FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, December 27, 2007Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Cavs88
Mavs81
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +7
Final · Box score
Suns108
Clippers88
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +19; Q3 PHX +30; Q4 PHX +20
Final · Box score
Celtics104
Sonics96
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +8
On this day · 2006–07Dec 27, 2006: 11 games. Top scorer: Richard Hamilton (Pistons-Knicks), 51 points.
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The lead · Cavs-Mavs

Cleveland handles Dallas by 7

Amar'e Stoudemire goes for 30 points

Game flow · CLE margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3+9+6+7CLE AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs2324212088
Mavs2018241981
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 29, 21, 31, 32, 33, 25, 25, 24CLE24 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Zydrunas IlgauskasPoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 21, 12, 24, 7, 12, 20, 13, 18CLE18 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 16, 36, 13, 7, 20, 31, 31, 30, 20, 19DAL19 PTS · 20 REB · 1 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 47, 22, 19, 15, 23, 19, 23, 15, 17, 19DAL19 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Celtics-Sonics

Boston never trails at a break against Seattle

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 104–96. Paul Pierce led Boston with 37 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CLE over DAL7BOS over SEA8PHX over LAC20Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over SEA.
Lead changes
Cavs-Mavs12
Celtics-Sonics4
Suns-Clippers0
The night in charts
Celtics-Sonics combined for 200, 4 more than any other game
Points by game
Celtics-SonicsCeltics 104, Sonics 96
200
Suns-ClippersSuns 108, Clippers 88
196
Cavs-MavsCavs 88, Mavs 81
169
CLE won the closest game by 7
Closest finishes
Cavs-MavsCavs 88, Mavs 81
+7 CLE
Celtics-SonicsCeltics 104, Sonics 96
+8 BOS
Suns-ClippersSuns 108, Clippers 88
+20 PHX
Amar'e shot 11-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Amar'ePHX · 30 PTS, 15 REB, 4 BLK, 1 AST
79% (11-14)
Grant HillPHX · 16 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK
70% (7-10)
WilcoxSEA · 13 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
60% (6-10)
HowardDAL · 19 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
50% (9-18)
ThorntonLAC · 14 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
46% (6-13)
Final · Cavs-Mavs
Cavs 88Mavs 81
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs2324212088
Mavs2018241981
The story
Cleveland beat Dallas 88-81 behind 24 points from LeBron James

Dirk Nowitzki paced Dallas: 20 REB, 19 PTS 24 PTS, 8 REB, 7 AST, 3 STL · 9-21 FG, 1-4 3PT

The swing

A 24-18 second quarter did the most damage for the Cavaliers.

CLE lead by quarter
200 +3+9+6+7 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Celtics-Sonics
Celtics 104Sonics 96
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics24232334104
Sonics1927212996
The story
Kevin Garnett had 23 points and 14 rebounds as Boston beat Seattle 104-96

Kurt Thomas led Seattle with 14 REB, 7 PTS 23 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST · 8-22 FG

The swing

The Celtics won the first 24-19, their biggest quarter edge.

BOS lead by quarter
200 +5+1+3+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Suns-Clippers
Suns 108Clippers 88
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Suns27323019108
Clippers2020192988
The story
Grant Hill's 16 points carried Phoenix past Los Angeles, 108-88

For Los Angeles, Corey Maggette had 21 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST 16 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST, 3 BLK · 7-10 FG

The swing

The second quarter, 32-20, was where the Suns built it.

PHX lead by quarter
300 +7+19+30+20 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.2Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.2 in 28 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.0Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.0 in 14 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.9Season avg31.4Today

31 minutes today, against 16.9 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 37

Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 18, 10, 26, 32, 18, 11, 22, 24, 16, 37Celtics-Sonics · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 27, 16, 19, 18, 16, 17, 25, 28, 19, 30Suns-Clippers · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 35, 23, 16, 30, 13, 6, 18, 27, 23, 25Sonics-Celtics · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 29, 21, 31, 32, 33, 25, 25, 24Cavs-Mavs · W
29.1 PPG season to date · −5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 11, 15, 16, 26, 12, 21, 14, 23Celtics-Sonics · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 24, 13, 23, 23, 27, 22, 9, 21Clippers-Suns · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Allen IversonDEN+5.1 31.4 last 10 · 26.3 season
Bonzi WellsHOU+4.0 13.5 last 10 · 9.5 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+3.8 28.1 last 10 · 24.3 season
Brandon RoyPOR+3.7 22.7 last 10 · 19.0 season
Mo WilliamsMIL+3.6 19.3 last 10 · 15.7 season
Cold
Damien WilkinsSEA−4.9 6.6 last 10 · 11.5 season
Eddy CurryNYK−4.3 9.4 last 10 · 13.7 season
LeBron JamesCLE−3.9 25.2 last 10 · 29.1 season
Kelenna AzubuikeGSW−3.8 7.6 last 10 · 11.4 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−3.4 19.4 last 10 · 22.8 season