FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 11, 2007Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed CHI by 14 at halftime and won 86–83.

Final · Box score
Nets86
Bulls83
Q1 NJN -13; Q2 NJN -14; Q3 NJN -4; Q4 NJN +3
Final · Box score
Cavs90
Suns109
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +26; Q3 PHX +32; Q4 PHX +19
On this day · 2005–06Jan 11, 2006: 10 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (Sixers-Jazz), 46 points.
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The lead · Nets-Bulls

Jason Kidd posts 23-14-11 as New Jersey tops Chicago

LeBron James goes for 34 points

Game flow · NJN margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-14-4+3NJN AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets1520262586
Bulls2821161883
Who led
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 13, 11, 17, 19, 17, 11, 10, 23NJN23 PTS · 14 REB · 11 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 33, 18, 28, 12, 23, 14, 21, 18, 32, 18NJN18 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Andres NocioniPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 8, 6, 11, 19, 21, 11, 20, 28CHI28 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 40, 22, 21, 41, 15, 23, 24, 25, 23CHI23 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Cavs-Suns

Phoenix leads Cleveland wire to wire

Phoenix was ahead at every break and won 109–90. Best quarter: the second, 34–15. Shawn Marion led Phoenix with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · Suns-Cavs
Shawn Marion · PHXLeBron James · CLEPTS1934REB116AST16Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Cavs-Suns3
Nets-Bulls2
The night in charts
Cavs-Suns combined for 199, 30 more than any other game
Points by game
Cavs-SunsCavs 90, Suns 109
199
Nets-BullsNets 86, Bulls 83
169
NJN won the closest game by 3
Closest finishes
Nets-BullsNets 86, Bulls 83
+3 NJN
Cavs-SunsCavs 90, Suns 109
+19 PHX
Marion shot 8-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
MarionPHX · 19 PTS, 11 REB, 4 STL, 1 AST
67% (8-12)
Ben GordonCHI · 23 PTS, 3 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
62% (8-13)
NocioniCHI · 28 PTS, 8 REB, 1 BLK
56% (10-18)
LeBronCLE · 34 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 1 STL
54% (15-28)
BellPHX · 18 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB, 2 STL
50% (7-14)
Final · Nets-Bulls
Nets 86Bulls 83
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Nets1520262586
Bulls2821161883
The story
Vince Carter had 18 points and 10 rebounds as New Jersey beat Chicago 86-83

Andres Nocioni led Chicago with 28 PTS, 8 REB 18 PTS, 10 REB, 6 AST · 7-21 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

Down 14 after the second, the Nets took the third 26-16.

NJN lead by quarter
200 −13−14−4+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Cavs-Suns
Cavs 90Suns 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs2615183190
Suns33342418109
The story
Shawn Marion's 19 points and 11 rebounds carried Phoenix past Cleveland, 109-90

Steve Nash chipped in 21 AST, 4 PTS, 4 REB 19 PTS, 11 REB, 4 STL, 1 AST · 8-12 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

The second quarter, 34-15, was where the Suns built it.

PHX lead by quarter
400 +7+26+32+19 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.4Season avg13.0Last 5

13.0 points a game over his last five games, against 4.4 in 28 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 18 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 10 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.5Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 19.5 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 34

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 27, 32, 33, 19, 32, 8, 19, 34, 34Cavs-Suns · L
26.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Andres NocioniPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 8, 6, 11, 19, 21, 11, 20, 28Bulls-Nets · L
16.0 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 13, 11, 17, 19, 17, 11, 10, 23Nets-Bulls · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 14 REB · 11 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 40, 22, 21, 41, 15, 23, 24, 25, 23Bulls-Nets · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 7, 2, 19, 14, 16, 13, 6, 2, 33, 19Bulls-Nets · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 14, 15, 22, 13, 11, 24, 29, 19Suns-Cavs · W
19.4 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Earl BoykinsDEN+7.4 22.6 last 10 · 15.2 season
Jason KaponoMIA+6.3 15.7 last 10 · 9.4 season
Juwan HowardHOU+6.3 14.7 last 10 · 8.4 season
Matt BarnesGSW+6.2 17.3 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Joe JohnsonATL−6.9 17.9 last 10 · 24.8 season
Hakim WarrickMEM−5.0 8.1 last 10 · 13.1 season
Troy MurphyGSW−4.5 4.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jerry StackhouseDAL−4.5 6.2 last 10 · 10.7 season
Chucky AtkinsMEM−4.0 9.5 last 10 · 13.5 season