FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 12, 2006Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed CLE by 4 at halftime and won 99–98.

Final · Box score
Pistons83
Spurs68
Q1 DET +13; Q2 DET +12; Q3 DET +18; Q4 DET +15
Final · Box score
Warriors99
Suns112
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +19; Q4 PHX +13
Final · Box score
Cavs98
Lakers99
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL -4; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +1
On this day · 2004–05Jan 12, 2005: 11 games. Top scorer: Morris Peterson (Raptors-Celtics), 37 points.
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The lead · Cavs-Lakers

Lakers win a tight one over Cleveland

Shawn Marion goes for 21 points

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-4+1+1LAL AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs2525173198
Lakers2818223199
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 62, 21, 37, 31, 45, 48, 50, 45, 41, 27LAL27 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 9, 18, 25, 8, 9, 17, 15, 20LAL20 PTS · 10 REB · 9 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 10, 21, 18, 14, 17, 10, 8, 29CLE29 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 37, 14, 32, 31, 30, 32, 32, 35, 36, 28CLE28 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Second story · Warriors-Suns

Phoenix leads Golden State wire to wire

Phoenix was ahead at every break and won 112–99. Best quarter: the second, 35–32. Shawn Marion led Phoenix with 21 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
LAL over CLE1PHX over GSW13DET over SAS15Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over GSW.
Lead changes
Cavs-Lakers9
Pistons-Spurs3
Warriors-Suns0
Shot of the night

Kobe's jumper with 8.6 seconds left breaks the tie, 99-98 final

The night in charts
Warriors-Suns combined for 211, 14 more than any other game
Points by game
Warriors-SunsWarriors 99, Suns 112
211
Cavs-LakersCavs 98, Lakers 99
197
Pistons-SpursPistons 83, Spurs 68
151
LAL won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Cavs-LakersCavs 98, Lakers 99
+1 LAL
Warriors-SunsWarriors 99, Suns 112
+13 PHX
Pistons-SpursPistons 83, Spurs 68
+15 DET
Ilgauskas shot 11-of-15 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
IlgauskasCLE · 29 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
73% (11-15)
DiawPHX · 20 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB, 1 BLK
71% (10-14)
OdomLAL · 20 PTS, 10 REB, 9 AST, 1 BLK
69% (9-13)
GoodenCLE · 15 PTS, 11 REB, 3 BLK, 2 AST
64% (7-11)
Rasheed WallaceDET · 27 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST, 1 BLK
60% (12-20)
Final · Cavs-Lakers
Cavs 98Lakers 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs2525173198
Lakers2818223199
The story
Lamar Odom had 20 points and 10 rebounds as Los Angeles beat Cleveland 99-98

Drew Gooden led Cleveland with 15 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST 20 PTS, 10 REB, 9 AST · 9-13 FG, 0-3 3PT

The swing

Down 4 after the second, the Lakers took the third 22-17.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +3−4+1+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Warriors-Suns
Warriors 99Suns 112
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Warriors2232192699
Suns29352820112
The story
Steve Nash's 20 points and 16 assists carried Phoenix past Golden State, 112-99

For Golden State, Mike Dunleavy had 15 PTS, 9 REB, 5 AST 20 PTS, 16 AST, 7 REB · 7-12 FG, 4-6 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 28-19, was where the Suns built it.

PHX lead by quarter
200 +7+10+19+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Pistons-Spurs
Pistons 83Spurs 68
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons2820211483
Spurs1521151768
The story
Detroit beat San Antonio 83-68 behind 27 points and 10 rebounds from Rasheed Wallace

Tim Duncan paced San Antonio: 17 PTS, 13 REB 27 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST · 12-20 FG, 3-5 3PT

The swing

A 28-15 first quarter did the most damage for the Pistons.

DET lead by quarter
200 +13+12+18+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
34.3Season avg42.2Last 5

42.2 points a game over his last five games, against 34.3 in 33 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.6Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.6 in 23 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.2Season avg22.1Today

22 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Zydrunas Ilgauskas leads the day with 29

Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 25, 15, 10, 21, 18, 14, 17, 10, 8, 29Cavs-Lakers · L
15.5 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 37, 14, 32, 31, 30, 32, 32, 35, 36, 28Cavs-Lakers · L
30.7 PPG season to date · −2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 16, 21, 21, 7, 9, 11, 15, 27Pistons-Spurs · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 62, 21, 37, 31, 45, 48, 50, 45, 41, 27Lakers-Cavs · W
34.1 PPG season to date · −7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 16, 11, 34, 23, 7, 16, 26, 22Warriors-Suns · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 11, 24, 25, 21, 25, 15, 18, 30, 22Pistons-Spurs · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Vince CarterNJN+7.7 33.5 last 10 · 25.8 season
Juwan HowardHOU+7.1 17.5 last 10 · 10.4 season
Kobe BryantLAL+6.6 40.7 last 10 · 34.1 season
Fred JonesIND+5.6 14.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK+5.4 20.9 last 10 · 15.5 season
Cold
JR SmithNOK−6.1 4.0 last 10 · 10.1 season
Kareem RushCHA−4.4 8.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Keith Van HornDAL−3.9 5.4 last 10 · 9.3 season
Alonzo MourningMIA−3.8 5.0 last 10 · 8.8 season
Deron WilliamsUTA−3.6 7.1 last 10 · 10.7 season