FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 8, 2006Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed SEA by 10 after the first quarter and won 120–116.

Final
SEA116
NYK120
Q1 NYK -10; Q2 NYK -1; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +4
Final
NJN105
TOR104
Q1 NJN +6; Q2 NJN -3; Q3 NJN +3; Q4 NJN +1
Final
DEN92
HOU90
Q1 DEN -4; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN +5; Q4 DEN +2
Final
MIA118
POR89
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +13; Q3 MIA +27; Q4 MIA +29
Final
IND108
SAC83
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +21; Q3 IND +30; Q4 IND +25
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 8, 2005: 9 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS vs MIN), 40 points.
The lead · SEA @ NYK

New York climbs out of a 10-point hole against Seattle

Down 10 after one, the Knicks won the second quarter 36–27 and the game 120–116. Stephon Marbury led New York with 23 points, 1 rebound and 15 assists.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-1+2+4NYK AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SEA35272727116
NYK25363029120
Who led
Stephon MarburyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 25, 14, 22, 21, 5, 23, 32, 16, 23NYK23 PTS · 1 REB · 15 AST
Maurice TaylorPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 4, 6, 2, 6, 18, 7, 12, 23NYK23 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 18, 24, 39, 28, 24, 20, 22, 33SEA33 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Vladimir RadmanovicPoints, last 10 games: 0, 20, 2, 7, 4, 4, 4, 14, 5, 30SEA30 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · DEN @ HOU

Denver holds off Houston, 92–90

Denver led 67–62 after three and held on to win by two. Earl Watson led Denver with 20 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NJN over TOR1DEN over HOU2NYK over SEA4IND over SAC25MIA over POR29Final margin, points. Pink = DEN over HOU.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.1Season avg24.8Last 5

24.8 points a game over his last five games, against 15.1 in 30 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
40.0Season avg26.8Last 3

26.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 40.0 in 30 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.1Season avg32Today

32 minutes today, against 10.1 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 1 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Vince Carter leads the day with 42

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.
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 34, 25, 35, 32, 51, 27, 21, 37, 31, 42NJN @ TOR · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 18, 24, 39, 28, 24, 20, 22, 33SEA @ NYK · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 33, 14, 17, 18, 35, 33, 34, 19, 19, 31MIA @ POR · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 24, 6, 12, 13, 23, 22, 21, 27, 31IND @ SAC · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Vladimir RadmanovicPoints, last 10 games: 0, 20, 2, 7, 4, 4, 4, 14, 5, 30SEA @ NYK · L
9.4 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 18, 37, 15, 22, 27, 10, 22, 27TOR vs NJN · L
22.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 3 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+8.0 33.5 last 10 · 25.5 season
Kobe BryantLAL+4.9 38.6 last 10 · 33.7 season
Fred JonesIND+4.6 13.5 last 10 · 8.9 season
Juan DixonPOR+4.6 16.5 last 10 · 11.9 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
Deron WilliamsUTA−3.3 7.6 last 10 · 10.9 season
John SalmonsPHI−3.2 4.3 last 10 · 7.5 season