FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 4, 2009Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed POR by 6 after the first quarter and won 100–86.

Final
ORL102
TOR108
Q1 TOR +12; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR -1; Q4 TOR +6
Final
CLE77
WAS80
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS +4; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +3
Final
DET88
LAC87
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET +1
Final
DAL82
MEM102
Q1 MEM +10; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM +8; Q4 MEM +20
Final
BOS88
NYK100
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK -3; Q3 NYK +10; Q4 NYK +12
Final
POR86
LAL100
Q1 LAL -6; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +14
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 · 2007–08Jan 4, 2008: 12 games. Top scorer: Rashad McCants (MIN vs DEN), 34 points.
The lead · POR @ LAL

Lakers make it six straight

Lakers beat Portland 100–86 and moved to 27–5. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 26 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+1+15+14LAL AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2525162086
LAL19323019100
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 28, 41, 36, 26, 27, 31, 40, 26LAL26 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 13, 11, 15, 20, 20, 13, 21, 19LAL19 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 16, 20, 22, 12, 21, 20, 13, 22POR22 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 5, 12, 0, 3, 2, 3, 3, 0, 0, 17POR17 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · BOS @ NYK

New York upsets Boston

New York (12–19) beat Boston (29–5) 100–88. Wilson Chandler led New York with 31 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over LAC1WAS over CLE3TOR over ORL6NYK over BOS12LAL over POR14MEM over DAL20Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over BOS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.7Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 32 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.3Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.3 in 19 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.1Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 12.1 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 6 rebounds, 12 assists.

Top performances

Dwight Howard 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.
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 18, 11, 12, 17, 18, 15, 15, 39ORL @ TOR · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high39 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 17, 10, 20, 21, 13, 28, 26, 31BOS @ NYK · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 15, 8, 11, 2, 19, 17, 19, 13, 31NYK vs BOS · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 15, 4, 19, 12, 24, 21, 21, 31LAC vs DET · L
11.3 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 32, 33, 31, 27, 18, 33, 38, 16, 30CLE @ WAS · L
27.5 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 24, 12, 16, 10, 26, 15, 16, 27, 30NYK vs BOS · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 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
Eric GordonLAC+7.3 18.6 last 10 · 11.3 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+7.0 20.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Boris DiawCHA+5.7 16.5 last 10 · 10.8 season
Marco BelinelliGSW+5.7 15.1 last 10 · 9.4 season
Mike JamesWAS+5.3 13.5 last 10 · 8.2 season
Cold
Ramon SessionsMIL−5.2 6.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
Beno UdrihSAC−4.0 7.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Caron ButlerWAS−3.8 16.7 last 10 · 20.5 season
Maurice EvansATL−3.5 3.5 last 10 · 7.0 season
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE−3.1 10.7 last 10 · 13.8 season