FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 31, 2010Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed BOS by 7 after three quarters and won 90–89.

Final
DEN103
SAS89
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +14
Final
LAL90
BOS89
Q1 LAL +11; Q2 LAL -5; Q3 LAL -7; Q4 LAL +1
Final
LAC89
CLE114
Q1 CLE +26; Q2 CLE +28; Q3 CLE +16; Q4 CLE +25
Final
ORL91
DET86
Q1 ORL +8; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL -1; Q4 ORL +5
Final
PHI83
NJN79
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI -2; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +4
Final
IND102
TOR117
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +15
Final · OT
PHX115
HOU111
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +12; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +4
Final
NYK91
MIN112
Q1 MIN -3; Q2 MIN +3; Q3 MIN +10; Q4 MIN +21
Final
GSW104
OKC112
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC -1; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +8
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 31, 2009: 10 games. Top scorer: Chris Paul (NOH @ SAS), 38 points.
The lead · LAL @ BOS

Lakers take over late to edge Boston

Down 7 after three, Lakers won the fourth 24–16. Final: 90–89. Andrew Bynum led Lakers with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+11-5-7+1LAL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAL3017192490
BOS1933211689
Who led
Andrew BynumPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 8, 7, 19, 21, 12, 27, 6, 19LAL19 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 10, 30, 11, 31, 27, 27, 26, 29, 24, 19LAL19 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 26, 11, 15, 7, 21, 19, 16, 11, 6, 21BOS21 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 20, 24, 21, 24, 22, 12, 35, 15BOS15 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.4Season avg16.4Last 5

16.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.4 in 48 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 14 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.7Season avg14.8Last 3

14.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.7 in 26 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.9Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 11.9 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Cleveland by 25.

LAL over BOS1PHI over NJN4PHX over HOU4ORL over DET5OKC over GSW8DEN over SAS14TOR over IND15MIN over NYK21CLE over LAC25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 45

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, 30, 36, 29, 31, 30, 34, 28, 30, 45OKC vs GSW · W
29.6 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Charles Barkley PHX, Mar 13, 1996: 45 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Season high45 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 28, 19, 12, 27, 23, 15, 16, 12, 22, 36PHX @ HOU · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 37, 36, 32, 28, 37, 37, 32, 12, 22, 32CLE vs LAC · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 9, 23, 8, 11, 16, 6, 28, 30LAC @ CLE · L
16.4 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 0 REB · 7 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 6, 8, 9, 8, 23, 10, 12, 28OKC vs GSW · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 8, 11, 13, 20, 6, 12, 13, 27DEN @ SAS · W
11.9 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 11 REB · 4 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
Stephen CurryGSW+6.1 20.3 last 10 · 14.2 season
Andre MillerPOR+5.6 19.0 last 10 · 13.4 season
Corey MaggetteGSW+5.5 26.2 last 10 · 20.7 season
Carlos DelfinoMIL+5.4 15.3 last 10 · 9.9 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+4.8 24.1 last 10 · 19.3 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−6.7 6.4 last 10 · 13.1 season
Vince CarterORL−6.7 8.9 last 10 · 15.6 season
Ben GordonDET−5.1 11.3 last 10 · 16.4 season
Larry HughesNYK−4.8 5.0 last 10 · 9.8 season
Andre IguodalaPHI−4.6 12.5 last 10 · 17.1 season