FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 11, 2007Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed CHI by 14 at halftime and won 86–83.

Final
NJN86
CHI83
Q1 NJN -13; Q2 NJN -14; Q3 NJN -4; Q4 NJN +3
Final
CLE90
PHX109
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX +26; Q3 PHX +32; Q4 PHX +19
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 11, 2006: 10 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs UTA), 46 points.
The lead · NJN @ CHI

Jason Kidd posts 23-14-11 as New Jersey tops Chicago

A triple-double in an 86–83 win.

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 Q3Final0-13-14-4+3NJN AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN1520262586
CHI2821161883
Who led
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 13, 11, 17, 19, 17, 11, 10, 23NJN23 PTS · 14 REB · 11 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 33, 18, 28, 12, 23, 14, 21, 18, 32, 18NJN18 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Andres NocioniPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 8, 6, 11, 19, 21, 11, 20, 28CHI28 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 40, 22, 21, 41, 15, 23, 24, 25, 23CHI23 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · CLE @ PHX

Phoenix leads Cleveland wire to wire

Phoenix was ahead at every break and won 109–90. Best quarter: the second, 34–15. Shawn Marion led Phoenix with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · PHX vs CLE
Shawn Marion · PHXLeBron James · CLEPTS1934REB116AST16Top 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
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.4Season avg13.0Last 5

13.0 points a game over his last five games, against 4.4 in 28 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 18 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.4 in 10 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.5Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 19.5 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 34

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 27, 32, 33, 19, 32, 8, 19, 34, 34CLE @ PHX · L
26.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Andres NocioniPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 8, 6, 11, 19, 21, 11, 20, 28CHI vs NJN · L
16.0 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 13, 11, 17, 19, 17, 11, 10, 23NJN @ CHI · W
13.6 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 14 REB · 11 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 40, 22, 21, 41, 15, 23, 24, 25, 23CHI vs NJN · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 7, 2, 19, 14, 16, 13, 6, 2, 33, 19CHI vs NJN · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 14, 15, 22, 13, 11, 24, 29, 19PHX vs CLE · W
19.4 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 11 REB · 1 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+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Earl BoykinsDEN+7.4 22.6 last 10 · 15.2 season
Jason KaponoMIA+6.3 15.7 last 10 · 9.4 season
Juwan HowardHOU+6.3 14.7 last 10 · 8.4 season
Matt BarnesGSW+6.2 17.3 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Joe JohnsonATL−6.9 17.9 last 10 · 24.8 season
Hakim WarrickMEM−5.0 8.1 last 10 · 13.1 season
Troy MurphyGSW−4.5 4.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Jerry StackhouseDAL−4.5 6.2 last 10 · 10.7 season
Chucky AtkinsMEM−4.0 9.5 last 10 · 13.5 season