FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, December 30, 2009Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed ATL by 12 at halftime and won 106–101.

Final
ATL101
CLE106
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE -12; Q3 CLE -8; Q4 CLE +5
Final
MEM121
IND110
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +17; Q3 MEM +14; Q4 MEM +11
Final
MIL92
ORL117
Q1 ORL -4; Q2 ORL -8; Q3 ORL +5; Q4 ORL +25
Final
CHA103
TOR107
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR -1; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +4
Final
NYK95
NJN104
Q1 NJN -1; Q2 NJN +7; Q3 NJN +13; Q4 NJN +9
Final
UTA107
MIN103
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +4
Final
MIA91
NOH95
Q1 NOH +6; Q2 NOH +8; Q3 NOH +14; Q4 NOH +4
Final
BOS98
PHX116
Q1 PHX +10; Q2 PHX +12; Q3 PHX +17; Q4 PHX +18
Final
LAC99
POR103
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +9; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +4
Final
PHI116
SAC106
Q1 PHI -11; Q2 PHI 0; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +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 · 2008–09Dec 30, 2008: 9 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ MIA), 38 points.
The lead · ATL @ CLE

LeBron James posts 48 and 10 as Cleveland beats Atlanta

48 points and 10 rebounds in a 106–101 win. Joe Johnson scored 35 for Atlanta in the loss.

Game flow · CLE 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 Q3Final0-7-12-8+5CLE AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL30342116101
CLE23292529106
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 36, 26, 25, 29, 34, 26, 29, 14, 48CLE48 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 17, 8, 24, 27, 28, 20, 20, 14CLE14 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 26, 12, 40, 21, 16, 24, 15, 35ATL35 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 5, 9, 10, 18, 4, 7, 2, 20ATL20 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.0Season avg28.6Last 5

28.6 points a game over his last five games, against 20.0 in 30 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.2Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.2 in 27 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Magic rout

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Orlando beat Milwaukee by 25.

TOR over CHA4UTA over MIN4NOH over MIA4POR over LAC4CLE over ATL5NJN over NYK9PHI over SAC10MEM over IND11PHX over BOS18ORL over MIL25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 48

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: 23, 36, 26, 25, 29, 34, 26, 29, 14, 48CLE vs ATL · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dwyane Wade MIA, Apr 14, 2005: 48 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Season high48 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 26, 12, 40, 21, 16, 24, 15, 35ATL @ CLE · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +13.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 27, 28, 20, 16, 25, 12, 25, 33TOR vs CHA · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 41, 23, 11, 18, 19, 16, 22, 31MEM @ IND · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Luther HeadPoints, last 10 games: 5, 9, 3, 9, 4, 7, 19, 9, 10, 30IND vs MEM · L
7.7 PPG season to date · +23.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high30 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 24, 22, 18, 10, 13, 24, 12, 30CHA @ TOR · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 2 REB · 5 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
Corey MaggetteGSW+4.6 22.3 last 10 · 17.7 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+4.5 22.4 last 10 · 17.9 season
Rajon RondoBOS+4.4 17.6 last 10 · 13.2 season
Brandon RoyPOR+4.3 27.2 last 10 · 22.9 season
Kobe BryantLAL+4.1 34.5 last 10 · 30.4 season
Cold
Dahntay JonesIND−5.6 6.5 last 10 · 12.1 season
Andrew BynumLAL−5.3 9.5 last 10 · 14.8 season
Andrei KirilenkoUTA−4.1 7.1 last 10 · 11.2 season
Ben GordonDET−4.0 14.4 last 10 · 18.4 season
Trevor ArizaHOU−3.6 12.6 last 10 · 16.2 season