FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, February 8, 2006Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed PHI by 12 at halftime and won 100–92.

Final
POR69
IND101
Q1 IND +16; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +18; Q4 IND +32
Final · OT
SAS125
TOR118
Q1 SAS +9; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +7
Final
GSW124
WAS129
Q1 WAS -3; Q2 WAS 0; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS +5
Final
PHI92
CHA100
Q1 CHA +2; Q2 CHA -12; Q3 CHA -2; Q4 CHA +8
Final
LAC87
DET97
Q1 DET -7; Q2 DET +8; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +10
Final
NYK83
NJN96
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN +13; Q3 NJN +22; Q4 NJN +13
Final · 2OT
ORL89
MIL94
Q1 MIL -7; Q2 MIL +4; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL 0; OT2 MIL +5
Final
CLE97
MIN91
Q1 CLE -8; Q2 CLE -5; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +6
Final
SEA102
NOK109
Q1 NOK +6; Q2 NOK 0; Q3 NOK +4; Q4 NOK +7
Final
LAL89
HOU78
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +8; Q4 LAL +11
Final
MEM102
PHX108
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +18; Q3 PHX +16; Q4 PHX +6
Final
CHI110
DEN107
Q1 CHI +13; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +15; Q4 CHI +3
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 8, 2005: 9 games. Top scorer: Steve Nash (PHX @ SAC), 33 points.
The lead · PHI @ CHA

Charlotte rallies from 12 down to beat Philadelphia

Trailing by 12 at the half, Charlotte outscored the 76ers 51–31 the rest of the way. Final: 100–92. Melvin Ely led Charlotte with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · CHA 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+2-12-2+8CHA AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI2932171492
CHA31182724100
Who led
Melvin ElyPoints, last 10 games: 4, 9, 10, 15, 11, 12, 11, 11, 23, 19CHA19 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 10, 4, 15, 18, 3, 20, 16, 24, 15CHA15 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 17, 36, 30, 39, 41, 38, 34, 32, 20PHI20 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Kyle KorverPoints, last 10 games: 3, 14, 3, 12, 7, 7, 10, 9, 1, 20PHI20 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.1Season avg26.8Last 5

26.8 points a game over his last five games, against 16.1 in 45 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg4.3Last 3

4.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.2 in 38 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.5Season avg45.5Today

46 minutes today, against 18.5 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 2 rebounds, 12 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Indiana posts the night's biggest win

Indiana beat Portland by 32, the widest margin of 12 games.

CHI over DEN3WAS over GSW5MIL over ORL5CLE over MIN6PHX over MEM6SAS over TOR7NOK over SEA7CHA over PHI8DET over LAC10LAL over HOU11NJN over NYK13IND over POR32Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Gilbert Arenas leads the day with 45

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.
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 33, 24, 19, 23, 34, 20, 35, 22, 23, 45WAS vs GSW · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
45 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Mike JamesPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 22, 19, 4, 22, 29, 15, 20, 36TOR vs SAS · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 38, 30, 44, 30, 26, 29, 31, 22, 35CLE @ MIN · W
30.9 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 11 REB · 8 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 4, 12, 6, 13, 18, 18, 12, 34WAS vs GSW · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 16, 36, 15, 27, 26, 21, 9, 22, 34SEA @ NOK · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 32, 13, 26, 20, 9, 11, 17, 20, 18, 33MIN vs CLE · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 7 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
Jameer NelsonORL+7.6 21.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Jumaine JonesCHA+6.6 15.4 last 10 · 8.8 season
Ben GordonCHI+5.7 22.1 last 10 · 16.4 season
Jalen RoseNYK+5.5 18.1 last 10 · 12.6 season
Kevin MartinSAC+5.0 14.7 last 10 · 9.7 season
Cold
Shareef Abdur-RahimSAC−6.0 8.2 last 10 · 14.2 season
Kareem RushCHA−5.5 6.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Mark BlountMIN−4.6 6.9 last 10 · 11.5 season
Luther HeadHOU−4.5 3.9 last 10 · 8.4 season
Wally SzczerbiakBOS−4.3 15.0 last 10 · 19.3 season