FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, October 27, 2009Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed CLE by 7 after the first quarter and won 95–89.

Final
BOS95
CLE89
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS +7; Q4 BOS +6
Final
WAS102
DAL91
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS +11
Final
HOU87
POR96
Q1 POR 0; Q2 POR +13; Q3 POR +19; Q4 POR +9
Final
LAC92
LAL99
Q1 LAL +10; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +7
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · BOS @ CLE

Boston beats Cleveland, 95–89

Boston led 72–65 after three and won by 6. Paul Pierce led Boston with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist. LeBron James scored 38 for Cleveland in the loss.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7+6+7+6BOS AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS2130212395
CLE2817202489
Who led
Paul PierceBOS23 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Ray AllenBOS16 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesCLE38 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Mo WilliamsCLE12 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Second story · LAC @ LAL

Lakers lead Clippers wire to wire

Lakers were ahead at every break and won 99–92. Best quarter: the first, 32–22. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 33 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over CLE6LAL over LAC7POR over HOU9WAS over DAL11Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over LAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.7points, today vs 2008–09 avg
Points per game
14.32008–09 avg26Today

26 points today in 38 minutes, against 14.3 a game in 2008–09 (50 games).

Stepped-up role
+16.7minutes, today vs 2008–09 avg
Minutes per game
25.02008–09 avg41.7Today

42 minutes today, against 25.0 a game in 2008–09 (80 games). Line: 19 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Cooling off
−12.9points, today vs 2008–09 avg
Points per game
14.92008–09 avg2Today

2 points today in 28 minutes, against 14.9 a game in 2008–09 (65 games).

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 38

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.
LeBron JamesCLE vs BOS · L
38.0 PPG season to date
38 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Dirk NowitzkiDAL vs WAS · L
34.0 PPG season to date
34 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantLAL vs LAC · W
33.0 PPG season to date
33 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Gilbert ArenasWAS @ DAL · W
29.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Andrew BynumLAL vs LAC · W
26.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Paul PierceBOS @ CLE · W
23.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST