FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, October 26, 2010Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed HOU by 11 at halftime and won 112–110.

Final
MIA80
BOS88
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +15; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +8
Final
PHX92
POR106
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR -6; Q4 POR +14
Final
HOU110
LAL112
Q1 LAL -7; Q2 LAL -11; Q3 LAL -5; Q4 LAL +2
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
The lead · HOU @ LAL

Lakers rally from 11 down to beat Houston

Trailing by 11 at the half, Lakers outscored the Rockets 61–48 the rest of the way. Final: 112–110. Pau Gasol led Lakers with 29 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · LAL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-11-5+2LAL AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU33292028110
LAL26252635112
Who led
Pau GasolLAL29 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantLAL27 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Kevin MartinHOU26 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Aaron BrooksHOU24 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Second story · PHX @ POR

Portland handles Phoenix by 14

The Trail Blazers won the fourth quarter 31–11. Final: 106–92. Brandon Roy led Portland with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over HOU2BOS over MIA8POR over PHX14Final margin, points. Pink = POR over PHX.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.7points, today vs 2009–10 avg
Points per game
18.32009–10 avg29Today

29 points today in 40 minutes, against 18.3 a game in 2009–10 (65 games).

Stepped-up role
+11.9minutes, today vs 2009–10 avg
Minutes per game
14.12009–10 avg26Today

26 minutes today, against 14.1 a game in 2009–10 (36 games). Line: 6 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Cooling off
−16.0points, today vs 2009–10 avg
Points per game
24.02009–10 avg8Today

8 points today in 38 minutes, against 24.0 a game in 2009–10 (70 games).

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 31

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 JamesMIA @ BOS · L
31.0 PPG season to date
31 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolLAL vs HOU · W
29.0 PPG season to date
29 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantLAL vs HOU · W
27.0 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Steve NashPHX @ POR · L
26.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Kevin MartinHOU @ LAL · L
26.0 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Aaron BrooksHOU @ LAL · L
24.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST