FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 8, 2009Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed CLE by 10 at halftime and won 101–91.

Final
SAS105
BOS99
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS -2; Q4 SAS +6
Final
LAL101
CLE91
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL -10; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +10
Final
CHA92
MIA96
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +4
Final
NJN84
ORL101
Q1 ORL +14; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +14; Q4 ORL +17
Final
NYK108
POR109
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR +1
Final
IND117
WAS119
Q1 WAS -8; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS -2; Q4 WAS +2
Final
MIN97
NOH101
Q1 NOH -7; Q2 NOH -3; Q3 NOH -4; Q4 NOH +4
Final
SAC113
OKC116
Q1 OKC +11; Q2 OKC +13; Q3 OKC +4; Q4 OKC +3
Final
PHX107
DET97
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX +12; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +10
Final
UTA96
GSW116
Q1 GSW +2; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +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
On this day · 2007–08Feb 8, 2008: 11 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN vs WAS), 49 points.
The lead · LAL @ CLE

Lakers climb back to beat Cleveland

Cleveland led by 10 at the half. Lakers won it 101–91. Lamar Odom led Lakers with 28 points, 17 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-10+5+10LAL AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL30213119101
CLE3229161491
Who led
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 6, 7, 10, 13, 6, 13, 20, 28LAL28 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 22, 38, 30, 25, 61, 36, 26, 19LAL19 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 4, 11, 5, 10, 8, 20, 13, 6, 15, 22CLE22 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 33, 14, 25, 43, 12, 23, 22, 16, 9, 19CLE19 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Five close finishes and one Warriors rout

Five of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Golden State beat Utah by 20.

POR over NYK1WAS over IND2OKC over SAC3MIA over CHA4NOH over MIN4SAS over BOS6LAL over CLE10PHX over DET10ORL over NJN17GSW over UTA20Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.5Season avg31.6Last 5

31.6 points a game over his last five games, against 18.5 in 37 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.1Season avg21.7Last 3

21.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.1 in 49 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.3Season avg37.2Today

37 minutes today, against 16.3 a game in 49 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant 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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 31, 27, 46, 18, 35, 29, 33, 31, 31, 39OKC vs SAC · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 32, 12, 31, 28, 18, 20, 16, 21, 35WAS vs IND · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high35 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 27, 21, 25, 25, 29, 10, 26, 34WAS vs IND · W
21.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 32, 17, 15, 19, 24, 35, 34, 34, 31UTA @ GSW · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 22, 22, 22, 29, 35, 12, 21, 30ORL vs NJN · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 20, 17, 17, 23, 22, 12, 18, 29NYK @ POR · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 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
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+8.6 24.0 last 10 · 15.4 season
Deron WilliamsUTA+7.0 25.8 last 10 · 18.8 season
Kevin DurantOKC+6.5 32.0 last 10 · 25.5 season
Eric GordonLAC+6.0 20.4 last 10 · 14.4 season
Raja BellCHA+6.0 17.6 last 10 · 11.6 season
Cold
Marquis DanielsIND−7.3 6.0 last 10 · 13.3 season
Baron DavisLAC−5.7 10.2 last 10 · 15.9 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Matt BarnesPHX−4.3 5.2 last 10 · 9.5 season
Wilson ChandlerNYK−4.0 9.6 last 10 · 13.6 season