FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 24, 2010Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed LAL by 3 after the first quarter and won 106–105.

Final · Box score
Mavs128
Knicks78
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +16; Q3 DAL +41; Q4 DAL +50
Final · Box score
Clippers92
Wizards78
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +3; Q4 LAC +14
Final · Box score
Lakers105
Raptors106
Q1 TOR -3; Q2 TOR -2; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR +1
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The lead · Lakers-Raptors

Toronto takes over late to edge Lakers

Kobe Bryant goes for 27 points

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-2-2+1TOR AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers24322821105
Raptors21332824106
Who led
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 23, 23, 12, 24, 22, 19, 10, 22TOR22 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 31, 27, 18, 23, 21, 44, 17, 18TOR18 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 32, 12, 16, 10, 30, 11, 31, 27, 27LAL27 PTS · 16 REB · 9 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 27, 17, 6, 20, 17, 13, 20, 22LAL22 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Second story · Clippers-Wizards

Clippers lead Washington wire to wire

Clippers were ahead at every break and won 92–78. Best quarter: the first, 30–26. Chris Kaman led Clippers with 20 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
TOR over LAL1LAC over WAS14DAL over NYK50Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over WAS.
Lead changes
Lakers-Raptors5
Mavs-Knicks3
Clippers-Wizards2
The night in charts
Lakers-Raptors combined for 211, 5 more than any other game
Points by game
Lakers-RaptorsLakers 105, Raptors 106
211
Mavs-KnicksMavs 128, Knicks 78
206
Clippers-WizardsClippers 92, Wizards 78
170
TOR won the closest game by 1
Closest finishes
Lakers-RaptorsLakers 105, Raptors 106
+1 TOR
Clippers-WizardsClippers 92, Wizards 78
+14 LAC
Mavs-KnicksMavs 128, Knicks 78
+50 DAL
Kaman shot 7-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
KamanLAC · 20 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
70% (7-10)
TerryDAL · 20 PTS, 4 AST, 1 STL
67% (8-12)
FarmarLAL · 17 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL
64% (7-11)
BynumLAL · 21 PTS, 9 REB, 2 BLK
60% (9-15)
MarionDAL · 15 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST
60% (6-10)
Final · Lakers-Raptors
Lakers 105Raptors 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Lakers24322821105
Raptors21332824106
The story
Chris Bosh had 18 points and 13 rebounds as Toronto beat Los Angeles 106-105

Pau Gasol led Los Angeles with 22 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST 18 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST · 9-17 FG

The swing

Down 2 after the third, the Raptors took the fourth 24-21.

TOR lead by quarter
200 −3−2−2+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Clippers-Wizards
Clippers 92Wizards 78
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Clippers3018232192
Wizards2620221078
The story
Marcus Camby's 19 rebounds and 12 points carried Los Angeles past Washington, 92-78

For Washington, Brendan Haywood had 18 PTS, 12 REB 19 REB, 12 PTS, 5 BLK, 1 AST · 6-12 FG

The swing

The fourth quarter, 21-10, was where the Clippers built it.

LAC lead by quarter
200 +4+2+3+14 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Mavs-Knicks
Mavs 128Knicks 78
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Mavs27323831128
Knicks2518132278
The story
Dallas beat New York 128-78 behind 18 rebounds and 15 points from Drew Gooden

David Lee paced New York: 14 REB, 11 PTS, 3 AST 18 REB, 15 PTS, 1 AST · 6-11 FG

The swing

A 38-13 third quarter did the most damage for the Mavericks.

DAL lead by quarter
500 +2+16+41+50 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.1Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.1 in 40 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 18 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.2Season avg20.6Last 3

20.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 32 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg28.2Today

28 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 27

Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 32, 12, 16, 10, 30, 11, 31, 27, 27Lakers-Raptors · L
28.3 PPG season to date · −1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 16 REB · 9 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 24, 13, 27, 17, 6, 20, 17, 13, 20, 22Lakers-Raptors · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 23, 23, 12, 24, 22, 19, 10, 22Raptors-Lakers · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Andrew BynumPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 17, 23, 22, 20, 8, 7, 19, 21Lakers-Raptors · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 32, 31, 25, 34, 14, 28, 7, 8, 20Wizards-Clippers · L
21.7 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 29, 30, 32, 19, 37, 28, 15, 20Mavs-Knicks · W
25.1 PPG season to date · −5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Corey MaggetteGSW+9.0 29.7 last 10 · 20.7 season
Randy FoyeWAS+7.6 17.6 last 10 · 10.0 season
Martell WebsterPOR+6.8 17.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.3 20.0 last 10 · 13.7 season
Andre MillerPOR+6.0 19.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Cold
Vince CarterORL−7.2 9.3 last 10 · 16.5 season
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−6.2 7.6 last 10 · 13.8 season
Kobe BryantLAL−5.4 22.9 last 10 · 28.3 season
Larry HughesNYK−4.8 5.0 last 10 · 9.8 season
J.J. BareaDAL−4.5 4.3 last 10 · 8.8 season