FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 22, 2007Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed NJN by 12 after three quarters and won 88–87.

Final
ORL90
CLE79
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +16; Q3 ORL +11; Q4 ORL +11
Final
CHI91
IND98
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +17; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +7
Final
CHA84
TOR105
Q1 TOR +10; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +16; Q4 TOR +21
Final
SAS93
BOS89
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +14; Q4 SAS +4
Final
NYK83
MIA101
Q1 MIA +28; Q2 MIA +15; Q3 MIA +13; Q4 MIA +18
Final
MEM98
DEN115
Q1 DEN +20; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +18; Q4 DEN +17
Final
MIN91
UTA106
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +17; Q4 UTA +15
Final
NJN87
SAC88
Q1 SAC +1; Q2 SAC -2; Q3 SAC -12; Q4 SAC +1
Final
GSW103
LAL108
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL -5; Q4 LAL +5
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 22, 2006: 9 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs TOR), 81 points.
The lead · NJN @ SAC

Sacramento fights back late to top New Jersey

New Jersey led 76–64 after three. Sacramento won the fourth 24–11 and the game 88–87. Metta World Peace led Sacramento with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · SAC 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+1-2-12+1SAC AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN2027291187
SAC2124192488
Who led
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 9, 16, 34, 12, 18, 19, 14, 21SAC21 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 38, 28, 26, 13, 12, 11, 21, 11, 11, 16SAC16 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Mikki MoorePoints, last 10 games: 5, 18, 12, 13, 8, 19, 8, 10, 4, 22NJN22 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Jason KiddPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 10, 23, 24, 19, 17, 23, 16, 18NJN18 PTS · 10 REB · 10 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
17.1Season avg27.2Last 5

27.2 points a game over his last five games, against 17.1 in 41 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.1Season avg7.2Last 3

7.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.1 in 39 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.3Season avg34.3Today

34 minutes today, against 11.3 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 8 rebounds, 10 assists.

Second story · GSW @ LAL

Lakers get past Golden State

108–103, with Lakers ahead 61–57 at halftime. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 42 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over NJN1SAS over BOS4LAL over GSW5IND over CHI7ORL over CLE11UTA over MIN15DEN over MEM17MIA over NYK18TOR over CHA21Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over GSW.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 42

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 8, 26, 25, 20, 28, 25, 34, 26, 23, 42LAL vs GSW · W
28.3 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
42 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Ricky DavisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 16, 24, 27, 17, 21, 13, 5, 32MIN @ UTA · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 24, 25, 23, 24, 20, 20, 23, 31CHI @ IND · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 24, 27, 18, 7, 4, 18, 14, 30GSW @ LAL · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 37, 35, 38, 24, 32, 18, 26, 42, 34, 28DEN vs MEM · W
31.2 PPG season to date · −3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 7, 10, 14, 23, 11, 38, 22, 27, 21, 28UTA vs MIN · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 0 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
Tracy McGradyHOU+7.3 30.1 last 10 · 22.8 season
Juwan HowardHOU+6.4 15.6 last 10 · 9.2 season
Matt CarrollCHA+6.0 17.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Stephon MarburyNYK+5.3 19.9 last 10 · 14.6 season
Cold
Hakim WarrickMEM−4.9 7.5 last 10 · 12.4 season
Luke RidnourSEA−4.4 9.3 last 10 · 13.7 season
Fred JonesTOR−4.2 3.8 last 10 · 8.0 season
Chris DuhonCHI−4.0 2.6 last 10 · 6.6 season
Wally SzczerbiakBOS−3.8 13.1 last 10 · 16.9 season