FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 5, 2011Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed CLE by 12 after the first quarter and won 120–105.

Final
TOR120
CLE105
Q1 TOR -12; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +6; Q4 TOR +15
Final
CHI94
NJN96
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN -1; Q3 NJN +13; Q4 NJN +2
Final
MIL87
ORL97
Q1 ORL +8; Q2 ORL +16; Q3 ORL +14; Q4 ORL +10
Final
WAS97
PHI109
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI -2; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +12
Final
SAS103
BOS105
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +2
Final · OT
CHA108
MIN105
Q1 CHA +1; Q2 CHA +14; Q3 CHA -2; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA +3
Final
GSW110
NOH103
Q1 GSW -5; Q2 GSW -11; Q3 GSW -10; Q4 GSW +7
Final
POR103
HOU100
Q1 POR +6; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR -6; Q4 POR +3
Final
ATL110
UTA87
Q1 ATL +13; Q2 ATL +14; Q3 ATL +17; Q4 ATL +23
Final
DEN93
LAC106
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +13
Final
LAL99
PHX95
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +4
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 · 2009–10Jan 5, 2010: 9 games. Top scorer: Corey Maggette (GSW @ DEN), 35 points.
The lead · TOR @ CLE

Cleveland's skid reaches eight

Toronto won 120–105; the Cavaliers fall to 8–27. Andrea Bargnani led Toronto with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · TOR 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12+3+6+15TOR AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR26402430120
CLE38252121105
Who led
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 41, 24, 22, 12, 32, 16, 23, 25TOR25 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Leandro BarbosaPoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 11, 21, 11, 12, 17, 8, 15, 22TOR22 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 13, 23, 24, 21, 18, 19, 35, 32CLE32 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Ramon SessionsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 2, 7, 5, 12, 22, 13, 19, 16CLE16 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Five close finishes and one Hawks rout

Five of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Atlanta beat Utah by 23.

NJN over CHI2BOS over SAS2CHA over MIN3POR over HOU3LAL over PHX4GSW over NOH7ORL over MIL10PHI over WAS12LAC over DEN13TOR over CLE15ATL over UTA23Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.5Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 15.5 in 31 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.7 in 30 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.0Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 17.0 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Martin 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 MartinPoints, last 10 games: 34, 22, 30, 28, 20, 21, 20, 15, 8, 45HOU vs POR · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +22.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Anfernee Simons POR, Dec 3, 2022: 45 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Season high45 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 19, 43, 12, 25, 16, 16, 26, 23, 12, 35MIN vs CHA · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 13, 23, 24, 21, 18, 19, 35, 32CLE vs TOR · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 13, 22, 31, 35, 31, 24, 16, 33, 31DEN @ LAC · L
24.3 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 18, 17, 22, 9, 17, 12, 18, 23, 20, 31BOS vs SAS · W
17.5 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 44, 36, 39, 22, 12, 25, 25, 20, 29GSW @ NOH · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 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
Antawn JamisonCLE+6.2 22.3 last 10 · 16.1 season
Jared DudleyPHX+5.1 14.1 last 10 · 9.0 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+4.8 24.8 last 10 · 20.0 season
Nick YoungWAS+4.8 20.1 last 10 · 15.3 season
DeMar DeRozanTOR+4.6 18.8 last 10 · 14.2 season
Cold
Jason RichardsonORL−4.9 12.7 last 10 · 17.6 season
Gilbert ArenasORL−4.3 10.8 last 10 · 15.1 season
Kobe BryantLAL−4.1 21.0 last 10 · 25.1 season
Jeff GreenOKC−4.0 11.4 last 10 · 15.4 season
Mike ConleyMEM−3.8 9.8 last 10 · 13.6 season