FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 6, 2006Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed NOK by 12 at halftime and won 99–91.

Final
MIL86
CLE89
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE +3; Q4 CLE +3
Final
HOU87
PHI81
Q1 HOU -7; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +6
Final
ORL82
WAS94
Q1 WAS +12; Q2 WAS +11; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +12
Final
SEA106
CHA119
Q1 CHA +12; Q2 CHA +13; Q3 CHA +25; Q4 CHA +13
Final
BOS98
MIA114
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +14; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +16
Final
NOK91
NJN99
Q1 NJN +5; Q2 NJN -12; Q3 NJN -3; Q4 NJN +8
Final
MIN103
PHX101
Q1 MIN -4; Q2 MIN +2; Q3 MIN -6; Q4 MIN +2
Final · OT
CHI107
UTA109
Q1 UTA -5; Q2 UTA -4; Q3 UTA -1; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +2
Final
DEN114
GSW122
Q1 GSW +3; Q2 GSW -6; Q3 GSW +14; Q4 GSW +8
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 · 2004–05Feb 6, 2005: 4 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS @ MIN), 32 points.
The lead · NOK @ NJN

New Jersey climbs back to beat New Orleans/Oklahoma City

New Orleans/Oklahoma City led by 12 at the half. New Jersey won it 99–91. Richard Jefferson led New Jersey with 26 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · NJN 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+5-12-3+8NJN AHEAD ↑NOK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOK2031202091
NJN2514293199
Who led
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 32, 15, 23, 36, 19, 19, 26, 26NJN26 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 25, 5, 3, 29, 17, 29, 28, 21NJN21 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Speedy ClaxtonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 4, 10, 5, 0, 20, 19, 7, 8, 23NOK23 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Rasual ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 12, 3, 15, 5, 3, 14, 15, 18NOK18 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.7Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 15.7 in 44 earlier games. Today: 35 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg4.3Last 3

4.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 37 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg44.6Today

45 minutes today, against 25.0 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Miami by 16.

MIN over PHX2UTA over CHI2CLE over MIL3HOU over PHI6NJN over NOK8GSW over DEN8WAS over ORL12CHA over SEA13MIA over BOS16Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Ben Gordon leads the day with 35

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.
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 32, 18, 11, 9, 26, 23, 14, 16, 39, 35CHI @ UTA · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 34, 36, 22, 25, 25, 32, 28, 24, 31, 34MIA vs BOS · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 20, 37, 26, 25, 16, 24, 20, 33, 34DEN @ GSW · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 46, 33, 17, 36, 30, 39, 41, 38, 34, 32PHI vs HOU · L
33.6 PPG season to date · −1.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 17, 28, 22, 21, 22, 24, 17, 13, 21, 31PHX vs MIN · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 25, 18, 18, 21, 40, 18, 37, 31BOS @ MIA · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 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
Ben GordonCHI+6.2 22.3 last 10 · 16.1 season
Jumaine JonesCHA+5.6 14.3 last 10 · 8.7 season
Kobe BryantLAL+5.4 41.1 last 10 · 35.7 season
Luke RidnourSEA+5.4 17.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Cold
Kareem RushCHA−5.7 5.9 last 10 · 11.6 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimSAC−5.4 9.1 last 10 · 14.5 season
Luther HeadHOU−4.9 3.6 last 10 · 8.5 season
Mark BlountMIN−4.7 7.1 last 10 · 11.8 season
Wally SzczerbiakBOS−4.3 15.0 last 10 · 19.3 season