FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 22, 2009Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · Box score
Wizards97
Lakers117
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +25; Q3 LAL +29; Q4 LAL +20
Final · Box score
Celtics90
Magic80
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +10
On this day · 2007–08Jan 22, 2008: 2 games. Top scorer: Steve Nash (Suns-Bucks), 37 points.
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The lead · Celtics-Magic

Boston makes it seven straight

Paul Pierce goes for 27 points

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+8+11+10BOS AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics2420212590
Magic1917182680
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 11, 11, 39, 22, 13, 12, 14, 27BOS27 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 18, 10, 20, 20, 12, 16, 16, 16BOS16 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 22, 20, 21, 21, 17, 13, 31, 22ORL22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 12, 20, 13, 15, 19, 16, 23, 20ORL20 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Wizards-Lakers

Lakers never trails at a break against Washington

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 117–97. Andrew Bynum led Lakers with 23 points, 14 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Lakers-Wizards
Andrew Bynum · LALAntawn Jamison · WASPTS2319REB145AST23Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Celtics-Magic3
Wizards-Lakers0
The night in charts
Wizards-Lakers combined for 214, 44 more than any other game
Points by game
Wizards-LakersWizards 97, Lakers 117
214
Celtics-MagicCeltics 90, Magic 80
170
BOS won the closest game by 10
Closest finishes
Celtics-MagicCeltics 90, Magic 80
+10 BOS
Wizards-LakersWizards 97, Lakers 117
+20 LAL
Bynum shot 8-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BynumLAL · 23 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST, 1 BLK
67% (8-12)
KGBOS · 16 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
62% (8-13)
PauLAL · 18 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST
58% (7-12)
LewisORL · 20 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
57% (8-14)
JamisonWAS · 19 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
54% (7-13)
Final · Celtics-Magic
Celtics 90Magic 80
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics2420212590
Magic1917182680
The story
Kevin Garnett had 16 points as Boston beat Orlando 90-80

Dwight Howard led Orlando with 11 PTS, 11 REB 16 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST · 8-13 FG

The swing

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

BOS lead by quarter
200 +5+8+11+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wizards-Lakers
Wizards 97Lakers 117
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards2423212997
Lakers31412520117
The story
Andrew Bynum's 23 points and 14 rebounds carried Los Angeles past Washington, 117-97

For Washington, JaVale McGee had 18 PTS, 9 REB 23 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST · 8-12 FG

The swing

The second quarter, 41-23, was where the Lakers built it.

LAL lead by quarter
300 +7+25+29+20 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.4Season avg22.2Last 5

22.2 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 41 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.7Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.7 in 32 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.9Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 18.9 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Paul Pierce leads the day with 27

Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 11, 11, 39, 22, 13, 12, 14, 27Celtics-Magic · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Andrew BynumPoints, last 10 games: 7, 18, 20, 24, 11, 18, 14, 14, 42, 23Lakers-Wizards · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 7, 9, 22, 20, 21, 21, 17, 13, 31, 22Magic-Celtics · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 12, 20, 13, 15, 19, 16, 23, 20Magic-Celtics · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 32, 12, 13, 25, 15, 28, 22, 33, 19Wizards-Lakers · L
20.9 PPG season to date · −1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
JaVale McGeePoints, last 10 games: 0, 1, 6, 9, 2, 8, 2, 3, 1, 18Wizards-Lakers · L
5.8 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high18 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Eric GordonLAC+7.8 20.7 last 10 · 12.9 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+7.8 20.9 last 10 · 13.1 season
Von WaferHOU+6.0 16.9 last 10 · 10.9 season
Andre IguodalaPHI+5.5 23.0 last 10 · 17.5 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.5 19.1 last 10 · 13.6 season
Cold
Devin HarrisNJN−4.7 17.1 last 10 · 21.8 season
Brandon RushIND−4.4 1.9 last 10 · 6.3 season
Joe JohnsonATL−4.3 17.7 last 10 · 22.0 season
Nate RobinsonNYK−4.2 10.6 last 10 · 14.8 season
Mike MillerMIN−4.0 5.1 last 10 · 9.1 season