FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 17, 2007Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed HOU by 9 after the first quarter and won 100–91.

Final
NJN92
CHA85
Q1 NJN +2; Q2 NJN +19; Q3 NJN +14; Q4 NJN +7
Final
SAC85
TOR101
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +5; Q3 TOR -1; Q4 TOR +16
Final
NYK98
WAS99
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS +1
Final
UTA100
DET99
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA -5; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +1
Final
PHI102
MEM118
Q1 MEM +13; Q2 MEM +21; Q3 MEM +15; Q4 MEM +16
Final
CHI99
MIL90
Q1 CHI -5; Q2 CHI -2; Q3 CHI -6; Q4 CHI +9
Final
ATL105
MIN88
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +18; Q4 ATL +17
Final
PHX100
HOU91
Q1 PHX -9; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +9
Final
LAL100
SAS96
Q1 LAL -6; Q2 LAL -4; Q3 LAL +2; Q4 LAL +4
Final
CLE76
POR94
Q1 POR +9; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +19; Q4 POR +18
Final
GSW109
LAC115
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC +13; Q4 LAC +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 17, 2006: 2 games. Top scorer: Mehmet Okur (UTA vs TOR), 29 points.
The lead · PHX @ HOU

Phoenix rallies from 9 down to beat Houston

Trailing by 9 after one, Phoenix outscored the Rockets 81–63 the rest of the way. Final: 100–91. Amar'e Stoudemire led Phoenix with 22 points, 11 rebounds and 0 assists.

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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-3+4+9PHX AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX19293121100
HOU2823241691
Who led
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 31, 24, 15, 20, 10, 12, 17, 12, 42, 22PHX22 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 35, 11, 15, 22, 14, 27, 4, 23, 12, 21PHX21 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Rafer AlstonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 14, 9, 7, 20, 15, 22, 12, 29HOU29 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Shane BattierPoints, last 10 games: 7, 12, 15, 20, 12, 17, 25, 10, 5, 16HOU16 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Eleven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Portland by 18.

WAS over NYK1UTA over DET1LAL over SAS4LAC over GSW6NJN over CHA7CHI over MIL9PHX over HOU9TOR over SAC16MEM over PHI16ATL over MIN17POR over CLE18Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.6Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 14.6 in 39 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.6Season avg16.3Last 3

16.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.6 in 32 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg48Today

48 minutes today, against 21.8 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 28 points, 7 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Quentin Richardson leads the day with 35

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.
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 16, 14, 7, 8, 0, 19, 17, 7, 35NYK @ WAS · L
14.1 PPG season to date · +21.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 58, 35, 42, 8, 26, 25, 20, 28, 25, 34LAL @ SAS · W
28.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 7, 19, 28, 13, 15, 19, 12, 31UTA @ DET · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 32, 33, 24, 14, 25, 23, 13, 25, 30MEM vs PHI · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Kyle KorverPoints, last 10 games: 29, 26, 10, 25, 8, 14, 17, 15, 2, 30PHI @ MEM · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Rafer AlstonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 13, 14, 9, 7, 20, 15, 22, 12, 29HOU vs PHX · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high29 PTS · 3 REB · 8 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
Tracy McGradyHOU+8.1 30.8 last 10 · 22.8 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Stephon MarburyNYK+7.2 21.7 last 10 · 14.4 season
Matt CarrollCHA+7.0 17.9 last 10 · 10.9 season
Mike MillerMEM+7.0 24.6 last 10 · 17.6 season
Cold
Joe JohnsonATL−6.0 19.0 last 10 · 25.0 season
Hakim WarrickMEM−5.8 6.6 last 10 · 12.4 season
Luke RidnourSEA−5.1 8.6 last 10 · 13.7 season
Wally SzczerbiakBOS−3.8 13.1 last 10 · 16.9 season
Troy MurphyGSW−3.6 5.3 last 10 · 8.9 season