FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 16, 2010Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed LAC by 9 at halftime and won 102–101.

Final
NOH101
IND96
Q1 NOH +1; Q2 NOH +4; Q3 NOH +7; Q4 NOH +5
Final
PHX99
CHA125
Q1 CHA +21; Q2 CHA +27; Q3 CHA +28; Q4 CHA +26
Final
SAC86
WAS96
Q1 WAS -1; Q2 WAS +4; Q3 WAS +4; Q4 WAS +10
Final
NYK90
DET94
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +14; Q3 DET +17; Q4 DET +4
Final
SAS86
MEM92
Q1 MEM -3; Q2 MEM +10; Q3 MEM +10; Q4 MEM +6
Final
MIA80
OKC98
Q1 OKC +10; Q2 OKC +10; Q3 OKC +17; Q4 OKC +18
Final
MIL95
UTA112
Q1 UTA +11; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +18; Q4 UTA +17
Final
CLE102
LAC101
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE -9; Q3 CLE -5; Q4 CLE +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 16, 2009: 10 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (MIL @ SAC), 44 points.
The lead · CLE @ LAC

LeBron James scores 32 as Cleveland wins in Los Angeles

Final: 102–101. LeBron James made 12 of 20 shots from the field.

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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-9-5+1CLE AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE23242629102
LAC26302223101
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 48, 28, 29, 23, 35, 41, 37, 36, 32CLE32 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 18, 27, 7, 11, 16, 8, 10, 18CLE18 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Rasual ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 14, 13, 14, 13, 5, 8, 7, 33LAC33 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 13, 19, 18, 17, 18, 11, 17, 28LAC28 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.4Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.4 in 37 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.4Season avg9.8Last 3

9.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.4 in 27 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.2Season avg29Today

29 minutes today, against 11.2 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Charlotte posts the night's biggest win

Charlotte beat Phoenix by 26, the widest margin of 8 games.

CLE over LAC1DET over NYK4NOH over IND5MEM over SAS6WAS over SAC10UTA over MIL17OKC over MIA18CHA over PHX26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Kevin Durant 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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 31, 31, 25, 27, 40, 30, 35, 30, 36OKC vs MIA · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Rasual ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 14, 13, 14, 13, 5, 8, 7, 33LAC vs CLE · L
10.9 PPG season to date · +22.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high33 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 48, 28, 29, 23, 35, 41, 37, 36, 32CLE @ LAC · W
29.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 15, 19, 32, 13, 18, 9, 21, 29CHA vs PHX · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 30, 35, 22, 25, 26, 15, 43, 16, 29CHA vs PHX · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 22, 5, 21, 20, 20, 19, 12, 28MIA @ OKC · L
16.3 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high28 PTS · 6 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
Corey MaggetteGSW+7.2 26.9 last 10 · 19.7 season
Martell WebsterPOR+6.0 16.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Randy FoyeWAS+5.6 14.9 last 10 · 9.3 season
Stephen JacksonCHA+5.2 25.3 last 10 · 20.1 season
Matt BarnesORL+5.2 14.0 last 10 · 8.8 season
Cold
Terrence WilliamsNJN−5.1 2.0 last 10 · 7.1 season
Al ThorntonLAC−4.9 6.7 last 10 · 11.6 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−4.1 13.7 last 10 · 17.8 season
Ben GordonDET−4.0 13.2 last 10 · 17.2 season
Andre IguodalaPHI−3.8 14.0 last 10 · 17.8 season