FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 4, 2009Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed POR by 6 after the first quarter and won 100–86.

Final · Box score
Magic102
Raptors108
Q1 TOR +12; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR -1; Q4 TOR +6
Final · Box score
Cavs77
Wizards80
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS +4; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +3
Final · Box score
Pistons88
Clippers87
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET +1; Q4 DET +1
Final · Box score
Mavs82
Grizzlies102
Q1 MEM +10; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM +8; Q4 MEM +20
Final · Box score
Celtics88
Knicks100
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK -3; Q3 NYK +10; Q4 NYK +12
Final · Box score
Blazers86
Lakers100
Q1 LAL -6; Q2 LAL +1; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +14
On this day · 2007–08Jan 4, 2008: 12 games. Top scorer: Rashad McCants (Wolves-Nuggets), 34 points.
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The lead · Blazers-Lakers

Lakers make it six straight

LeBron James goes for 30 points

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6+1+15+14LAL AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers2525162086
Lakers19323019100
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 28, 28, 41, 36, 26, 27, 31, 40, 26LAL26 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 13, 11, 15, 20, 20, 13, 21, 19LAL19 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 16, 20, 22, 12, 21, 20, 13, 22POR22 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 5, 12, 0, 3, 2, 3, 3, 0, 0, 17POR17 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Celtics-Knicks

New York upsets Boston

New York (12–19) beat Boston (29–5) 100–88. Wilson Chandler led New York with 31 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DET over LAC1WAS over CLE3TOR over ORL6NYK over BOS12LAL over POR14MEM over DAL20Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over BOS.
Lead changes
Pistons-Clippers21
Magic-Raptors15
Celtics-Knicks13
Cavs-Wizards5
Mavs-Grizzlies4
Blazers-Lakers1
Shot of the night

AI's jumper with 4.9 seconds left puts the Pistons ahead, 88-87 final

The night in charts
Magic-Raptors combined for 210, 22 more than any other game
Points by game
Magic-RaptorsMagic 102, Raptors 108
210
Celtics-KnicksCeltics 88, Knicks 100
188
Blazers-LakersBlazers 86, Lakers 100
186
Mavs-GrizzliesMavs 82, Grizzlies 102
184
Pistons-ClippersPistons 88, Clippers 87
175
Cavs-WizardsCavs 77, Wizards 80
157
2 of 6 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Pistons-ClippersPistons 88, Clippers 87
+1 DET
Cavs-WizardsCavs 77, Wizards 80
+3 WAS
Magic-RaptorsMagic 102, Raptors 108
+6 TOR
Celtics-KnicksCeltics 88, Knicks 100
+12 NYK
Blazers-LakersBlazers 86, Lakers 100
+14 LAL
Mavs-GrizzliesMavs 82, Grizzlies 102
+20 MEM
LAL rallied from 6 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Blazers-LakersLAL won · Blazers 86, Lakers 100
6 pts
Celtics-KnicksNYK won · Celtics 88, Knicks 100
3 pts
Pistons-ClippersDET won · Pistons 88, Clippers 87
2 pts
Magic-RaptorsTOR won · Magic 102, Raptors 108
1 pt
Anthony Parker shot 13-of-16 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Anthony ParkerTOR · 26 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
81% (13-16)
DwightORL · 39 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
74% (14-19)
PierceBOS · 31 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
59% (10-17)
AldridgePOR · 22 PTS, 11 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL
58% (11-19)
KobeLAL · 26 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB, 1 STL
58% (11-19)
Final · Pistons-Clippers
Pistons 88Clippers 87
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pistons2329152188
Clippers2232122187
The story
Rodney Stuckey's 24 points carried Detroit past Los Angeles, 88-87

For Los Angeles, Eric Gordon had 31 PTS, 3 AST, 2 REB 24 PTS, 6 AST, 4 REB · 10-24 FG, 1-1 3PT

The swing

The Pistons trailed by 2 going into the third, then won it 15-12.

DET lead by quarter
200 +1−2+1+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Marcus Camby was the fantasy play: 43.5 FPTS on 20 REB, 14 PTS

Final · Cavs-Wizards
Cavs 77Wizards 80
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs2320112377
Wizards2621211280
The story
Antawn Jamison had 26 points and 13 rebounds as Washington beat Cleveland 80-77

Anderson Varejao led Cleveland with 10 PTS, 10 REB 26 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST · 9-19 FG, 1-1 3PT

The swing

The Wizards won the third 21-11, their biggest quarter edge.

WAS lead by quarter
200 +3+4+14+3 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Magic-Raptors
Magic 102Raptors 108
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic22272924102
Raptors34222131108
The story
Toronto beat Orlando 108-102 behind 23 points and 11 rebounds from Chris Bosh

Jameer Nelson paced Orlando: 15 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST 23 PTS, 11 REB, 3 AST · 5-12 FG

The swing

A 34-22 first quarter did the most damage for the Raptors.

TOR lead by quarter
200 +12+7−1+6 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+11.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.7Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 32 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.3Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.3 in 19 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.1Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 12.1 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 6 rebounds, 12 assists.

Top performances

Dwight Howard leads the day with 39

Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 18, 11, 12, 17, 18, 15, 15, 39Magic-Raptors · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high39 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 17, 10, 20, 21, 13, 28, 26, 31Celtics-Knicks · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 15, 8, 11, 2, 19, 17, 19, 13, 31Knicks-Celtics · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 17, 15, 4, 19, 12, 24, 21, 21, 31Clippers-Pistons · L
11.3 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 32, 33, 31, 27, 18, 33, 38, 16, 30Cavs-Wizards · L
27.5 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 24, 12, 16, 10, 26, 15, 16, 27, 30Knicks-Celtics · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Eric GordonLAC+7.3 18.6 last 10 · 11.3 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+7.0 20.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Boris DiawCHA+5.7 16.5 last 10 · 10.8 season
Marco BelinelliGSW+5.7 15.1 last 10 · 9.4 season
Mike JamesWAS+5.3 13.5 last 10 · 8.2 season
Cold
Ramon SessionsMIL−5.2 6.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
Beno UdrihSAC−4.0 7.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Caron ButlerWAS−3.8 16.7 last 10 · 20.5 season
Maurice EvansATL−3.5 3.5 last 10 · 7.0 season
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE−3.1 10.7 last 10 · 13.8 season