FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 26, 2007Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed PHI by 17 at halftime and won 105–97.

Final
WAS99
DET96
Q1 WAS -3; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS +8; Q4 WAS +3
Final
ATL93
ORL90
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL -14; Q3 ATL -3; Q4 ATL +3
Final
CLE105
PHI97
Q1 CLE -13; Q2 CLE -17; Q3 CLE -6; Q4 CLE +8
Final
BOS90
TOR96
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR -2; Q4 TOR +6
Final
MIA96
NYK116
Q1 NYK -6; Q2 NYK +16; Q3 NYK +20; Q4 NYK +20
Final
SAC84
NOK88
Q1 NOK +2; Q2 NOK -4; Q3 NOK +7; Q4 NOK +4
Final
MEM96
SAS112
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS +16
Final
POR69
HOU99
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +20; Q4 HOU +30
Final
PHX98
MIL90
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +8
Final
DEN111
UTA116
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA -5; Q3 UTA -4; Q4 UTA +5
Final · OT
CHA106
LAL97
Q1 CHA +6; Q2 CHA +2; Q3 CHA -2; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA +9
Final
MIN100
SEA102
Q1 SEA +4; Q2 SEA +3; Q3 SEA +4; Q4 SEA +2
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 26, 2006: 3 games. Top scorer: Allen Iverson (PHI vs ORL), 38 points.
The lead · CLE @ PHI

Cleveland erases 17-point lead, steals one from Philadelphia

Philadelphia led 60–43 at halftime. Cleveland won the second half 62–37 to take it 105–97. Drew Gooden led Cleveland with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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 Q3Final0-13-17-6+8CLE AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE25182933105
PHI3822181997
Who led
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 21, 11, 11, 12, 2, 5, 2, 12, 4, 21CLE21 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Donyell MarshallPoints, last 10 games: 0, 8, 1, 5, 3, 14, 1, 3, 0, 17CLE17 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 13, 26, 14, 15, 4, 16, 20, 20, 34, 22PHI22 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 16, 0, 6, 4, 0, 10, 10, 6, 2, 15PHI15 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
23.2Season avg34.2Last 5

34.2 points a game over his last five games, against 23.2 in 34 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.2Season avg6.7Last 3

6.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.2 in 41 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.3Season avg38.1Today

38 minutes today, against 19.3 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Rockets rout

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Houston beat Portland by 30.

SEA over MIN2WAS over DET3ATL over ORL3NOK over SAC4UTA over DEN5TOR over BOS6CLE over PHI8PHX over MIL8CHA over LAL9SAS over MEM16NYK over MIA20HOU over POR30Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Jamal Crawford leads the day with 52

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.
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 13, 10, 9, 10, 9, 23, 29, 52NYK vs MIA · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +35.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high52 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 34, 18, 29, 19, 22, 29, 21, 39ATL @ ORL · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 33, 29, 22, 32, 35, 33, 28, 31, 32, 37MIA @ NYK · L
28.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 38, 24, 32, 18, 26, 42, 34, 28, 34, 37DEN @ UTA · L
31.6 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 32, 11, 38, 25, 29, 54, 22, 21, 44, 36SEA vs MIN · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 14, 11, 8, 21, 31, 23, 9, 35WAS @ DET · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 8 REB · 2 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+6.4 29.7 last 10 · 23.3 season
Nick CollisonSEA+6.1 15.5 last 10 · 9.4 season
Juwan HowardHOU+5.6 14.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+5.1 19.2 last 10 · 14.1 season
Cold
Fred JonesTOR−5.7 2.1 last 10 · 7.8 season
Luke RidnourSEA−5.0 8.4 last 10 · 13.4 season
Chris DuhonCHI−4.3 2.3 last 10 · 6.6 season
Tyronn LueATL−4.0 9.3 last 10 · 13.3 season
Wally SzczerbiakBOS−3.8 13.1 last 10 · 16.9 season