FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 22, 2009Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
WAS97
LAL117
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +25; Q3 LAL +29; Q4 LAL +20
Final
BOS90
ORL80
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +10
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 22, 2008: 2 games. Top scorer: Steve Nash (PHX @ MIL), 37 points.
The lead · BOS @ ORL

Boston makes it seven straight

Boston beat Orlando 90–80 and moved to 36–9. Paul Pierce led Boston with 27 points, 10 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+8+11+10BOS AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS2420212590
ORL1917182680
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 11, 11, 39, 22, 13, 12, 14, 27BOS27 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 18, 10, 20, 20, 12, 16, 16, 16BOS16 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 22, 20, 21, 21, 17, 13, 31, 22ORL22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 12, 20, 13, 15, 19, 16, 23, 20ORL20 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Second story · WAS @ LAL

Lakers never trails at a break against Washington

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 117–97. Andrew Bynum led Lakers with 23 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAL vs WAS
Andrew Bynum · LALAntawn Jamison · WASPTS2319REB145AST23Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.4Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 41 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.7Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.7 in 32 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.9Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 18.9 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 27

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.
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 11, 11, 39, 22, 13, 12, 14, 27BOS @ ORL · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Andrew BynumPoints, last 10 games: 7, 18, 20, 24, 11, 18, 14, 14, 42, 23LAL vs WAS · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 22, 20, 21, 21, 17, 13, 31, 22ORL vs BOS · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 12, 20, 13, 15, 19, 16, 23, 20ORL vs BOS · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 32, 12, 13, 25, 15, 28, 22, 33, 19WAS @ LAL · L
20.9 PPG season to date · −1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
JaVale McGeePoints, last 10 games: 0, 1, 6, 9, 2, 8, 2, 3, 1, 18WAS @ LAL · L
5.8 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high18 PTS · 9 REB · 0 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+7.8 20.7 last 10 · 12.9 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+7.8 20.9 last 10 · 13.1 season
Von WaferHOU+6.0 16.9 last 10 · 10.9 season
Andre IguodalaPHI+5.5 23.0 last 10 · 17.5 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.5 19.1 last 10 · 13.6 season
Cold
Devin HarrisNJN−4.7 17.1 last 10 · 21.8 season
Brandon RushIND−4.4 1.9 last 10 · 6.3 season
Joe JohnsonATL−4.3 17.7 last 10 · 22.0 season
Nate RobinsonNYK−4.2 10.6 last 10 · 14.8 season
Mike MillerMIN−4.0 5.1 last 10 · 9.1 season