FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 14, 2010Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed CLE by 7 after the first quarter and won 97–96.

Final
CHI96
BOS83
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +13
Final
CLE96
UTA97
Q1 UTA -7; Q2 UTA -7; Q3 UTA -5; Q4 UTA +1
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 · 2008–09Jan 14, 2009: 11 games. Top scorer: Jamal Crawford (GSW vs SAC), 35 points.
The lead · CLE @ UTA

Utah takes over late to edge Cleveland

Down 5 after three, Utah won the fourth 42–36. Final: 97–96. Carlos Boozer led Utah with 19 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists. LeBron James scored 36 for Cleveland in the loss.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-7-7-5+1UTA AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2621133696
UTA1921154297
Who led
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 17, 18, 18, 20, 13, 15, 25, 19UTA19 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 11, 16, 9, 9, 16, 14, 13, 13UTA13 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 14, 48, 28, 29, 23, 35, 41, 37, 36CLE36 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Delonte WestPoints, last 10 games: 7, 17, 0, 2, 9, 14, 5, 6, 9, 11CLE11 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · CHI @ BOS

Chicago leads Boston wire to wire

Chicago was ahead at every break and won 96–83. Best quarter: the first, 29–18. Luol Deng led Chicago with 25 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · CHI vs BOS
Luol Deng · CHIPaul Pierce · BOSPTS2520REB28AST46Top 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
+5.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.4Season avg34.4Last 5

34.4 points a game over his last five games, against 29.4 in 40 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.2Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.2 in 38 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.9Season avg21.7Today

22 minutes today, against 6.9 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 36

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: 29, 14, 48, 28, 29, 23, 35, 41, 37, 36CLE @ UTA · L
29.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 7, 14, 15, 18, 13, 8, 27, 25CHI @ BOS · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 29, 21, 17, 21, 16, 19, 24, 20BOS vs CHI · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 17, 18, 18, 20, 13, 15, 25, 19UTA vs CLE · W
19.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 14, 28, 22, 30, 19, 24, 25, 8, 22, 17CHI @ BOS · W
18.5 PPG season to date · −1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Joakim NoahPoints, last 10 games: 17, 4, 15, 9, 14, 13, 10, 20, 16, 15CHI @ BOS · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
15 PTS · 11 REB · 0 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+6.6 25.9 last 10 · 19.3 season
Randy FoyeWAS+5.6 14.6 last 10 · 9.0 season
Aaron BrooksHOU+5.1 24.0 last 10 · 18.9 season
Rajon RondoBOS+5.0 19.0 last 10 · 14.0 season
Martell WebsterPOR+5.0 15.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Cold
Brandon JenningsMIL−5.6 12.4 last 10 · 18.0 season
Terrence WilliamsNJN−5.3 2.0 last 10 · 7.3 season
Al ThorntonLAC−4.2 7.6 last 10 · 11.8 season
Charlie VillanuevaDET−4.2 9.9 last 10 · 14.1 season
Ben GordonDET−4.0 13.2 last 10 · 17.2 season