FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 29, 2009Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed CLE by 7 after the first quarter and won 99–88.

Final · Box score
Cavs88
Magic99
Q1 ORL -7; Q2 ORL -1; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +11
Final · Box score
Spurs114
Suns104
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 Spurs 0; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +10
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The lead · Cavs-Magic

Orlando takes care of Cleveland

Dwight Howard goes for 22 points

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-1+7+11ORL AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs3224161688
Magic2530242099
Who led
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 24, 25, 25, 14, 11, 22, 22, 22ORL22 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 21, 17, 13, 31, 22, 18, 11, 19ORL19 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 38, 30, 28, 29, 23, 34, 32, 33, 23, 23CLE23 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 3, 5, 3, 14, 7, 8, 10, 4, 1, 14CLE14 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Spurs-Suns

San Antonio tops Phoenix in Phoenix

Final: 114–104. Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 30 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Spurs-Suns
Manu Ginobili · SASAmar'e Stoudemire · PHXPTS3028REB910AST31Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Spurs-Suns13
Cavs-Magic12
The night in charts
Spurs-Suns combined for 218, 31 more than any other game
Points by game
Spurs-SunsSpurs 114, Suns 104
218
Cavs-MagicCavs 88, Magic 99
187
SAS won the closest game by 10
Closest finishes
Spurs-SunsSpurs 114, Suns 104
+10 SAS
Cavs-MagicCavs 88, Magic 99
+11 ORL
Grant Hill shot 9-of-12 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Grant HillPHX · 20 PTS, 10 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK
75% (9-12)
DwightORL · 22 PTS, 18 REB, 2 STL, 2 BLK
60% (9-15)
ParkerSAS · 26 PTS, 5 AST, 3 REB, 2 STL
57% (12-21)
NelsonORL · 18 PTS, 3 REB, 3 AST
55% (6-11)
Amar'ePHX · 28 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST, 1 BLK
48% (11-23)
Final · Spurs-Suns
Spurs 114Suns 104
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Spurs32253225114
Suns31262720104
The story
Tim Duncan's 20 points and 15 rebounds carried San Antonio past Phoenix, 114-104

For Phoenix, Steve Nash had 18 AST, 16 PTS, 2 REB 20 PTS, 15 REB, 4 AST · 6-16 FG

The swing

The third quarter, 32-27, was where the Spurs built it.

SAS lead by quarter
200 +10+5+10 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Cavs-Magic
Cavs 88Magic 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs3224161688
Magic2530242099
The story
Hedo Turkoglu had 19 points and 11 rebounds as Orlando beat Cleveland 99-88

JJ Hickson led Cleveland with 13 PTS, 7 REB 19 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST · 8-22 FG, 3-10 3PT

The swing

Down 1 after the second, the Magic took the third 24-16.

ORL lead by quarter
200 −7−1+7+11 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.2Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 17.2 in 43 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.9Season avg22.7Last 3

22.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.9 in 44 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.1Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 15.1 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Manu Ginobili leads the day with 30

Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 8, 21, 10, 26, 8, 9, 13, 30Spurs-Suns · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 19, 31, 3, 20, 12, 23, 22, 28Suns-Spurs · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 12, 20, 13, 13, 17, 19, 24, 26Spurs-Suns · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 38, 30, 28, 29, 23, 34, 32, 33, 23, 23Cavs-Magic · L
27.8 PPG season to date · −4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 16, 24, 25, 25, 14, 11, 22, 22, 22Magic-Cavs · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 18 REB · 0 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 20, 18, 17, 27, 30, 15, 24, 20Spurs-Suns · W
20.6 PPG season to date · −0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Andrew BynumLAL+6.6 20.5 last 10 · 13.9 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+6.2 19.6 last 10 · 13.4 season
Eric GordonLAC+5.6 19.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+5.1 19.8 last 10 · 14.7 season
Raja BellCHA+4.8 15.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cold
Marquis DanielsIND−6.5 7.2 last 10 · 13.7 season
Devin HarrisNJN−6.3 15.3 last 10 · 21.6 season
Brandon RushIND−4.7 1.5 last 10 · 6.2 season
Vince CarterNJN−4.5 17.0 last 10 · 21.5 season
Ben GordonCHI−4.2 15.6 last 10 · 19.8 season