FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 17, 2006Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
TOR98
UTA111
Q1 UTA +5; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +13
Final
PHX90
SAC119
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC +22; Q3 SAC +27; Q4 SAC +29
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 17, 2005: 11 games. Top scorer: Jason Richardson (GSW vs DEN), 42 points.
The lead · TOR @ UTA

Utah handles Toronto by 13

The Jazz won the third quarter 33–25. Final: 111–98. Mehmet Okur led Utah with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+7+15+13UTA AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2225252698
UTA27273324111
Who led
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 20, 7, 13, 19, 25, 20, 19, 29UTA29 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 14, 20, 24, 17, 23, 25, 17, 18UTA18 PTS · 16 REB · 11 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 27, 10, 22, 27, 26, 29, 23, 27TOR27 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Jalen RosePoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 11, 11, 10, 15, 24, 9, 31, 16TOR16 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · PHX @ SAC

Sacramento never trails at a break against Phoenix

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 119–90. Kevin Martin led Sacramento with 25 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · SAC vs PHX
Kevin Martin · SACShawn Marion · PHXPTS2525REB55AST32Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.8Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 10.8 in 37 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.2Season avg16.1Last 3

16.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.2 in 36 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.7Season avg42.6Today

43 minutes today, against 18.7 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Mehmet Okur leads the day with 29

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.
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 20, 7, 13, 19, 25, 20, 19, 29UTA vs TOR · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 27, 10, 22, 27, 26, 29, 23, 27TOR @ UTA · L
22.6 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 11, 17, 2, 6, 5, 6, 22, 25SAC vs PHX · W
8.2 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high25 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 24, 28, 39, 13, 19, 20, 28, 21, 25, 25PHX @ SAC · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Kenny ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 8, 29, 11, 6, 21, 16, 14, 6, 11, 22SAC vs PHX · W
8.2 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Francisco GarciaPoints, last 10 games: 11, 2, 4, 1, 7, 0, 12, 17, 4, 21SAC vs PHX · W
5.4 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high21 PTS · 10 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
Jameer NelsonORL+8.0 21.7 last 10 · 13.7 season
Juwan HowardHOU+6.8 17.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Kenny ThomasSAC+6.2 14.4 last 10 · 8.2 season
Chris KamanLAC+6.2 17.0 last 10 · 10.8 season
Kobe BryantLAL+5.6 39.9 last 10 · 34.2 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