FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 2, 2007Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed CHI by 12 at halftime and won 97–96.

Final
SAS78
CLE82
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE -7; Q3 CLE -6; Q4 CLE +4
Final
LAC86
ORL91
Q1 ORL -5; Q2 ORL -7; Q3 ORL +4; Q4 ORL +5
Final
GSW97
NOK89
Q1 GSW -6; Q2 GSW +4; Q3 GSW +13; Q4 GSW +8
Final
PHX97
CHI96
Q1 PHX -9; Q2 PHX -12; Q3 PHX -10; Q4 PHX +1
Final
SEA88
DAL112
Q1 DAL +11; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +24
Final
PHI108
DEN97
Q1 PHI +10; Q2 PHI 0; Q3 PHI +13; Q4 PHI +11
Final
NYK100
SAC112
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +12
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 · 2005–06Jan 2, 2006: 5 games. Top scorer: Shawn Marion (PHX @ NYK), 39 points.
The lead · PHX @ CHI

Phoenix rallies from 12 down to beat Chicago

Trailing by 12 at the half, Phoenix outscored the Bulls 54–41 the rest of the way. Final: 97–96. Amar'e Stoudemire led Phoenix with 24 points, 18 rebounds and 2 assists. Ben Gordon scored 41 for Chicago in the loss.

Game flow · PHX 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 Q3Final0-9-12-10+1PHX AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX1825203497
CHI2728182396
Who led
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 20, 28, 16, 12, 25, 11, 31, 24PHX24 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 14, 17, 28, 23, 12, 14, 15, 22PHX22 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 22, 27, 23, 27, 40, 22, 21, 41CHI41 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 8, 19, 23, 20, 10, 16, 8, 25, 32, 19CHI19 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Dallas by 24.

PHX over CHI1CLE over SAS4ORL over LAC5GSW over NOK8PHI over DEN11SAC over NYK12DAL over SEA24Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.0Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.0 in 30 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg10.0Last 3

10.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.7 in 30 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg45.3Today

45 minutes today, against 24.2 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Ben Gordon leads the day with 41

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: 18, 23, 22, 27, 23, 27, 40, 22, 21, 41CHI vs PHX · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high41 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 22, 11, 16, 14, 10, 5, 0, 39SAC vs NYK · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +24.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 23, 13, 20, 29, 6, 20, 23, 27, 17, 31DAL vs SEA · W
23.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 45, 37, 26, 25, 22, 28, 44, 21, 28, 30DEN vs PHI · L
30.5 PPG season to date · −0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Rasual ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 15, 12, 16, 8, 16, 20, 12, 30NOK vs GSW · L
11.0 PPG season to date · +19.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 19, 20, 25, 31, 38, 10, 21, 27, 8, 29GSW @ NOK · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 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
Tony AllenBOS+8.0 18.2 last 10 · 10.2 season
Earl BoykinsDEN+6.1 20.2 last 10 · 14.1 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.0 19.3 last 10 · 13.3 season
Rasual ButlerNOK+5.9 16.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
Ben GordonCHI+5.6 26.4 last 10 · 20.8 season
Cold
Vince CarterNJN−5.3 20.1 last 10 · 25.4 season
Sam CassellLAC−4.9 8.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Zach RandolphPOR−3.4 20.9 last 10 · 24.3 season
Joe JohnsonATL−3.3 22.8 last 10 · 26.1 season
Wally SzczerbiakBOS−3.3 13.5 last 10 · 16.8 season