FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 14, 2010Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed CLE by 7 after the first quarter and won 97–96.

Final · Box score
Bulls96
Celtics83
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +7; Q4 CHI +13
Final · Box score
Cavs96
Jazz97
Q1 UTA -7; Q2 UTA -7; Q3 UTA -5; Q4 UTA +1
On this day · 2008–09Jan 14, 2009: 11 games. Top scorer: Jamal Crawford (Warriors-Kings), 35 points.
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The lead · Cavs-Jazz

Utah takes over late to edge Cleveland

LeBron James goes for 36 points

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-7-5+1UTA AHEAD ↑CLE AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs2621133696
Jazz1921154297
Who led
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 17, 18, 18, 20, 13, 15, 25, 19UTA19 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 11, 16, 9, 9, 16, 14, 13, 13UTA13 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 14, 48, 28, 29, 23, 35, 41, 37, 36CLE36 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Delonte WestPoints, last 10 games: 7, 17, 0, 2, 9, 14, 5, 6, 9, 11CLE11 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Bulls-Celtics

Chicago leads Boston wire to wire

Chicago was ahead at every break and won 96–83. Best quarter: the first, 29–18. Luol Deng led Chicago with 25 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Bulls-Celtics
Luol Deng · CHIPaul Pierce · BOSPTS2520REB28AST46Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Cavs-Jazz4
Bulls-Celtics1
Shot of the night

Gaines's three with 1.1 seconds left puts the Jazz ahead, 97-96 final

The night in charts
Cavs-Jazz combined for 193, 14 more than any other game
Points by game
Cavs-JazzCavs 96, Jazz 97
193
Bulls-CelticsBulls 96, Celtics 83
179
UTA won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Cavs-JazzCavs 96, Jazz 97
+1 UTA
Bulls-CelticsBulls 96, Celtics 83
+13 CHI
Deng shot 8-of-13 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
DengCHI · 25 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB, 2 STL
62% (8-13)
LeBronCLE · 36 PTS, 9 REB, 6 AST, 5 STL
60% (12-20)
D-RoseCHI · 17 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST
50% (8-16)
GibsonCHI · 14 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL
50% (7-14)
HinrichCHI · 11 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 1 STL
50% (5-10)
Final · Cavs-Jazz
Cavs 96Jazz 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Cavs2621133696
Jazz1921154297
The story
Carlos Boozer had 19 points and 13 rebounds as Utah beat Cleveland 97-96

Mehmet Okur added 13 PTS, 8 REB 19 PTS, 13 REB, 6 AST · 6-18 FG

The swing

Down 5 after the third, the Jazz took the fourth 42-36.

UTA lead by quarter
200 −7−7−5+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bulls-Celtics
Bulls 96Celtics 83
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bulls2918232696
Celtics1821242083
The story
Luol Deng's 25 points carried Chicago past Boston, 96-83

For Boston, Paul Pierce had 20 PTS, 8 REB, 6 AST 25 PTS, 4 AST, 2 REB · 8-13 FG

The swing

The first quarter, 29-18, was where the Bulls built it.

CHI lead by quarter
200 +11+8+7+13 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Kendrick Perkins was the fantasy play: 44.5 FPTS on 14 PTS, 10 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+5.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.4Season avg34.4Last 5

34.4 points a game over his last five games, against 29.4 in 40 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.2Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.2 in 38 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.9Season avg21.7Today

22 minutes today, against 6.9 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 36

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 14, 48, 28, 29, 23, 35, 41, 37, 36Cavs-Jazz · L
29.5 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 7, 14, 15, 18, 13, 8, 27, 25Bulls-Celtics · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 29, 21, 17, 21, 16, 19, 24, 20Celtics-Bulls · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 17, 18, 18, 20, 13, 15, 25, 19Jazz-Cavs · W
19.2 PPG season to date · −0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 14, 28, 22, 30, 19, 24, 25, 8, 22, 17Bulls-Celtics · W
18.5 PPG season to date · −1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
17 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Joakim NoahPoints, last 10 games: 17, 4, 15, 9, 14, 13, 10, 20, 16, 15Bulls-Celtics · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
15 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Corey MaggetteGSW+6.6 25.9 last 10 · 19.3 season
Randy FoyeWAS+5.6 14.6 last 10 · 9.0 season
Aaron BrooksHOU+5.1 24.0 last 10 · 18.9 season
Rajon RondoBOS+5.0 19.0 last 10 · 14.0 season
Martell WebsterPOR+5.0 15.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Cold
Brandon JenningsMIL−5.6 12.4 last 10 · 18.0 season
Terrence WilliamsNJN−5.3 2.0 last 10 · 7.3 season
Al ThorntonLAC−4.2 7.6 last 10 · 11.8 season
Charlie VillanuevaDET−4.2 9.9 last 10 · 14.1 season
Ben GordonDET−4.0 13.2 last 10 · 17.2 season