FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, October 28, 2008Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed CLE by 7 at halftime and won 90–85.

Final
CLE85
BOS90
Q1 BOS -6; Q2 BOS -7; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +5
Final
MIL95
CHI108
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +13
Final
POR76
LAL96
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +19; Q4 LAL +20
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · CLE @ BOS

Boston beats Cleveland, 90–85

Boston led 67–63 after three and won by 5. Paul Pierce led Boston with 27 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · BOS 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 Q3Final0-6-7+4+5BOS AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2822132285
BOS2221242390
Who led
Paul PierceBOS27 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Rajon RondoBOS14 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesCLE22 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE15 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Second story · MIL @ CHI

Chicago handles Milwaukee by 13

The Bulls won the second quarter 29–26. Final: 108–95. Luol Deng led Chicago with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over CLE5CHI over MIL13LAL over POR20Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over MIL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, today vs 2007–08 avg
Points per game
6.82007–08 avg15Today

15 points today in 41 minutes, against 6.8 a game in 2007–08 (74 games).

Stepped-up role
+10.4minutes, today vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
25.12007–08 avg35.5Today

35 minutes today, against 25.1 a game in 2007–08 (61 games). Line: 6 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Cooling off
−9.8points, today vs 2007–08 avg
Points per game
17.82007–08 avg8Today

8 points today in 32 minutes, against 17.8 a game in 2007–08 (76 games).

Top performances

Michael Redd leads the day with 30

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.
Michael ReddMIL @ CHI · L
30.0 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Paul PierceBOS vs CLE · W
27.0 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantLAL vs POR · W
23.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesCLE @ BOS · L
22.0 PPG season to date
22 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Luol DengCHI vs MIL · W
21.0 PPG season to date
21 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Travis OutlawPOR @ LAL · L
18.0 PPG season to date
18 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST