FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 28, 2006Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOK trailed MEM by 5 after the first quarter and won 95–86.

Final
CHA97
WAS107
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +10
Final
NOK95
MEM86
Q1 NOK -5; Q2 NOK 0; Q3 NOK +2; Q4 NOK +9
Final
NYK76
PHI91
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI +14; Q3 PHI +12; Q4 PHI +15
Final
ATL99
CHI111
Q1 CHI +16; Q2 CHI +23; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI +12
Final
MIN88
SAS102
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +14
Final
UTA89
DAL103
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +14
Final
NJN104
SEA113
Q1 SEA -3; Q2 SEA +7; Q3 SEA +7; Q4 SEA +9
Final
POR83
GSW98
Q1 GSW +14; Q2 GSW +11; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +15
Final
DEN79
LAC112
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +18; Q3 LAC +28; Q4 LAC +33
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 28, 2005: 12 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (PHX @ BOS), 42 points.
The lead · NOK @ MEM

New Orleans/Oklahoma City beats Memphis, 95–86

New Orleans/Oklahoma City led 67–65 after three and won by 9. Speedy Claxton led New Orleans/Oklahoma City with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · NOK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-50+2+9NOK AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOK2025222895
MEM2520202186
Who led
Speedy ClaxtonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 6, 12, 15, 14, 4, 10, 5, 0, 20NOK20 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 10, 22, 12, 17, 19, 21, 15, 19NOK19 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 9, 26, 25, 9, 12, 13, 11, 30, 31, 25MEM25 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Bobby JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 19, 10, 13, 14, 8, 22, 15, 5, 22MEM22 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.3Season avg20.4Last 5

20.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.3 in 39 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.2Season avg18.1Last 3

18.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.2 in 26 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 25 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.1Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 10.1 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 9. Widest: Clippers by 33.

NOK over MEM9SEA over NJN9WAS over CHA10CHI over ATL12SAS over MIN14DAL over UTA14PHI over NYK15GSW over POR15LAC over DEN33Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Joe Johnson leads the day with 40

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.
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 19, 23, 22, 13, 15, 28, 24, 27, 40ATL @ CHI · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +20.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high40 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 0, 11, 20, 16, 10, 32, 15, 23, 36NJN @ SEA · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 33, 27, 1, 24, 42, 22, 25, 35SEA vs NJN · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 9, 37, 33, 22, 21, 33, 24, 19, 23, 34WAS vs CHA · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 26, 22, 24, 25, 22, 13, 26, 29, 29GSW vs POR · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 16 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 34, 14, 17, 24, 31, 20, 25, 5, 3, 29NJN @ SEA · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 5 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
Juan DixonPOR+6.3 19.8 last 10 · 13.5 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
Vince CarterNJN−4.0 20.2 last 10 · 24.2 season
Michael SweetneyCHI−3.8 6.0 last 10 · 9.8 season
Shane BattierMEM−3.5 8.0 last 10 · 11.5 season