FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 6, 2006Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed BOS by 7 at halftime and won 103–98.

Final
HOU92
TOR112
Q1 TOR +1; Q2 TOR +4; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +20
Final
ATL103
BOS98
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL -7; Q3 ATL 0; Q4 ATL +5
Final
ORL106
NJN113
Q1 NJN +3; Q2 NJN +8; Q3 NJN +20; Q4 NJN +7
Final
WAS92
NYK113
Q1 NYK -5; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +21
Final
SEA85
DET97
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +3; Q4 DET +12
Final
UTA65
MEM87
Q1 MEM +14; Q2 MEM +15; Q3 MEM +12; Q4 MEM +22
Final
POR80
NOK90
Q1 NOK +17; Q2 NOK +14; Q3 NOK +1; Q4 NOK +10
Final
MIN77
SAS83
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +6
Final
CHI105
MIL91
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI 0; Q3 CHI +1; Q4 CHI +14
Final · OT
DAL114
DEN112
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL +1; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +2
Final
LAC114
SAC118
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +4
Final
PHI93
LAL119
Q1 LAL +15; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +19; Q4 LAL +26
Final
MIA93
PHX111
Q1 PHX +22; Q2 PHX +22; Q3 PHX +18; Q4 PHX +18
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2004–05Jan 6, 2005: 3 games. Top scorer: Rashard Lewis (SEA @ WAS), 35 points.
The lead · ATL @ BOS

Atlanta handles Boston by 5

The Hawks won the third quarter 36–29. Final: 103–98. Al Harrington led Atlanta with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-70+5ATL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL27163624103
BOS2426291998
Who led
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 35, 14, 12, 22, 19, 25, 26, 18, 28ATL28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 36, 30, 13, 24, 15, 18, 20, 18, 20ATL20 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Delonte WestPoints, last 10 games: 12, 4, 15, 12, 19, 14, 12, 20, 11, 23BOS23 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 30, 43, 28, 22, 19, 29, 31, 23BOS23 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.4Season avg35.8Last 5

35.8 points a game over his last five games, against 25.4 in 22 earlier games. Today: 37 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.5Season avg8.3Last 3

8.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.5 in 17 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.8Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 10.8 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · WAS @ NYK

New York routs Washington by 21

New York led by 1 at halftime and won 113–92. Channing Frye led New York with 30 points, 7 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over DEN2SAC over LAC4ATL over BOS5SAS over MIN6NJN over ORL7NOK over POR10DET over SEA12CHI over MIL14PHX over MIA18TOR over HOU20NYK over WAS21MEM over UTA22LAL over PHI26Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over WAS.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 48

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 43, 27, 41, 24, 62, 21, 37, 31, 45, 48LAL vs PHI · W
33.2 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
48 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 20, 7, 17, 21, 38, 32, 38, 34, 37HOU @ TOR · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 21, 23, 22, 13, 38, 33, 10, 32SAC vs LAC · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 18, 38, 53, 36, 28, 37, 19, 16, 31PHI @ LAL · L
33.1 PPG season to date · −2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 22, 34, 25, 35, 32, 51, 27, 21, 37, 31NJN vs ORL · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Mike JamesPoints, last 10 games: 5, 13, 19, 14, 4, 28, 19, 28, 17, 30TOR vs HOU · W
16.3 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Vince CarterNJN+6.6 31.5 last 10 · 24.9 season
Juan DixonPOR+4.9 16.9 last 10 · 12.0 season
Kobe BryantLAL+4.7 37.9 last 10 · 33.2 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+4.7 29.5 last 10 · 24.8 season
Ruben PattersonPOR+4.2 15.4 last 10 · 11.2 season
Cold
Kareem RushCHA−4.4 8.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
JR SmithNOK−3.8 6.8 last 10 · 10.6 season
Keith Van HornDAL−3.6 5.9 last 10 · 9.5 season
Alonzo MourningMIA−3.5 5.5 last 10 · 9.0 season
John SalmonsPHI−3.2 4.3 last 10 · 7.5 season