FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 16, 2006Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed CHI by 10 at halftime and won 97–94.

Final
NOK107
CHA92
Q1 NOK 0; Q2 NOK +21; Q3 NOK +19; Q4 NOK +15
Final
MIN96
NYK90
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN +5; Q3 MIN +9; Q4 MIN +6
Final
PHI76
WAS104
Q1 WAS +7; Q2 WAS +2; Q3 WAS +20; Q4 WAS +28
Final
HOU83
ATL94
Q1 ATL -1; Q2 ATL +10; Q3 ATL +6; Q4 ATL +11
Final
DEN97
CHI94
Q1 DEN -9; Q2 DEN -10; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +3
Final
BOS84
DET94
Q1 DET -7; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +8; Q4 DET +10
Final · OT
UTA93
LAC102
Q1 LAC +7; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 LAC +9
Final
IND92
NJN97
Q1 NJN +12; Q2 NJN +15; Q3 NJN +12; Q4 NJN +5
Final
SEA93
GSW109
Q1 GSW +6; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +16; Q4 GSW +16
Final
SAS93
MEM83
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +10
Final
MIL95
DAL114
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +13; Q3 DAL +16; Q4 DAL +19
Final
MIA92
LAL100
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +15; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +8
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 16, 2005: 2 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ SEA), 35 points.
The lead · DEN @ CHI

Carmelo Anthony scores 39 as Denver wins in Chicago

Final: 97–94. Carmelo Anthony made 10 of 24 shots from the field.

Game flow · DEN 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 Q3Final0-9-10+1+3DEN AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2221342097
CHI3122231894
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 32, 25, 23, 23, 28, 19, 43, 21, 38, 39DEN39 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 5, 11, 11, 24, 16, 6, 1, 14, 8, 22DEN22 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 10, 25, 3, 16, 18, 26, 25, 17, 11, 20CHI20 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Darius SongailaPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 6, 20, 13, 8, 7, 7, 14, 15CHI15 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Second story · BOS @ DET

Detroit makes it four straight

Detroit beat Boston 94–84 and moved to 30–5. Rasheed Wallace led Detroit with 23 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Streak strip · DET
Wvs TOR113–106Wvs MIA106–101L@ CLE84–97Wvs ORL108–99Wvs SEA97–85Lvs UTA90–94W@ NOK96–86W@ SAS83–68Wvs CHA114–91Wvs BOS94–84DET: last 10 games through Jan 16, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.7Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.7 in 34 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg8.7Last 3

8.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.9 in 31 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.5Season avg39.5Today

39 minutes today, against 16.5 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 39

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: 32, 25, 23, 23, 28, 19, 43, 21, 38, 39DEN @ CHI · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 37, 31, 45, 48, 50, 45, 41, 27, 38, 37LAL vs MIA · W
34.2 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 29, 38, 25, 11, 20, 24, 28, 35LAC vs UTA · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 24, 24, 22, 23, 27, 26, 26, 32, 16, 35DAL vs MIL · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 35, 33, 34, 19, 19, 31, 32, 15, 31, 34MIA @ LAL · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 28, 25, 32, 22, 13, 26, 25, 29MIL @ DAL · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 1 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
Jameer NelsonORL+8.0 21.7 last 10 · 13.7 season
Juwan HowardHOU+6.8 17.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Chris KamanLAC+6.2 17.0 last 10 · 10.8 season
Kobe BryantLAL+5.6 39.9 last 10 · 34.2 season
Fred JonesIND+5.4 14.7 last 10 · 9.3 season
Cold
JR SmithNOK−5.0 4.5 last 10 · 9.5 season
Kareem RushCHA−4.4 8.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Devin HarrisDAL−4.1 6.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
Damon JonesCLE−3.7 3.7 last 10 · 7.4 season
Michael SweetneyCHI−3.2 6.9 last 10 · 10.1 season