FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 10, 2006Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed SAC by 12 after the first quarter and won 99–85.

Final
BOS98
ATL94
Q1 BOS -3; Q2 BOS -9; Q3 BOS -7; Q4 BOS +4
Final
NYK92
CLE84
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK -5; Q4 NYK +8
Final · 2OT
HOU106
CHA111
Q1 CHA +1; Q2 CHA +4; Q3 CHA +1; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA 0; OT2 CHA +5
Final
SAC85
MEM99
Q1 MEM -12; Q2 MEM +1; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +14
Final
MIN92
MIL95
Q1 MIL -7; Q2 MIL +2; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +3
Final
DET96
NOK86
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET -3; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +10
Final
NJN91
SAS96
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +5
Final · 3OT
PHX137
DEN139
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN +2; Q3 DEN -6; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN 0; OT2 DEN 0; OT3 DEN +2
Final
ORL73
LAC90
Q1 LAC -9; Q2 LAC +5; Q3 LAC +11; Q4 LAC +17
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 10, 2005: 5 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ MIN), 31 points.
The lead · SAC @ MEM

Memphis rallies from 12 down to beat Sacramento

Trailing by 12 after one, Memphis outscored the Kings 81–55 the rest of the way. Final: 99–85. Pau Gasol led Memphis with 27 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · MEM 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 Q3Final0-12+1+11+14MEM AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC3021171785
MEM1834272099
Who led
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 32, 24, 18, 22, 21, 27, 15, 27MEM27 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 13, 27, 14, 14, 23, 13, 10, 21MEM21 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 23, 22, 13, 38, 33, 10, 32, 5, 26SAC26 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 10, 13, 13, 19, 19, 19, 12, 19SAC19 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Clippers by 17.

DEN over PHX2MIL over MIN3BOS over ATL4CHA over HOU5SAS over NJN5NYK over CLE8DET over NOK10MEM over SAC14LAC over ORL17Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.3Season avg16.6Last 5

16.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.3 in 32 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.8Season avg12.9Last 3

12.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.8 in 28 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+35.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.8Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 10.8 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 43

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 45, 32, 25, 23, 23, 28, 19, 43DEN vs PHX · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +18.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 25, 37, 14, 32, 31, 30, 32, 32, 35, 36CLE vs NYK · L
30.8 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 25, 35, 32, 51, 27, 21, 37, 31, 42, 34NJN @ SAS · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Earl BoykinsPoints, last 10 games: 6, 16, 8, 22, 12, 18, 23, 19, 17, 33DEN vs PHX · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Raja BellPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 13, 6, 19, 12, 16, 24, 7, 30PHX @ DEN · L
13.2 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 11, 24, 25, 21, 25, 15, 18, 30DET @ NOK · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 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+7.7 33.5 last 10 · 25.8 season
Kobe BryantLAL+6.3 40.4 last 10 · 34.1 season
Juwan HowardHOU+6.1 16.1 last 10 · 10.0 season
Fred JonesIND+4.7 13.6 last 10 · 8.9 season
Kevin MartinSAC+4.6 12.0 last 10 · 7.4 season
Cold
JR SmithNOK−6.1 4.0 last 10 · 10.1 season
Kareem RushCHA−4.4 8.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Troy HudsonMIN−3.9 6.5 last 10 · 10.4 season
Keith Van HornDAL−3.8 5.6 last 10 · 9.4 season
Michael SweetneyCHI−3.3 7.0 last 10 · 10.3 season