FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 5, 2009Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed BOS by 4 after three quarters and won 110–109.

Final · Box score
Pacers94
Sixers99
Q1 PHI +7; Q2 PHI -2; Q3 PHI +11; Q4 PHI +5
Final · OT · Box score
Lakers110
Celtics109
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL -4; Q4 Lakers 0; OT1 LAL +1
Final · Box score
Mavs87
Jazz115
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +28; Q4 UTA +28
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The lead · Lakers-Celtics

Lakers flip a halftime deficit, win in overtime

Deron Williams goes for 34 points

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
-10-50+5+10OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+3-1-40+1LAL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
Lakers232826249110
Celtics203229208109
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 11, 22, 38, 30, 25, 61, 36, 26LAL26 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 18, 16, 10, 21, 24, 31, 31, 24LAL24 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 27, 12, 23, 12, 14, 22, 23, 22BOS22 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 14, 27, 8, 8, 20, 36, 29, 21BOS21 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Second story · Pacers-Sixers

Indiana's skid reaches three

Philadelphia won 99–94; the Pacers fall to 19–31. Willie Green led Philadelphia with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Streak strip · IND
L@ NOH100–103L@ SAS81–99Wvs HOU107–102Wvs CHA98–93L@ ORL111–135Wvs MIL107–99Wvs MIA114–103Lvs NYK113–122Lvs MIN111–116L@ PHI94–99
Lead changes
Lakers-Celtics11
Pacers-Sixers3
Mavs-Jazz3
The night in charts
Lakers-Celtics combined for 219, 17 more than any other game
Points by game
Lakers-CelticsLakers 110, Celtics 109
219
Mavs-JazzMavs 87, Jazz 115
202
Pacers-SixersPacers 94, Sixers 99
193
2 of 3 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Lakers-CelticsLakers 110, Celtics 109
+1 LAL
Pacers-SixersPacers 94, Sixers 99
+5 PHI
Mavs-JazzMavs 87, Jazz 115
+28 UTA
LAL rallied from 4 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Lakers-CelticsLAL won · Lakers 110, Celtics 109
4 pts
Pacers-SixersPHI won · Pacers 94, Sixers 99
2 pts
Pau shot 10-of-14 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
PauLAL · 24 PTS, 14 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
71% (10-14)
IguodalaPHI · 20 PTS, 11 AST, 8 REB, 4 STL
62% (8-13)
KorverUTA · 20 PTS, 9 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST
62% (8-13)
OdomLAL · 20 PTS, 6 REB, 3 AST, 2 STL
60% (6-10)
HouseBOS · 16 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
60% (6-10)
Final · Lakers-Celtics
Lakers 110Celtics 109
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4OTT
Lakers232826249110
Celtics203229208109
The story
Kobe Bryant had 26 points and 10 rebounds as Los Angeles beat Boston 110-109 in OT

Rajon Rondo led Boston with 16 PTS, 12 AST, 8 REB 26 PTS, 10 REB, 5 AST · 10-29 FG, 4-8 3PT

The swing

Down 4 after the third, the Lakers took the fourth 24-20.

LAL lead by quarter
200 +3−1−40+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4OT
Final · Pacers-Sixers
Pacers 94Sixers 99
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Pacers2234132594
Sixers2925261999
The story
Andre Iguodala's 20 points and 11 assists carried Philadelphia past Indiana, 99-94

For Indiana, Troy Murphy had 15 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST 20 PTS, 11 AST, 8 REB, 4 STL · 8-13 FG

The swing

The 76ers trailed by 2 going into the third, then won it 26-13.

PHI lead by quarter
200 +7−2+11+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Mavs-Jazz
Mavs 87Jazz 115
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs2027192187
Jazz24333721115
The story
Utah beat Dallas 115-87 behind 20 points from Kyle Korver

Josh Howard paced Dallas: 18 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST 20 PTS, 9 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST · 8-13 FG, 4-7 3PT

The swing

A 37-19 third quarter did the most damage for the Jazz.

UTA lead by quarter
300 +4+10+28+28 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.1Season avg26.2Last 5

26.2 points a game over his last five games, against 18.1 in 47 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.8 in 42 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.1Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 14.1 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Deron Williams leads the day with 34

Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 27, 30, 17, 32, 17, 15, 19, 24, 35, 34Jazz-Mavs · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 5 REB · 12 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 11, 22, 38, 30, 25, 61, 36, 26Lakers-Celtics · W
27.5 PPG season to date · −1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 18, 16, 10, 21, 24, 31, 31, 24Lakers-Celtics · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Willie GreenPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 2, 14, 5, 8, 20, 8, 4, 23Sixers-Pacers · W
8.5 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 27, 12, 23, 12, 14, 22, 23, 22Celtics-Lakers · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 13, 12, 14, 27, 8, 8, 20, 36, 29, 21Celtics-Lakers · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Deron WilliamsUTA+6.9 25.0 last 10 · 18.1 season
Eric GordonLAC+6.9 21.1 last 10 · 14.2 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+6.4 21.5 last 10 · 15.1 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.5 19.5 last 10 · 14.0 season
Jason ThompsonSAC+5.2 15.7 last 10 · 10.5 season
Cold
Marquis DanielsIND−7.3 6.0 last 10 · 13.3 season
Baron DavisLAC−5.6 10.5 last 10 · 16.1 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Brandon RushIND−4.6 1.4 last 10 · 6.0 season
Devin HarrisNJN−4.1 17.4 last 10 · 21.5 season