FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 7, 2006Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed DET by 14 after the first quarter and won 94–90.

Final
NOK93
ATL101
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL +10; Q4 ATL +8
Final
CHA92
ORL108
Q1 ORL -4; Q2 ORL -1; Q3 ORL +22; Q4 ORL +16
Final
BOS102
WAS103
Q1 WAS -2; Q2 WAS -6; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +1
Final
MIL88
CLE96
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE -1; Q4 CLE +8
Final · OT
UTA94
DET90
Q1 UTA -14; Q2 UTA -8; Q3 UTA -10; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +4
Final
MEM82
CHI111
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +25; Q4 CHI +29
Final
MIN79
DAL83
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL -3; Q3 DAL -6; Q4 DAL +4
Final
SAS86
PHX91
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +5
Final
LAL112
LAC109
Q1 LAL +11; Q2 LAL -5; Q3 LAL -4; Q4 LAL +3
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 7, 2005: 10 games. Top scorer: Mike Bibby (SAC @ ATL), 31 points.
The lead · UTA @ DET

Utah needs overtime to survive Detroit

Tied 82–82 after regulation. Utah won the final period 12–8 for a 94–90 win. Andrei Kirilenko led Utah with 24 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-14-8-100+4UTA AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
UTA162019271294
DET30142117890
Who led
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 5, 24, 10, 15, 23, 14, 20, 24UTA24 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 4, 2, 7, 2, 5, 19, 2, 14UTA14 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 30, 19, 10, 20, 21, 30, 14, 37, 21, 24DET24 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 28, 11, 24, 25, 21, 25, 15, 18DET18 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Bulls rout

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Chicago beat Memphis by 29.

WAS over BOS1LAL over LAC3UTA over DET4DAL over MIN4PHX over SAS5ATL over NOK8CLE over MIL8ORL over CHA16CHI over MEM29Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.1Season avg22.0Last 5

22.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.1 in 30 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg10.6Last 3

10.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.8 in 27 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.1Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 6.1 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 50

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: 27, 41, 24, 62, 21, 37, 31, 45, 48, 50LAL @ LAC · W
33.7 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
50 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 18, 15, 13, 9, 19, 27, 23, 14, 36LAC vs LAL · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 41, 25, 37, 14, 32, 31, 30, 32, 32, 35CLE vs MIL · W
30.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 36, 17, 21, 22, 29, 28, 25, 32MIL @ CLE · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 36, 41, 34, 16, 47, 44, 22, 31WAS vs BOS · W
29.5 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Speedy ClaxtonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 5, 8, 14, 4, 17, 16, 12, 8, 29NOK @ ATL · L
13.0 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high29 PTS · 4 REB · 2 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+4.9 38.6 last 10 · 33.7 season
Carmelo AnthonyDEN+4.7 29.5 last 10 · 24.8 season
Keith BogansCHA+4.3 13.0 last 10 · 8.7 season
Cold
JR SmithNOK−5.1 5.4 last 10 · 10.5 season
Kareem RushCHA−4.4 8.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Keith Van HornDAL−3.6 5.7 last 10 · 9.3 season
Alonzo MourningMIA−3.5 5.5 last 10 · 9.0 season
Deron WilliamsUTA−3.3 7.6 last 10 · 10.9 season