FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 25, 2007Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed MIA by 4 at halftime and won 96–82.

Final · Box score
Heat82
Cavs96
Q1 CLE +8; Q2 CLE -4; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +14
Final · Box score
Suns115
Lakers122
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 Lakers 0; Q3 LAL +3; Q4 LAL +7
Final · Box score
Sonics79
Blazers89
Q1 Blazers 0; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR +8; Q4 POR +10
On this day · 2006–07Dec 25, 2006: 1 game. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (Heat-Lakers), 40 points.
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The lead · Heat-Cavs

Cleveland beats Miami, 96–82

Steve Nash goes for 24 points

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+8-4+6+14CLE AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat1730142182
Cavs2518242996
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 38, 15, 17, 29, 21, 31, 32, 33, 25, 25CLE25 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 7, 13, 21, 4, 11, 4, 5, 18CLE18 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 33, 33, 31, 17, 24, 30, 36, 41, 20, 22MIA22 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 20, 17, 12, 16, 13, 9, 16, 9, 12, 15MIA15 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Suns-Lakers

Lakers make it three straight

Lakers beat Phoenix 122–115 and moved to 18–10. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 38 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.

Streak strip · LAL
W@ DEN111–107Wvs GSW123–113Wvs SAS102–97L@ GSW106–108Wvs LAC113–92W@ CHI103–91L@ CLE90–94W@ PHI106–101W@ NYK95–90Wvs PHX122–115
Lead changes
Suns-Lakers15
Sonics-Blazers4
Heat-Cavs2
The night in charts
Suns-Lakers combined for 237, 59 more than any other game
Points by game
Suns-LakersSuns 115, Lakers 122
237
Heat-CavsHeat 82, Cavs 96
178
Sonics-BlazersSonics 79, Blazers 89
168
LAL won the closest game by 7
Closest finishes
Suns-LakersSuns 115, Lakers 122
+7 LAL
Sonics-BlazersSonics 79, Blazers 89
+10 POR
Heat-CavsHeat 82, Cavs 96
+14 CLE
CLE rallied from 4 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Heat-CavsCLE won · Heat 82, Cavs 96
4 pts
Suns-LakersLAL won · Suns 115, Lakers 122
1 pt
Bynum shot 11-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BynumLAL · 28 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST, 2 BLK
85% (11-13)
JackPOR · 17 PTS, 4 AST, 1 REB
64% (7-11)
KobeLAL · 38 PTS, 7 AST, 5 REB, 2 STL
60% (12-20)
Grant HillPHX · 14 PTS, 4 AST, 3 REB, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
ArizaLAL · 14 PTS, 7 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
58% (7-12)
Final · Suns-Lakers
Suns 115Lakers 122
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns26362726115
Lakers25373030122
The story
Andrew Bynum's 28 points and 12 rebounds carried Los Angeles past Phoenix, 122-115

For Phoenix, Amar'e Stoudemire had 19 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST 28 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST · 11-13 FG

The swing

The fourth quarter, 30-26, was where the Lakers built it.

LAL lead by quarter
200 −10+3+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Sonics-Blazers
Sonics 79Blazers 89
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Sonics2420181779
Blazers2422241989
The story
Brandon Roy had 17 points as Portland beat Seattle 89-79

Earl Watson led Seattle with 11 AST, 8 PTS, 4 REB 17 PTS, 7 AST, 6 REB · 7-23 FG, 1-5 3PT

The swing

The Trail Blazers won the third 24-18, their biggest quarter edge.

POR lead by quarter
200 0+2+8+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Kevin Durant led the game in fantasy with 41.7 FPTS (23 PTS, 6 REB, 4 AST)

Final · Heat-Cavs
Heat 82Cavs 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Heat1730142182
Cavs2518242996
The story
Cleveland beat Miami 96-82 behind 25 points and 12 assists from LeBron James

Dwyane Wade paced Miami: 22 PTS, 8 AST, 6 REB 25 PTS, 12 AST, 6 REB · 9-19 FG, 0-3 3PT

The swing

A 24-14 third quarter erased a 4-point hole for the Cavaliers.

CLE lead by quarter
200 +8−4+6+14 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.9Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.9 in 26 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.6Season avg14.3Last 3

14.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.6 in 18 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.7Season avg33.5Today

34 minutes today, against 11.7 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 38

Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 30, 21, 32, 18, 21, 19, 39, 38Lakers-Suns · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Andrew BynumPoints, last 10 games: 2, 20, 6, 17, 14, 12, 17, 24, 13, 28Lakers-Suns · W
12.5 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 38, 15, 17, 29, 21, 31, 32, 33, 25, 25Cavs-Heat · W
29.3 PPG season to date · −4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 REB · 12 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 14, 11, 29, 12, 10, 21, 7, 24Suns-Lakers · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 14 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 16, 35, 23, 16, 30, 13, 6, 18, 27, 23Sonics-Blazers · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 33, 33, 31, 17, 24, 30, 36, 41, 20, 22Heat-Cavs · L
24.2 PPG season to date · −2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Allen IversonDEN+4.6 31.0 last 10 · 26.4 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+4.5 28.7 last 10 · 24.2 season
Bonzi WellsHOU+4.0 13.5 last 10 · 9.5 season
Craig SmithMIN+3.9 15.2 last 10 · 11.3 season
Brandon RoyPOR+3.7 22.7 last 10 · 19.0 season
Cold
Eddy CurryNYK−3.8 10.4 last 10 · 14.2 season
Damien WilkinsSEA−3.8 8.1 last 10 · 11.9 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−3.4 19.4 last 10 · 22.8 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−3.2 6.2 last 10 · 9.4 season
Chris WilcoxSEA−3.0 10.6 last 10 · 13.6 season