FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 25, 2006Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed BOS by 10 after the first quarter and won 89–87.

Final
CLE106
ATL97
Q1 CLE -8; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE -6; Q4 CLE +9
Final
CHI104
TOR88
Q1 CHI +12; Q2 CHI +15; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +16
Final
WAS89
BOS87
Q1 WAS -10; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS -2; Q4 WAS +2
Final · OT
MIL102
DET106
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +4
Final · OT
SAC106
NYK102
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC +1; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC +4
Final
SAS84
NOK68
Q1 SAS +12; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +22; Q4 SAS +16
Final
CHA78
HOU102
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +24; Q4 HOU +24
Final
MIN87
MEM107
Q1 MEM +15; Q2 MEM +24; Q3 MEM +17; Q4 MEM +20
Final
SEA113
UTA94
Q1 SEA +10; Q2 SEA +16; Q3 SEA +18; Q4 SEA +19
Final
DEN97
POR94
Q1 DEN -6; Q2 DEN -9; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN +3
Final
DAL102
GSW93
Q1 DAL -9; Q2 DAL -6; Q3 DAL -4; Q4 DAL +9
Final
NJN77
LAC90
Q1 LAC +11; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +16; Q4 LAC +13
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 25, 2005: 6 games. Top scorer: Jamal Crawford (NYK vs PHX), 40 points.
The lead · WAS @ BOS

Washington rallies from 10 down to beat Boston

Trailing by 10 after one, Washington outscored the Celtics 70–58 the rest of the way. Final: 89–87. Antawn Jamison led Washington with 26 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · WAS 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 Q3Final0-10-2-2+2WAS AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS1918232989
BOS2910232587
Who led
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 13, 0, 23, 21, 30, 20, 25, 26WAS26 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Brendan HaywoodPoints, last 10 games: 9, 2, 10, 5, 10, 12, 6, 8, 4, 21WAS21 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 23, 32, 27, 18, 21, 25, 25, 20, 16, 25BOS25 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 24, 17, 21, 33, 0, 10, 22, 9, 32, 13BOS13 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.8Season avg30.6Last 5

30.6 points a game over his last five games, against 20.8 in 41 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.2Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.2 in 38 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg49.9Today

50 minutes today, against 20.8 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Rockets rout

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Houston beat Charlotte by 24.

WAS over BOS2DEN over POR3DET over MIL4SAC over NYK4CLE over ATL9DAL over GSW9LAC over NJN13CHI over TOR16SAS over NOK16SEA over UTA19MEM over MIN20HOU over CHA24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Michael Redd leads the day with 41

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.
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 26, 25, 29, 26, 28, 35, 21, 41MIL @ DET · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high41 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 35, 36, 28, 46, 29, 24, 14, 51, 23, 38CLE @ ATL · W
30.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 6, 42, 19, 40, 17, 17, 44, 35SAC @ NYK · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 30, 22, 19, 18, 21, 26, 24, 10, 35DET vs MIL · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 9, 26, 25, 9, 12, 13, 11, 30MEM vs MIN · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 38, 32, 38, 34, 37, 11, 35, 43, 41, 29HOU vs CHA · W
26.9 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 6 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
Kobe BryantLAL+9.6 45.5 last 10 · 35.9 season
Jalen RoseTOR+7.7 19.7 last 10 · 12.0 season
Jameer NelsonORL+7.6 21.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Tracy McGradyHOU+6.9 33.8 last 10 · 26.9 season
Juwan HowardHOU+5.9 17.5 last 10 · 11.6 season
Cold
JR SmithNOK−4.6 4.7 last 10 · 9.3 season
Kareem RushCHA−4.4 8.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Charlie VillanuevaTOR−4.0 7.7 last 10 · 11.7 season
Michael SweetneyCHI−3.8 6.0 last 10 · 9.8 season
Gilbert ArenasWAS−3.8 24.3 last 10 · 28.1 season