FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 22, 2013Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed BOS by 3 after three quarters and won 95–90.

Final
BOS90
CLE95
Q1 CLE +4; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE -3; Q4 CLE +5
Final
ORL90
DET105
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +16; Q4 DET +15
Final
PHI102
MIL110
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +8
Final
OKC109
LAC97
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC +4; Q3 OKC +14; Q4 OKC +12
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 · 2011–12Jan 22, 2012: 5 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS @ WAS), 34 points.
The lead · BOS @ CLE

Kyrie Irving scores 40 as Cleveland beats Boston

Cleveland won 95–90. Kyrie Irving: 40 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+4+1-3+5CLE AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS2726201790
CLE3123162595
Who led
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 33, 30, 15, 33, 28, 15, 15, 31, 18, 40CLE40 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Tristan ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 14, 11, 16, 10, 17, 19, 12, 21CLE21 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 11, 18, 14, 8, 12, 17, 7, 30, 8, 17BOS17 PTS · 13 REB · 8 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 19, 10, 17, 7, 15, 16, 16, 16BOS16 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · PHI @ MIL

Milwaukee never trails at a break against Philadelphia

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 110–102. Ersan Ilyasova led Milwaukee with 27 points, 16 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over BOS5MIL over PHI8OKC over LAC12DET over ORL15Final margin, points. Pink = MIL over PHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.0Season avg32.2Last 5

32.2 points a game over his last five games, against 23.0 in 41 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg8.5Last 3

8.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 41 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.4Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 19.4 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kyrie Irving leads the day with 40

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.
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 33, 30, 15, 33, 28, 15, 15, 31, 18, 40CLE vs BOS · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Sam Cassell MIN, May 4, 2004: 40 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
40 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 26, 42, 33, 41, 20, 52, 37, 32OKC @ LAC · W
29.5 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 24, 20, 15, 30, 10, 19, 20, 17, 26, 31LAC vs OKC · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Ersan IlyasovaPoints, last 10 games: 3, 11, 12, 13, 8, 9, 6, 4, 27, 27MIL vs PHI · W
9.9 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 23, 17, 23, 27, 18, 36, 32, 31, 36, 26OKC @ LAC · W
23.0 PPG season to date · +3.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 29, 17, 21, 12, 14, 13, 18, 26ORL @ DET · L
14.9 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 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
Carlos BoozerCHI+5.0 21.1 last 10 · 16.1 season
Jameer NelsonORL+4.9 20.2 last 10 · 15.3 season
Ed DavisTOR+4.8 14.2 last 10 · 9.4 season
Tristan ThompsonCLE+4.7 15.3 last 10 · 10.6 season
DeMarcus CousinsSAC+4.3 22.4 last 10 · 18.1 season
Cold
Patrick PattersonHOU−5.0 5.8 last 10 · 10.8 season
Jason TerryBOS−4.3 5.7 last 10 · 10.0 season
Marcus ThorntonSAC−3.9 8.2 last 10 · 12.1 season
Austin RiversNOH−3.8 2.4 last 10 · 6.2 season
Gerald WallaceBKN−3.6 5.9 last 10 · 9.5 season