FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 7, 2006Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed DET by 10 after the first quarter and won 99–98.

Final
DET98
ATL99
Q1 ATL -10; Q2 ATL -3; Q3 ATL -4; Q4 ATL +1
Final
LAC85
NYK82
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC -4; Q3 LAC -1; Q4 LAC +3
Final
LAL87
DAL102
Q1 DAL +17; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +8; Q4 DAL +15
Final
MEM96
SAC104
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +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 7, 2005: 5 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (NJN vs PHI), 43 points.
The lead · DET @ ATL

Atlanta fights back from 10 down against Detroit

Final: 99–98, after trailing by 10 after one. Joe Johnson led Atlanta with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0-10-3-4+1ATL AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET3426211798
ATL2433202299
Who led
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 28, 24, 27, 40, 24, 15, 23, 16, 29ATL29 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Zaza PachuliaPoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 10, 4, 13, 5, 18, 10, 13, 16ATL16 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 4, 16, 19, 8, 20, 16, 13, 29DET29 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 27, 23, 34, 10, 30, 9, 7, 10, 20DET20 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.4Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.4 in 42 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−25.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.8Season avg6.3Last 3

6.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.8 in 30 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.1Season avg44Today

44 minutes today, against 25.1 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · LAC @ NYK

Clippers take over late to edge New York

Down 1 after three, Clippers won the fourth 25–21. Final: 85–82. Elton Brand led Clippers with 25 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over DET1LAC over NYK3SAC over MEM8DAL over LAL15Final margin, points. Pink = LAC over NYK.
Top performances

Joe Johnson leads the day with 29

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: 15, 28, 24, 27, 40, 24, 15, 23, 16, 29ATL vs DET · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 4, 16, 19, 8, 20, 16, 13, 29DET @ ATL · L
14.6 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Brian CookPoints, last 10 games: 0, 5, 2, 12, 9, 4, 12, 2, 13, 28LAL @ DAL · L
7.3 PPG season to date · +21.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 23, 18, 29, 21, 21, 18, 17, 26DAL vs LAL · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 12, 28, 19, 33, 17, 31, 35, 30, 30, 25LAC @ NYK · W
25.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 51, 37, 81, 30, 39, 40, 26, 35, 35, 24LAL @ DAL · L
35.5 PPG season to date · −11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 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
Jalen RoseNYK+5.8 18.2 last 10 · 12.4 season
Jumaine JonesCHA+5.6 14.3 last 10 · 8.7 season
Luke RidnourSEA+5.4 17.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimSAC−6.0 8.2 last 10 · 14.2 season
Kareem RushCHA−5.7 5.9 last 10 · 11.6 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