FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 31, 2006Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed DEN by 3 after the first quarter and won 98–91.

Final
PHX123
PHI99
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +15; Q3 PHX +19; Q4 PHX +24
Final
IND79
WAS84
Q1 WAS +8; Q2 WAS +7; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +5
Final
DET84
NJN91
Q1 NJN +1; Q2 NJN +4; Q3 NJN +5; Q4 NJN +7
Final
LAL130
NYK97
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +16; Q3 LAL +25; Q4 LAL +33
Final
CHI94
DAL98
Q1 DAL +14; Q2 DAL +24; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +4
Final
DEN91
SAC98
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +7
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 31, 2005: 6 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs IND), 27 points.
The lead · DEN @ SAC

Sacramento gets past Denver

98–91, with Sacramento ahead 52–43 at halftime. Kevin Martin led Sacramento with 25 points, 1 rebound and 0 assists.

Game flow · SAC 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 Q3Final0-3+9+5+7SAC AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN2122262291
SAC1834222498
Who led
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 7, 7, 5, 20, 21, 5, 12, 25SAC25 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 8, 12, 12, 30, 15, 15, 24, 19SAC19 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 38, 39, 17, 31, 20, 37, 26, 25, 16, 24DEN24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 8, 22, 16, 16, 12, 25, 21, 16, 13, 21DEN21 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Lakers post the night's biggest win

Lakers beat New York by 33, the widest margin of 6 games.

DAL over CHI4WAS over IND5NJN over DET7SAC over DEN7PHX over PHI24LAL over NYK33Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
35.9Season avg45.4Last 5

45.4 points a game over his last five games, against 35.9 in 41 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.6Season avg20.0Last 3

20.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.6 in 28 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.4Season avg37.1Today

37 minutes today, against 17.4 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 41, 27, 38, 37, 51, 37, 81, 30, 39, 40LAL @ NYK · W
36.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 23, 2, 24, 27, 23, 34, 10, 30DET @ NJN · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 20, 18, 16, 16, 4, 12, 22, 28CHI @ DAL · L
14.7 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 22, 25, 7, 7, 5, 20, 21, 5, 12, 25SAC vs DEN · W
9.2 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high25 PTS · 1 REB · 0 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 38, 39, 17, 31, 20, 37, 26, 25, 16, 24DEN @ SAC · L
25.5 PPG season to date · −1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 9, 24, 7, 17, 19, 18, 5, 23NJN vs DET · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 12 REB · 7 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+7.6 21.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Mike BibbySAC+6.5 27.7 last 10 · 21.2 season
Jalen RoseTOR+6.4 18.5 last 10 · 12.1 season
Kobe BryantLAL+6.1 42.1 last 10 · 36.0 season
Luke RidnourSEA+5.8 17.3 last 10 · 11.5 season
Cold
Vince CarterNJN−5.5 18.5 last 10 · 24.0 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimSAC−4.9 9.8 last 10 · 14.7 season
Jamal CrawfordNYK−4.7 9.5 last 10 · 14.2 season
JR SmithNOK−4.6 4.7 last 10 · 9.3 season
Paul PierceBOS−4.5 20.7 last 10 · 25.2 season