FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 29, 2009Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed CLE by 7 after the first quarter and won 99–88.

Final
CLE88
ORL99
Q1 ORL -7; Q2 ORL -1; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +11
Final
SAS114
PHX104
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +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 29, 2008: 9 games. Top scorer: Chris Bosh (TOR @ WAS), 37 points.
The lead · CLE @ ORL

Orlando takes care of Cleveland

An 11-point win, 99–88. Dwight Howard led Orlando with 22 points, 18 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-1+7+11ORL AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE3224161688
ORL2530242099
Who led
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 24, 25, 25, 14, 11, 22, 22, 22ORL22 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 21, 17, 13, 31, 22, 18, 11, 19ORL19 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 38, 30, 28, 29, 23, 34, 32, 33, 23, 23CLE23 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 3, 5, 3, 14, 7, 8, 10, 4, 1, 14CLE14 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Second story · SAS @ PHX

San Antonio tops Phoenix in Phoenix

Final: 114–104. Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 30 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · SAS vs PHX
Manu Ginobili · SASAmar'e Stoudemire · PHXPTS3028REB910AST31Top 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
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.2Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 17.2 in 43 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.9Season avg22.7Last 3

22.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.9 in 44 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.1Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 15.1 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Manu Ginobili 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.
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 8, 21, 10, 26, 8, 9, 13, 30SAS @ PHX · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 19, 31, 3, 20, 12, 23, 22, 28PHX vs SAS · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 12, 20, 13, 13, 17, 19, 24, 26SAS @ PHX · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 38, 30, 28, 29, 23, 34, 32, 33, 23, 23CLE @ ORL · L
27.8 PPG season to date · −4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 24, 25, 25, 14, 11, 22, 22, 22ORL vs CLE · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 20, 18, 17, 27, 30, 15, 24, 20SAS @ PHX · W
20.6 PPG season to date · −0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 15 REB · 4 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
Andrew BynumLAL+6.6 20.5 last 10 · 13.9 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+6.2 19.6 last 10 · 13.4 season
Eric GordonLAC+5.6 19.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+5.1 19.8 last 10 · 14.7 season
Raja BellCHA+4.8 15.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cold
Marquis DanielsIND−6.5 7.2 last 10 · 13.7 season
Devin HarrisNJN−6.3 15.3 last 10 · 21.6 season
Brandon RushIND−4.7 1.5 last 10 · 6.2 season
Vince CarterNJN−4.5 17.0 last 10 · 21.5 season
Ben GordonCHI−4.2 15.6 last 10 · 19.8 season