FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, December 27, 2009Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed BOS by 4 after three quarters and won 92–90.

Final
DET95
TOR102
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +19; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR +7
Final
HOU83
CLE108
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE +20; Q4 CLE +25
Final
IND80
MIA114
Q1 MIA +13; Q2 MIA +22; Q3 MIA +38; Q4 MIA +34
Final
SAS95
NYK88
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +3; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +7
Final
DAL104
DEN96
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +8
Final
BOS90
LAC92
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC -4; Q4 LAC +2
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 · 2008–09Dec 27, 2008: 8 games. Top scorer: Joe Johnson (ATL vs CHI), 41 points.
The lead · BOS @ LAC

Clippers take over late to edge Boston

Down 4 after three, Clippers won the fourth 23–17. Final: 92–90. Chris Kaman led Clippers with 27 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-2-4+2LAC AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS2325251790
LAC2224232392
Who led
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 23, 23, 20, 24, 23, 29, 19, 27LAC27 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 14, 13, 19, 20, 11, 18, 11, 24LAC24 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 21, 16, 18, 13, 13, 15, 17, 20BOS20 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 18, 10, 18, 17, 20, 23, 18, 13BOS13 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Miami posts the night's biggest win

Miami beat Indiana by 34, the widest margin of 6 games.

LAC over BOS2TOR over DET7SAS over NYK7DAL over DEN8CLE over HOU25MIA over IND34Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+4.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.0Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 30 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.9Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.9 in 24 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.9Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 8.9 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 29

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 JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 44, 23, 36, 26, 25, 29, 34, 26, 29CLE vs HOU · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 17, 16, 13, 25, 15, 18, 19, 28NYK vs SAS · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 23, 23, 20, 24, 23, 29, 19, 27LAC vs BOS · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 14, 27, 28, 20, 16, 25, 12, 25TOR vs DET · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 26, 34, 28, 25, 19, 25, 28, 29, 30, 25MIA vs IND · W
26.8 PPG season to date · −1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 14, 13, 19, 20, 11, 18, 11, 24LAC vs BOS · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 13 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
Brandon RoyPOR+5.1 27.9 last 10 · 22.8 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+4.6 22.5 last 10 · 17.9 season
Troy MurphyIND+4.4 18.6 last 10 · 14.2 season
J.J. BareaDAL+4.1 14.2 last 10 · 10.1 season
Derrick RoseCHI+4.0 21.5 last 10 · 17.5 season
Cold
Dahntay JonesIND−6.2 6.1 last 10 · 12.3 season
Andrew BynumLAL−5.4 9.6 last 10 · 15.0 season
Andrei KirilenkoUTA−4.4 6.9 last 10 · 11.3 season
Hakim WarrickMIL−3.7 6.4 last 10 · 10.1 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−3.5 15.8 last 10 · 19.3 season