FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 30, 2011Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed LAL by 4 at halftime and won 109–96.

Final
MIA108
OKC103
Q1 MIA -3; Q2 MIA +3; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +5
Final
BOS109
LAL96
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +13
Final
CLE87
ORL103
Q1 ORL +16; Q2 ORL +13; Q3 ORL +16; Q4 ORL +16
Final
DEN99
PHI110
Q1 PHI -2; Q2 PHI +3; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +11
Final
DET106
NYK124
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK 0; Q4 NYK +18
Final
NOH102
PHX104
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX 0; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +2
Final
UTA81
GSW96
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW +10; Q4 GSW +15
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 30, 2010: 6 games. Top scorer: Andre Miller (POR @ DAL), 52 points.
The lead · BOS @ LAL

Paul Pierce scores 32 as Boston wins in Los Angeles

Final: 109–96. Paul Pierce made 11 of 18 shots from the field. Kobe Bryant scored 41 for Lakers in the loss.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-4+5+13BOS AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS22282732109
LAL2133182496
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 14, 22, 20, 12, 24, 17, 14, 32BOS32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 26, 7, 11, 16, 18, 18, 8, 21BOS21 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 13, 39, 27, 27, 21, 21, 18, 21, 38, 41LAL41 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 14, 10, 16, 20, 18, 17, 4, 15LAL15 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · MIA @ OKC

Miami gets past OKC

108–103, with Miami ahead 64–61 at halftime. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 32 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHX over NOH2MIA over OKC5PHI over DEN11BOS over LAL13GSW over UTA15ORL over CLE16NYK over DET18Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over OKC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.2Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.2 in 43 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.9Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.9 in 46 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.0Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 10.0 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 41

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: 13, 39, 27, 27, 21, 21, 18, 21, 38, 41LAL vs BOS · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Vernon Maxwell PHI, Apr 8, 1996: 41 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Ties season high41 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 11, 10, 7, 9, 16, 15, 21, 35DET @ NYK · L
12.6 PPG season to date · +22.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 40, 30, 36, 24, 22, 30, 22, 47, 40, 33OKC vs MIA · L
28.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 41, 25, 18, 18, 30, 24, 27, 33NYK vs DET · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 31, 34, 14, 34, 31, 16, 33, 27, 34, 32MIA @ OKC · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 14, 22, 20, 12, 24, 17, 14, 32BOS @ LAL · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 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
LeBron JamesMIA+5.7 31.8 last 10 · 26.1 season
Joe JohnsonATL+5.1 25.2 last 10 · 20.1 season
Ryan AndersonORL+5.0 16.6 last 10 · 11.6 season
Brook LopezNJN+5.0 24.5 last 10 · 19.5 season
Corey MaggetteMIL+4.8 17.2 last 10 · 12.4 season
Cold
Gilbert ArenasORL−6.1 6.8 last 10 · 12.9 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−4.8 18.2 last 10 · 23.0 season
Michael BeasleyMIN−4.7 15.6 last 10 · 20.3 season
Marco BelinelliNOH−4.3 5.9 last 10 · 10.2 season
Roy HibbertIND−4.1 8.0 last 10 · 12.1 season