FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 23, 2007Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed SEA by 7 at halftime and won 117–112.

Final
DAL111
ORL95
Q1 DAL +16; Q2 DAL +16; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +16
Final
NOK96
PHI102
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +14; Q3 PHI +11; Q4 PHI +6
Final
PHX127
WAS105
Q1 PHX +21; Q2 PHX +25; Q3 PHX +19; Q4 PHX +22
Final
ATL86
CHI94
Q1 CHI +7; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +8
Final
DEN117
SEA112
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN -7; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +5
Final
MIL96
LAC115
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +11; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +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 23, 2006: 6 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (HOU @ MIL), 41 points.
The lead · DEN @ SEA

Carmelo Anthony scores 34 as Denver wins in Seattle

Final: 117–112. Carmelo Anthony made 12 of 26 shots from the field. Ray Allen scored 44 for Seattle in the loss.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-7+7+5DEN AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN25283232117
SEA28321834112
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 38, 24, 32, 18, 26, 42, 34, 28, 34DEN34 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 23, 33, 28, 32, 25, 36, 23, 21DEN21 PTS · 3 REB · 10 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 32, 11, 38, 25, 29, 54, 22, 21, 44SEA44 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Chris WilcoxPoints, last 10 games: 2, 13, 13, 22, 8, 28, 11, 16, 6, 25SEA25 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.1Season avg18.2Last 5

18.2 points a game over his last five games, against 9.1 in 41 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg4.7Last 3

4.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.5 in 41 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.8Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 16.8 a game in 34 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · NOK @ PHI

Philadelphia controls New Orleans/Oklahoma City start to finish

Philadelphia won 102–96, leading by as many as 14 at a break. Kyle Korver led Philadelphia with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DEN over SEA5PHI over NOK6CHI over ATL8DAL over ORL16LAC over MIL19PHX over WAS22Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over NOK.
Top performances

Ray Allen leads the day with 44

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.
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 27, 32, 11, 38, 25, 29, 54, 22, 21, 44SEA vs DEN · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
44 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 38, 24, 32, 18, 26, 42, 34, 28, 34DEN @ SEA · W
31.3 PPG season to date · +2.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 36, 29, 38, 11, 43, 38, 30, 27, 22, 33DAL @ ORL · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 35, 33, 20, 23, 17, 51, 16, 30, 22, 31WAS vs PHX · L
29.7 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 10, 13, 34, 18, 29, 19, 22, 29ATL @ CHI · L
24.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 27, 4, 23, 12, 21, 13, 16, 27PHX @ WAS · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 14 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
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+5.6 30.7 last 10 · 25.1 season
Cold
Luke RidnourSEA−5.3 8.2 last 10 · 13.5 season
Hakim WarrickMEM−4.9 7.5 last 10 · 12.4 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