FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 8, 2007Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAC trailed NOK by 11 after the first quarter and won 100–90.

Final
LAC100
NOK90
Q1 LAC -11; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC -1; Q4 LAC +10
Final
HOU84
CHI77
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU -10; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +7
Final
MIL92
DEN104
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +11; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +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 8, 2006: 5 games. Top scorer: Vince Carter (NJN @ TOR), 42 points.
The lead · LAC @ NOK

Sam Cassell scores 31, Clippers rally past New Orleans/Oklahoma City

Clippers trailed by 11 after one and won 100–90.

Game flow · LAC 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 Q3Final0-11-2-1+10LAC AHEAD ↑NOK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC15342328100
NOK2625221790
Who led
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 2, 18, 2, 6, 17, 2, 0, 31LAC31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 13, 8, 17, 11, 12, 3, 6, 20LAC20 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Desmond MasonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 21, 16, 17, 17, 12, 15, 28, 28NOK28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Devin BrownPoints, last 10 games: 0, 4, 16, 13, 19, 10, 2, 14, 11, 14NOK14 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Second story · HOU @ CHI

Houston climbs back to beat Chicago

Chicago led by 10 at the half. Houston won it 84–77. Tracy McGrady led Houston with 31 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · HOU vs CHI
Tracy McGrady · HOUBen Gordon · CHIPTS3124REB64AST85Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.0Season avg35.0Last 5

35.0 points a game over his last five games, against 22.0 in 27 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.7Season avg17.8Last 3

17.8 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.7 in 23 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 35 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.5Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 16.5 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 31

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.
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 28, 19, 17, 31, 38, 31, 44, 31, 31HOU @ CHI · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 13, 8, 2, 18, 2, 6, 17, 2, 0, 31LAC @ NOK · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +17.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Ruben PattersonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 6, 2, 13, 19, 17, 21, 12, 13, 29MIL @ DEN · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Desmond MasonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 21, 16, 17, 17, 12, 15, 28, 28NOK vs LAC · L
13.6 PPG season to date · +14.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Earl BoykinsPoints, last 10 games: 29, 25, 28, 24, 26, 20, 13, 24, 22, 26DEN vs MIL · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 27, 40, 22, 21, 41, 15, 23, 24CHI vs HOU · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 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
Earl BoykinsDEN+8.6 23.7 last 10 · 15.1 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.6 18.8 last 10 · 11.2 season
Tracy McGradyHOU+6.9 29.3 last 10 · 22.4 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.0 19.3 last 10 · 13.3 season
Matt BarnesGSW+5.9 17.0 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Hakim WarrickMEM−5.0 8.2 last 10 · 13.2 season
Joe JohnsonATL−4.8 20.9 last 10 · 25.7 season
Sam CassellLAC−4.2 9.9 last 10 · 14.1 season
Chucky AtkinsMEM−4.1 9.4 last 10 · 13.5 season
Wally SzczerbiakBOS−3.8 13.1 last 10 · 16.9 season