FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 27, 2006Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed ATL by 9 after the first quarter and won 110–106.

Final
PHX110
ATL106
Q1 PHX -9; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +4
Final
CLE93
IND89
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +4
Final
SAC74
BOS84
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +10
Final
MIA91
CHA85
Q1 MIA -6; Q2 MIA -5; Q3 MIA 0; Q4 MIA +6
Final
ORL94
NYK97
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +21; Q3 NYK +18; Q4 NYK +3
Final
MEM89
DET95
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET -4; Q4 DET +6
Final
WAS79
CHI90
Q1 CHI +12; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +11
Final
MIN96
HOU92
Q1 MIN -2; Q2 MIN +12; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +4
Final
TOR87
MIL108
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL +10; Q3 MIL +23; Q4 MIL +21
Final
LAC105
DEN87
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +14; Q4 LAC +18
Final
NJN83
POR88
Q1 POR +14; Q2 POR +14; Q3 POR +9; Q4 POR +5
Final · OT
GSW105
LAL106
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL -7; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +1
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 27, 2005: 3 games. Top scorer: Jermaine O'Neal (IND vs DET), 27 points.
The lead · PHX @ ATL

Phoenix turns it around against Atlanta

From 9 down after one to a 4-point win: 110–106. Boris Diaw led Phoenix with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9+70+4PHX AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX22352330110
ATL31193026106
Who led
Boris DiawPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 18, 5, 6, 9, 14, 6, 10, 25PHX25 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 26, 20, 20, 7, 20, 17, 28, 22, 21, 22PHX22 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 19, 23, 22, 13, 15, 28, 24, 27ATL27 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Tyronn LuePoints, last 10 games: 18, 3, 15, 15, 12, 6, 5, 15, 9, 17ATL17 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Milwaukee by 21.

LAL over GSW1NYK over ORL3PHX over ATL4CLE over IND4MIN over HOU4POR over NJN5MIA over CHA6DET over MEM6BOS over SAC10CHI over WAS11LAC over DEN18MIL over TOR21Final 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
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
35.9Season avg47.2Last 5

47.2 points a game over his last five games, against 35.9 in 39 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 49 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.7Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.7 in 39 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 23 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.9Season avg31.2Today

31 minutes today, against 6.9 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Steve Francis leads the day with 36

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.
Steve FrancisPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 10, 10, 12, 13, 18, 15, 11, 36ORL @ NYK · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 9, 13, 13, 23, 2, 24, 27, 23, 34DET vs MEM · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 20, 24, 28, 35, 19, 19, 12, 28, 19, 33LAC @ DEN · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 27, 9, 26, 25, 9, 12, 13, 11, 30, 31MEM @ DET · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 36, 28, 46, 29, 24, 14, 51, 23, 38, 30CLE @ IND · W
30.9 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 50, 45, 41, 27, 38, 37, 51, 37, 81, 30LAL vs GSW · W
35.8 PPG season to date · −5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 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
Kobe BryantLAL+7.9 43.7 last 10 · 35.8 season
Jameer NelsonORL+7.6 21.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Jalen RoseTOR+7.6 19.6 last 10 · 12.0 season
Juwan HowardHOU+5.9 17.5 last 10 · 11.6 season
Juan DixonPOR+5.6 18.9 last 10 · 13.3 season
Cold
JR SmithNOK−4.6 4.7 last 10 · 9.3 season
Gilbert ArenasWAS−4.5 23.5 last 10 · 28.0 season
Kareem RushCHA−4.4 8.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Michael SweetneyCHI−3.8 6.0 last 10 · 9.8 season
Jermaine O'NealIND−3.5 17.4 last 10 · 20.9 season