FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 28, 2008Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed MIA by 9 after three quarters and won 93–86.

Final
DEN117
NYK110
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN +7
Final
DAL98
LAC76
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +15; Q4 DAL +22
Final
MIA86
CLE93
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE -9; Q4 CLE +7
Final
NOH105
IND103
Q1 NOH -2; Q2 NOH -7; Q3 NOH +1; Q4 NOH +2
Final
BOS108
SAC63
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +25; Q3 BOS +36; Q4 BOS +45
Final
GSW113
LAL130
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +7; Q3 LAL +17; Q4 LAL +17
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 · 2007–08Dec 28, 2007: 12 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs ORL), 48 points.
The lead · MIA @ CLE

Cleveland fights back late to top Miami

Miami led 67–58 after three. Cleveland won the fourth 35–19 and the game 93–86. LeBron James led Cleveland with 33 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists.

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 Q3Final00+2-9+7CLE AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2220251986
CLE2222143593
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 31, 29, 28, 33, 32, 33, 31, 27, 18, 33CLE33 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 27, 14, 26, 6, 8, 20, 23, 24, 20CLE20 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 38, 41, 21, 17, 15, 35, 43, 32, 28, 29MIA29 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Udonis HaslemPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 6, 8, 2, 6, 6, 16, 6, 15MIA15 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Boston posts the night's biggest win

Boston beat Sacramento by 45, the widest margin of 6 games.

NOH over IND2DEN over NYK7CLE over MIA7LAL over GSW17DAL over LAC22BOS over SAC45Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.0Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 17.0 in 21 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.3Season avg15.1Last 3

15.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.3 in 23 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.9Season avg37.3Today

37 minutes today, against 19.9 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Danny Granger leads the day with 34

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.
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 4, 20, 22, 42, 14, 27, 41, 26, 26, 34IND vs NOH · L
24.9 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 31, 29, 28, 33, 32, 33, 31, 27, 18, 33CLE vs MIA · W
27.5 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 16, 45, 27, 23, 22, 13, 10, 32DEN @ NYK · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 18, 32, 26, 28, 28, 41, 36, 26, 27, 31LAL vs GSW · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 31, 21, 7, 20, 12, 17, 14, 15, 18, 29DAL @ LAC · W
18.5 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 38, 41, 21, 17, 15, 35, 43, 32, 28, 29MIA @ CLE · L
28.9 PPG season to date · +0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 8 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
Lou WilliamsPHI+6.1 18.1 last 10 · 12.0 season
Brandon RoyPOR+4.8 27.8 last 10 · 23.0 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+4.2 16.3 last 10 · 12.1 season
Paul MillsapUTA+4.0 19.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Kevin DurantOKC+3.8 27.5 last 10 · 23.7 season
Cold
Stephen JacksonGSW−4.4 14.2 last 10 · 18.6 season
Nick YoungWAS−4.0 5.1 last 10 · 9.1 season
Ramon SessionsMIL−4.0 8.2 last 10 · 12.2 season
Maurice EvansATL−3.6 3.8 last 10 · 7.4 season
George HillSAS−3.5 4.8 last 10 · 8.2 season