FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 27, 2007Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed MEM by 12 at halftime and won 135–132.

Final
PHI104
ATL89
Q1 PHI +9; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +15
Final
TOR84
IND102
Q1 IND -5; Q2 IND -1; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +18
Final · 2OT
POR135
MEM132
Q1 POR -7; Q2 POR -12; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR 0; OT2 POR +3
Final
UTA83
NOK94
Q1 NOK +9; Q2 NOK +7; Q3 NOK +12; Q4 NOK +11
Final
MIA97
CHI100
Q1 CHI +14; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +3
Final
SAC104
DAL106
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL -4; Q4 DAL +2
Final
NJN112
DEN102
Q1 NJN -11; Q2 NJN -1; Q3 NJN +4; Q4 NJN +10
Final
CHA105
GSW131
Q1 GSW +15; Q2 GSW +9; Q3 GSW +25; Q4 GSW +26
Final
MIN101
LAC87
Q1 MIN +9; Q2 MIN +8; Q3 MIN +3; Q4 MIN +14
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 27, 2006: 12 games. Top scorer: Steve Francis (ORL @ NYK), 36 points.
The lead · POR @ MEM

Zach Randolph scores 42 as Portland beats Memphis

Portland won 135–132. Zach Randolph: 42 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0-7-12-200+3POR AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
POR21263826519135
MEM28312824516132
Who led
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 23, 4, 26, 36, 19, 22, 13, 42POR42 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Ime UdokaPoints, last 10 games: 4, 2, 10, 7, 12, 10, 2, 5, 3, 21POR21 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 13, 25, 30, 13, 5, 21, 13, 28MEM28 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 20, 16, 23, 12, 27, 23, 17, 24MEM24 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.3Season avg12.8Last 5

12.8 points a game over his last five games, against 5.3 in 28 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.4Season avg6.0Last 3

6.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.4 in 36 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.8Season avg41.6Today

42 minutes today, against 19.8 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Golden State posts the night's biggest win

Golden State beat Charlotte by 26, the widest margin of 9 games.

DAL over SAC2POR over MEM3CHI over MIA3NJN over DEN10NOK over UTA11MIN over LAC14PHI over ATL15IND over TOR18GSW over CHA26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Zach Randolph 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.
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 23, 4, 26, 36, 19, 22, 13, 42POR @ MEM · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high42 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 31, 26, 16, 27, 8, 23, 33, 40NJN @ DEN · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 24, 20, 20, 23, 31, 12, 30, 34CHI vs MIA · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 38, 11, 43, 38, 30, 27, 22, 33, 28, 32DAL vs SAC · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 19, 28, 32, 19, 13, 14, 17, 31, 17, 32MIN @ LAC · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 23, 13, 25, 30, 13, 5, 21, 13, 28MEM vs POR · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 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+6.4 29.7 last 10 · 23.3 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.2 20.5 last 10 · 14.3 season
Nick CollisonSEA+6.1 15.5 last 10 · 9.4 season
Juwan HowardHOU+5.6 14.8 last 10 · 9.2 season
Cold
Fred JonesTOR−5.4 2.4 last 10 · 7.8 season
Luke RidnourSEA−5.0 8.4 last 10 · 13.4 season
Zaza PachuliaATL−4.6 7.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Chris DuhonCHI−4.3 2.1 last 10 · 6.4 season
Tyronn LueATL−3.9 9.2 last 10 · 13.1 season