FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 21, 2010Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed LAL by 9 after the first quarter and won 93–87.

Final
LAL87
CLE93
Q1 CLE -9; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE +6
Final
LAC85
DEN105
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN -1; Q3 DEN +16; Q4 DEN +20
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 21, 2009: 11 games. Top scorer: Andrew Bynum (LAL @ LAC), 42 points.
The lead · LAL @ CLE

LeBron James goes for 37 in Cleveland win over Lakers

Cleveland won 93–87.

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 Q3Final0-9-2+2+6CLE AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL2719192287
CLE1826232693
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 28, 29, 23, 35, 41, 37, 36, 32, 28, 37CLE37 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Shaquille O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 17, 10, 11, 13, 5, 11, 16, 13CLE13 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 33, 32, 12, 16, 10, 30, 11, 31LAL31 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 24, 13, 27, 17, 6, 20, 17, 13LAL13 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Second story · LAC @ DEN

Denver rolls past Clippers, 105–85

The Clippers were held to 17 points in the third quarter. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 28 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DEN vs LAC
Carmelo Anthony · DENCraig Smith · LACPTS2821REB106AST20Top 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
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.7Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.7 in 39 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.7Season avg19.8Last 3

19.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.7 in 39 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 22.9 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 37

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: 28, 29, 23, 35, 41, 37, 36, 32, 28, 37CLE vs LAL · W
29.7 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 33, 32, 12, 16, 10, 30, 11, 31LAL @ CLE · L
28.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 41, 24, 32, 16, 34, 24, 27, 37, 23, 28DEN vs LAC · W
29.7 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Craig SmithPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 9, 8, 6, 17, 16, 18, 6, 21LAC @ DEN · L
7.1 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high21 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 10, 23, 27, 18, 24, 29, 37, 20DEN vs LAC · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 25, 26, 20, 21, 22, 22, 20, 18LAC @ DEN · L
20.4 PPG season to date · −2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
18 PTS · 5 REB · 1 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+8.5 28.8 last 10 · 20.3 season
Randy FoyeWAS+7.6 17.6 last 10 · 10.0 season
Martell WebsterPOR+6.3 16.7 last 10 · 10.4 season
Andre MillerPOR+5.3 18.2 last 10 · 12.9 season
Stephen JacksonCHA+4.7 24.6 last 10 · 19.9 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−7.2 21.2 last 10 · 28.4 season
Vince CarterORL−5.2 11.3 last 10 · 16.5 season
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−4.6 9.7 last 10 · 14.3 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−4.6 13.4 last 10 · 18.0 season
Jason ThompsonSAC−4.2 9.7 last 10 · 13.9 season