FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 24, 2010Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed LAL by 3 after the first quarter and won 106–105.

Final
DAL128
NYK78
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +16; Q3 DAL +41; Q4 DAL +50
Final
LAC92
WAS78
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +14
Final
LAL105
TOR106
Q1 TOR -3; Q2 TOR -2; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR +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 24, 2009: 6 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ UTA), 33 points.
The lead · LAL @ TOR

Toronto takes over late to edge Lakers

Down 2 after three, Toronto won the fourth 24–21. Final: 106–105. Andrea Bargnani led Toronto with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-2-2+1TOR AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL24322821105
TOR21332824106
Who led
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 23, 23, 12, 24, 22, 19, 10, 22TOR22 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 31, 27, 18, 23, 21, 44, 17, 18TOR18 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 32, 12, 16, 10, 30, 11, 31, 27, 27LAL27 PTS · 16 REB · 9 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 27, 17, 6, 20, 17, 13, 20, 22LAL22 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Second story · LAC @ WAS

Clippers lead Washington wire to wire

Clippers were ahead at every break and won 92–78. Best quarter: the first, 30–26. Chris Kaman led Clippers with 20 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over LAL1LAC over WAS14DAL over NYK50Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over WAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.1Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.1 in 40 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 18 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.2Season avg20.6Last 3

20.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 32 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg28.2Today

28 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 27

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 32, 12, 16, 10, 30, 11, 31, 27, 27LAL @ TOR · L
28.3 PPG season to date · −1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 16 REB · 9 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 27, 17, 6, 20, 17, 13, 20, 22LAL @ TOR · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 23, 23, 12, 24, 22, 19, 10, 22TOR vs LAL · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Andrew BynumPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 17, 23, 22, 20, 8, 7, 19, 21LAL @ TOR · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 32, 31, 25, 34, 14, 28, 7, 8, 20WAS vs LAC · L
21.7 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 29, 30, 32, 19, 37, 28, 15, 20DAL @ NYK · W
25.1 PPG season to date · −5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 5 REB · 3 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+9.0 29.7 last 10 · 20.7 season
Randy FoyeWAS+7.6 17.6 last 10 · 10.0 season
Martell WebsterPOR+6.8 17.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.3 20.0 last 10 · 13.7 season
Andre MillerPOR+6.0 19.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Cold
Vince CarterORL−7.2 9.3 last 10 · 16.5 season
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−6.2 7.6 last 10 · 13.8 season
Kobe BryantLAL−5.4 22.9 last 10 · 28.3 season
Larry HughesNYK−4.8 5.0 last 10 · 9.8 season
J.J. BareaDAL−4.5 4.3 last 10 · 8.8 season