37 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 2, 10, 10, 12, 4, 11, 18, 0, 1, 9CLE9 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 33, 16, 22, 24, 25, 18, 14, 23, 24, 16POR16 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 11, 20, 16, 14, 12, 8, 17, 14, 16, 16POR16 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.9Season avg24.8Last 5

24.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.9 in 41 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.1Season avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.1 in 37 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.3Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 17.3 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 1 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Philadelphia posts the night's biggest win

Philadelphia beat Milwaukee by 43, the widest margin of 10 games.

CLE over POR1DEN over MEM4LAC over ATL7UTA over NYK11GSW over NOH13SAC over CHA14ORL over MIA16MIN over CHI16TOR over WAS39PHI over MIL43Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 22, 31, 31, 51, 27, 28, 23, 36, 41, 37CLE @ POR · W
30.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Al ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 6, 7, 22, 14, 23, 6, 8, 8, 33LAC vs ATL · W
9.2 PPG season to date · +24.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 27, 28, 35, 24, 29, 30, 23, 23, 32DEN @ MEM · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 30, 17, 24, 20, 14, 34, 18, 30MEM vs DEN · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 12, 14, 16, 18, 8, 17, 23, 28NOH vs GSW · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 12 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 8, 10, 8, 16, 20, 26, 26, 23, 27, 27ORL vs MIA · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 5 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
Chris BoshTOR+6.6 29.3 last 10 · 22.7 season
Kareem RushIND+6.1 14.4 last 10 · 8.3 season
Kirk HinrichCHI+5.7 18.6 last 10 · 12.9 season
Ryan GomesMIN+4.7 16.4 last 10 · 11.7 season
Royal IveyMIL+4.6 10.8 last 10 · 6.2 season
Cold
John SalmonsSAC−6.3 9.0 last 10 · 15.3 season
Ricky DavisMIA−6.0 7.8 last 10 · 13.8 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.5 7.0 last 10 · 12.5 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−5.2 16.8 last 10 · 22.0 season
Kelenna AzubuikeGSW−4.5 4.7 last 10 · 9.2 season