FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, December 28, 2010Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed IND by 7 after the first quarter and won 95–83.

Final · Box score
Magic110
Cavs95
Q1 ORL -3; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +1; Q4 ORL +15
Final · Box score
Celtics95
Pacers83
Q1 BOS -7; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS -1; Q4 BOS +12
Final · Box score
Knicks98
Heat106
Q1 MIA +16; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +15; Q4 MIA +8
Final · Box score
Bucks77
Bulls90
Q1 CHI +12; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +13
Final · Box score
Raptors84
Mavs76
Q1 TOR +10; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +5; Q4 TOR +8
Final · Box score
Lakers82
Spurs97
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS -2; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +15
Final · Box score
Blazers77
Nuggets95
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +20; Q4 DEN +18
On this day · 2009–10Dec 28, 2009: 7 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (Thunder-Nets), 40 points.
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The lead · Celtics-Pacers

Boston handles Indiana by 12

LaMarcus Aldridge goes for 18 points

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-2-1+12BOS AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics1926212995
Pacers2621201683
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 8, 17, 10, 8, 32, 15, 18, 11, 18, 21BOS21 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 13, 28, 23, 16, 26, 18, 17, 22, 9, 17BOS17 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Brandon RushPoints, last 10 games: 5, 16, 14, 13, 16, 15, 6, 6, 7, 17IND17 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 18, 14, 13, 30, 19, 27, 29, 15IND15 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Second story · Magic-Cavs

Orlando makes it four straight

Orlando beat Cleveland 110–95 and moved to 20–12. Gilbert Arenas led Orlando with 22 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists.

Streak strip · ORL
L@ UTA105–117W@ LAC94–85L@ DEN94–111Lvs PHI89–97L@ ATL81–91Lvs DAL99–105Wvs SAS123–101Wvs BOS86–78W@ NJN104–88W@ CLE110–95
Lead changes
Magic-Cavs7
Celtics-Pacers6
Lakers-Spurs5
Bucks-Bulls4
Blazers-Nuggets4
Knicks-Heat1
Raptors-Mavs1
The night in charts
Magic-Cavs combined for 205, 1 more than any other game
Points by game
Magic-CavsMagic 110, Cavs 95
205
Knicks-HeatKnicks 98, Heat 106
204
Lakers-SpursLakers 82, Spurs 97
179
Celtics-PacersCeltics 95, Pacers 83
178
Blazers-NuggetsBlazers 77, Nuggets 95
172
Bucks-BullsBucks 77, Bulls 90
167
Raptors-MavsRaptors 84, Mavs 76
160
MIA won the closest game by 8
Closest finishes
Knicks-HeatKnicks 98, Heat 106
+8 MIA
Raptors-MavsRaptors 84, Mavs 76
+8 TOR
Celtics-PacersCeltics 95, Pacers 83
+12 BOS
Bucks-BullsBucks 77, Bulls 90
+13 CHI
Lakers-SpursLakers 82, Spurs 97
+15 SAS
Magic-CavsMagic 110, Cavs 95
+15 ORL
Blazers-NuggetsBlazers 77, Nuggets 95
+18 DEN
BOS rallied from 7 down, the night's biggest comeback
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Celtics-PacersBOS won · Celtics 95, Pacers 83
7 pts
Magic-CavsORL won · Magic 110, Cavs 95
3 pts
Lakers-SpursSAS won · Lakers 82, Spurs 97
2 pts
Bucks-BullsCHI won · Bucks 77, Bulls 90
1 pt
Billups shot 7-of-11 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
BillupsDEN · 18 PTS, 9 AST, 4 REB, 1 BLK
64% (7-11)
Ray AllenBOS · 17 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST
64% (7-11)
BoozerCHI · 24 PTS, 9 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL
63% (10-16)
RichardsonORL · 20 PTS, 5 REB, 2 STL, 1 AST
62% (8-13)
JamisonCLE · 21 PTS, 3 REB
62% (8-13)
Final · Knicks-Heat
Knicks 98Heat 106
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Knicks1822253398
Heat34192726106
The story
LeBron James had 18 points and 10 rebounds as Miami beat New York 106-98

Wilson Chandler led New York with 21 PTS, 6 REB 18 PTS, 10 REB, 8 AST · 8-17 FG, 1-2 3PT

The swing

The Heat won the first 34-18, their biggest quarter edge.

MIA lead by quarter
200 +16+13+15+8 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Magic-Cavs
Magic 110Cavs 95
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Magic30301535110
Cavs3324172195
The story
Orlando beat Cleveland 110-95 behind 22 points and 11 assists from Gilbert Arenas

Anderson Varejao paced Cleveland: 14 PTS, 9 REB 22 PTS, 11 AST, 6 REB, 3 STL · 8-15 FG, 5-8 3PT

The swing

A 35-21 fourth quarter did the most damage for the Magic.

ORL lead by quarter
200 −3+3+1+15 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Blazers-Nuggets
Blazers 77Nuggets 95
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Blazers2120171977
Nuggets2523301795
The story
Chauncey Billups' 18 points and 9 assists carried Denver past Portland, 95-77

For Portland, Nicolas Batum had 14 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST 18 PTS, 9 AST, 4 REB · 7-11 FG, 2-3 3PT

The swing

The third quarter, 30-17, was where the Nuggets built it.

DEN lead by quarter
200 +4+7+20+18 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.7Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.7 in 28 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.5Season avg25.8Last 3

25.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.5 in 26 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 32 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 22.9 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 40

Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 28, 34, 36, 32, 28, 26, 20, 22, 18, 40Heat-Knicks · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it, modern era: Patrick Ewing NYK, Dec 23, 1995: 40 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Season high40 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 34, 34, 36, 30, 39, 24, 23, 23, 20, 30Knicks-Heat · L
26.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 22, 34, 25, 16, 30, 26, 31, 24Bulls-Bucks · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 15, 19, 17, 22, 14, 15, 10, 24Bulls-Bucks · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 16, 24, 37, 19, 11, 16, 20, 23Spurs-Lakers · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 11, 19, 10, 2, 14, 5, 9, 22Magic-Cavs · W
15.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Ty LawsonDEN+4.9 16.1 last 10 · 11.2 season
Nick YoungWAS+4.6 19.4 last 10 · 14.8 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+4.5 28.4 last 10 · 23.9 season
JJ RedickORL+4.1 14.1 last 10 · 10.0 season
Linas KleizaTOR+4.1 15.9 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cold
Jason RichardsonORL−5.3 12.6 last 10 · 17.9 season
Taj GibsonCHI−4.1 4.2 last 10 · 8.3 season
Mike ConleyMEM−3.6 10.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Roy HibbertIND−3.2 10.6 last 10 · 13.8 season
Brandon RoyPOR−3.1 13.5 last 10 · 16.6 season