FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 29, 2012Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed BOS by 8 after three quarters and won 88–87.

Final
CHI93
MIA97
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +5; Q3 MIA +5; Q4 MIA +4
Final
CLE88
BOS87
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE -8; Q4 CLE +1
Final
TOR94
NJN73
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR +17; Q4 TOR +21
Final
IND106
ORL85
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND -3; Q3 IND +12; Q4 IND +21
Final · OT
SAS100
DAL101
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +1
Final
LAL106
MIN101
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +5
Final
ATL94
NOH72
Q1 ATL +16; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +24; Q4 ATL +22
Final
LAC109
DEN105
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC -5; Q3 LAC -6; Q4 LAC +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 · 2010–11Jan 29, 2011: 8 games. Top scorer: Joe Johnson (ATL @ DAL), 27 points.
The lead · CLE @ BOS

Cleveland rallies from 8 down to beat Boston

Trailing by 8 after three, Cleveland outscored the Celtics 26–17 the rest of the way. Final: 88–87. Kyrie Irving led Cleveland with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1+1-8+1CLE AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE2321182688
BOS2419271787
Who led
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 26, 21, 25, 18, 13, 18, 17, 7, 32, 23CLE23 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Anderson VarejaoPoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 14, 10, 14, 3, 11, 10, 4, 18CLE18 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 9, 16, 7, 6, 6, 14, 7, 22BOS22 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 24, 8, 12, 34, 19, 24, 28, 18BOS18 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 8 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Atlanta by 22.

CLE over BOS1DAL over SAS1MIA over CHI4LAC over DEN4LAL over MIN5TOR over NJN21IND over ORL21ATL over NOH22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.7Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 17.7 in 15 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs 2010–11 avg
Minutes per game
30.02010–11 avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.0 in 2010–11 (72 games). Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.5Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 15.5 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 35

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: 40, 42, 42, 14, 24, 30, 33, 24, 27, 35LAL @ MIN · W
30.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 35, 33, 31, 28, 28, 18, 32, 31, 35MIA vs CHI · W
29.5 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 21, 8, 22, 31, 25, 18, 22, 24, 34, 34CHI @ MIA · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high34 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 7, 12, 10, 12, 12, 17, 18, 34DAL vs SAS · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 34, 30, 33, 20, 17, 15, 39, 31, 18, 33MIN vs LAL · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 20, 10, 21, 20, 5, 9, 9, 32LAC @ DEN · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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
Leandro BarbosaTOR+3.9 17.4 last 10 · 13.4 season
Samuel DalembertHOU+3.4 12.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+3.0 15.2 last 10 · 12.2 season
Tiago SplitterSAS+2.8 12.0 last 10 · 9.2 season
Deron WilliamsNJN+2.7 22.3 last 10 · 19.6 season
Cold
Carl LandryNOH−3.3 8.5 last 10 · 11.8 season
Richard JeffersonSAS−3.0 7.8 last 10 · 10.8 season
Wesley MatthewsPOR−2.5 11.1 last 10 · 13.6 season
Kyle KorverCHI−2.3 4.2 last 10 · 6.5 season
Jose CalderonTOR−1.9 8.6 last 10 · 10.5 season