FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 24, 2007Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 4 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed BOS by 18 after the first quarter and won 82–76.

Final
DET103
CHA92
Q1 DET -3; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +6; Q4 DET +11
Final · 2OT
PHI118
CLE115
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI 0; Q3 PHI -3; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI 0; OT2 PHI +3
Final · OT
MIA94
IND96
Q1 IND -5; Q2 IND -7; Q3 IND -13; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +2
Final
NOK88
TOR90
Q1 TOR -9; Q2 TOR -6; Q3 TOR -5; Q4 TOR +2
Final
ATL82
BOS76
Q1 ATL -18; Q2 ATL -15; Q3 ATL -6; Q4 ATL +6
Final
PHX112
NYK107
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +5
Final
HOU90
SAS85
Q1 HOU -5; Q2 HOU -1; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +5
Final · OT
MEM132
UTA130
Q1 MEM -4; Q2 MEM +1; Q3 MEM -1; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +2
Final · OT
MIN98
POR101
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR 0; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +3
Final
MIL106
SAC114
Q1 SAC +10; Q2 SAC +11; Q3 SAC +10; Q4 SAC +8
Final
NJN109
GSW110
Q1 GSW -16; Q2 GSW -6; Q3 GSW -2; Q4 GSW +1
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 24, 2006: 6 games. Top scorer: Mike Bibby (SAC @ PHI), 44 points.
The lead · ATL @ BOS

Atlanta storms back from 18 down to beat Boston

The Hawks trailed by 18 after one and won 82–76. Josh Smith led Atlanta with 21 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-18-15-6+6ATL AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL1019272682
BOS2816181476
Who led
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 7, 5, 18, 21, 14, 2, 16, 21ATL21 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 10, 13, 34, 18, 29, 19, 22, 29, 21ATL21 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Delonte WestPoints, last 10 games: 18, 0, 8, 10, 16, 13, 25, 13, 27, 18BOS18 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Kendrick PerkinsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 4, 8, 2, 2, 0, 4, 2, 4, 15BOS15 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.2Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.2 in 34 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.5Season avg7.2Last 3

7.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.5 in 40 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+31.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.1Season avg49Today

49 minutes today, against 17.1 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six games go down to the wire

Six of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Detroit by 11.

GSW over NJN1IND over MIA2TOR over NOK2MEM over UTA2PHI over CLE3POR over MIN3PHX over NYK5HOU over SAS5ATL over BOS6SAC over MIL8DET over CHA11Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Carlos Boozer leads the day with 39

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.
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 32, 29, 27, 20, 23, 19, 18, 39UTA vs MEM · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 19, 34, 34, 28, 30, 23, 30, 32, 18, 39CLE vs PHI · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 19, 18, 21, 26, 12, 17, 21, 37SAS vs HOU · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 44, 31, 31, 8, 12, 37, 45, 24, 37HOU @ SAS · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +14.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Earl BoykinsPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 18, 11, 30, 17, 4, 28, 14, 36MIL @ SAC · L
16.1 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 23, 9, 16, 34, 12, 18, 19, 14, 21, 36SAC vs MIL · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 3 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+6.8 30.0 last 10 · 23.2 season
Juwan HowardHOU+5.7 14.9 last 10 · 9.2 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL+5.6 30.7 last 10 · 25.1 season
Nick CollisonSEA+5.4 14.7 last 10 · 9.3 season
Cold
Fred JonesTOR−5.7 2.1 last 10 · 7.8 season
Luke RidnourSEA−5.3 8.2 last 10 · 13.5 season
Chris DuhonCHI−4.0 2.6 last 10 · 6.6 season
Wally SzczerbiakBOS−3.8 13.1 last 10 · 16.9 season
Hakim WarrickMEM−3.5 8.9 last 10 · 12.4 season