FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 13, 2007Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed SAC by 6 at halftime and won 115–111.

Final
PHI83
CHA89
Q1 CHA +9; Q2 CHA +8; Q3 CHA +5; Q4 CHA +6
Final
BOS73
DET81
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +6; Q3 DET 0; Q4 DET +8
Final
NJN98
MIN109
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN -2; Q3 MIN -5; Q4 MIN +11
Final
WAS80
SAS93
Q1 SAS +14; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +15; Q4 SAS +13
Final
MEM66
CHI111
Q1 CHI +16; Q2 CHI +33; Q3 CHI +40; Q4 CHI +45
Final
ORL101
PHX107
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +11; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +6
Final
MIA119
UTA110
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +16; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +9
Final · OT
HOU115
SAC111
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU -6; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +4
Final
CLE104
LAC92
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE +10; Q4 CLE +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 13, 2006: 9 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS @ IND), 37 points.
The lead · HOU @ SAC

Tracy McGrady scores 37, Houston wins in overtime

Tied 101–101 after regulation. Final: 115–111.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-1-6+20+4HOU AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
HOU2521312414115
SAC2626232610111
Who led
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 31, 38, 31, 44, 31, 31, 8, 12, 37HOU37 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Rafer AlstonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 11, 13, 14, 9, 7, 20, 15, 22HOU22 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 5, 0, 39, 19, 23, 9, 16, 34SAC34 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 4, 10, 8, 13, 7, 18, 12, 14, 30SAC30 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Second story · NJN @ MIN

Minnesota handles New Jersey by 11

The Timberwolves won the fourth quarter 37–21. Final: 109–98. Kevin Garnett led Minnesota with 32 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over SAC4CHA over PHI6PHX over ORL6DET over BOS8MIA over UTA9MIN over NJN11CLE over LAC12SAS over WAS13CHI over MEM45Final margin, points. Pink = MIN over NJN.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.5Season avg17.4Last 5

17.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.5 in 35 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.5Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.5 in 35 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.2Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 19.2 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 30 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Tracy McGrady leads the day with 37

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: 17, 31, 38, 31, 44, 31, 31, 8, 12, 37HOU @ SAC · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 5, 0, 39, 19, 23, 9, 16, 34SAC vs HOU · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 24, 10, 17, 32, 27, 25, 26, 19, 28, 32MIN vs NJN · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 14 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 41, 29, 27, 18, 40, 0, 33, 29, 22, 32MIA @ UTA · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Corliss WilliamsonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 4, 10, 8, 13, 7, 18, 12, 14, 30SAC vs HOU · L
9.6 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 9, 19, 27, 15, 24, 29, 32, 29UTA vs MIA · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 14 REB · 2 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
Juwan HowardHOU+7.6 16.3 last 10 · 8.8 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Matt BarnesGSW+6.6 17.8 last 10 · 11.2 season
Stephon MarburyNYK+6.4 20.7 last 10 · 14.3 season
Earl BoykinsMIL+6.1 21.2 last 10 · 15.1 season
Cold
Joe JohnsonATL−6.5 18.6 last 10 · 25.1 season
Hakim WarrickMEM−5.7 6.9 last 10 · 12.6 season
Jerry StackhouseDAL−4.7 5.7 last 10 · 10.4 season
Luke RidnourSEA−4.6 9.1 last 10 · 13.7 season
Vince CarterNJN−4.2 20.8 last 10 · 25.0 season