FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 14, 2006Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed CHI by 12 after the first quarter and won 91–89.

Final · OT
WAS114
ATL106
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS +1; Q3 WAS +1; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS +8
Final
CHA91
DET114
Q1 DET +9; Q2 DET +17; Q3 DET +13; Q4 DET +23
Final
IND91
CHI89
Q1 IND -12; Q2 IND -8; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +2
Final
NJN77
DAL110
Q1 DAL +13; Q2 DAL +23; Q3 DAL +36; Q4 DAL +33
Final
NOK86
HOU80
Q1 NOK +5; Q2 NOK -5; Q3 NOK -1; Q4 NOK +6
Final
DEN100
MIL93
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +7
Final
MEM79
SAS80
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +1
Final
CLE106
PHX115
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +9
Final
MIA100
UTA94
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +6
Final
LAL110
GSW104
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL -1; Q4 LAL +6
Final
SEA72
LAC98
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +10; Q3 LAC +18; Q4 LAC +26
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 14, 2005: 11 games. Top scorer: Damon Stoudamire (POR @ NOH), 54 points.
The lead · IND @ CHI

Indiana fights back from 12 down against Chicago

Final: 91–89, after trailing by 12 after one. Stephen Jackson led Indiana with 29 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-12-8+3+2IND AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND2023282091
CHI3219172189
Who led
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 22, 21, 27, 31, 8, 24, 11, 29IND29 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 15, 34, 15, 26, 20, 12, 24, 16, 20, 12IND12 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Andres NocioniPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 5, 4, 3, 17, 16, 18, 23, 15CHI15 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Darius SongailaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 12, 14, 6, 20, 13, 8, 7, 7, 14CHI14 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.3Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.3 in 34 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.7Season avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.7 in 30 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.8Season avg42.3Today

42 minutes today, against 15.8 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · NOK @ HOU

Houston's skid reaches five

New Orleans/Oklahoma City won 86–80; the Rockets fall to 12–23. Chris Paul led New Orleans/Oklahoma City with 17 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Streak strip · HOU
Lvs UTA74–82L@ NOK90–92Lvs GSW89–94W@ WAS123–111W@ CLE90–81L@ TOR92–112Lvs DEN90–92L@ CHA106–111Lvs SAC80–88Lvs NOK80–86HOU: last 10 games through Jan 14, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 46

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 32, 31, 30, 32, 32, 35, 36, 28, 46CLE @ PHX · L
31.1 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
46 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 37, 31, 45, 48, 50, 45, 41, 27, 38LAL @ GSW · W
34.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 45, 32, 25, 23, 23, 28, 19, 43, 21, 38DEN @ MIL · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 26, 36, 32, 22, 20, 17, 15, 12, 37GSW vs LAL · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 34, 16, 47, 44, 22, 31, 14, 9, 37, 33WAS @ ATL · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 18, 35, 33, 34, 19, 19, 31, 32, 15, 31MIA @ UTA · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 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
Juwan HowardHOU+6.9 17.6 last 10 · 10.7 season
Jameer NelsonORL+6.6 19.9 last 10 · 13.3 season
Juan DixonPOR+6.1 18.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Vince CarterNJN+5.4 30.6 last 10 · 25.2 season
Fred JonesIND+5.4 14.5 last 10 · 9.1 season
Cold
JR SmithNOK−5.3 4.4 last 10 · 9.7 season
Kareem RushCHA−4.4 8.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Damon JonesCLE−4.2 3.0 last 10 · 7.2 season
Nick CollisonSEA−3.9 3.1 last 10 · 7.0 season
Deron WilliamsUTA−3.3 7.3 last 10 · 10.6 season