FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 15, 2007Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed UTA by 10 at halftime and won 114–111.

Final
MIL99
CHA91
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL +1; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL +8
Final
SAC97
NYK102
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK +2; Q3 NYK -1; Q4 NYK +5
Final
UTA111
WAS114
Q1 WAS -4; Q2 WAS -10; Q3 WAS +4; Q4 WAS +3
Final
BOS96
ATL100
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +7; Q3 ATL +10; Q4 ATL +4
Final
SAS87
CHI99
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +12
Final
TOR104
PHI86
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +24; Q4 TOR +18
Final · OT
MIN94
DET90
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN -1; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +4
Final
IND95
NJN105
Q1 NJN +11; Q2 NJN +21; Q3 NJN +25; Q4 NJN +10
Final
LAC93
GSW108
Q1 GSW +1; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +2; Q4 GSW +15
Final
PHX137
MEM122
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +15
Final · OT
MIA118
LAL124
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +6
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 15, 2006: 3 games. Top scorer: Mike Bibby (SAC vs ORL), 42 points.
The lead · UTA @ WAS

Gilbert Arenas scores 51, Washington rallies past Utah

Washington trailed by 10 at the half and won 114–111. Mehmet Okur scored 38 for Utah in the loss.

Game flow · WAS 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 Q3Final0-4-10+4+3WAS AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA31272033111
WAS27213432114
Who led
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 39, 36, 19, 32, 35, 33, 20, 23, 17, 51WAS51 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 29, 29, 27, 24, 26, 18, 10, 21WAS21 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 24, 10, 20, 21, 7, 10, 14, 23, 11, 38UTA38 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 9, 19, 27, 15, 24, 29, 32, 29, 27UTA27 PTS · 13 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.3Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 14.3 in 38 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.5Season avg6.0Last 3

6.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.5 in 34 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.1Season avg43.0Today

43 minutes today, against 22.1 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 2 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 11 games went past regulation.

WAS over UTA3ATL over BOS4MIN over DET4NYK over SAC5LAL over MIA6MIL over CHA8NJN over IND10CHI over SAS12GSW over LAC15PHX over MEM15TOR over PHI18Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Top performances

Gilbert Arenas leads the day with 51

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: 39, 36, 19, 32, 35, 33, 20, 23, 17, 51WAS vs UTA · W
30.2 PPG season to date · +21.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
51 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 11, 31, 24, 15, 20, 10, 12, 17, 12, 42PHX @ MEM · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +24.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high42 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 24, 10, 20, 21, 7, 10, 14, 23, 11, 38UTA @ WAS · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +22.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 18, 40, 0, 33, 29, 22, 32, 35MIA @ LAL · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 51, 22, 31, 27, 27, 22, 23, 32, 22, 32DET vs MIN · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 28, 12, 23, 14, 21, 18, 32, 18, 24, 31NJN vs IND · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 6 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 CarrollCHA+7.1 17.9 last 10 · 10.8 season
Stephon MarburyNYK+6.7 21.3 last 10 · 14.6 season
Matt BarnesGSW+6.1 17.5 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Joe JohnsonATL−7.5 17.3 last 10 · 24.8 season
Hakim WarrickMEM−5.8 6.7 last 10 · 12.5 season
Luke RidnourSEA−4.6 9.1 last 10 · 13.7 season
Zach RandolphPOR−4.3 19.1 last 10 · 23.4 season
Jerry StackhouseDAL−3.9 6.4 last 10 · 10.3 season