FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 28, 2007Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed LAL by 10 after three quarters and won 96–94.

Final
PHX115
CLE100
Q1 PHX -3; Q2 PHX +2; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +15
Final · OT
SAS96
LAL94
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS -8; Q3 SAS -10; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +2
Final
NYK105
MIL107
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +2
Final
WAS105
BOS91
Q1 WAS +1; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +14
Final
IND87
DET95
Q1 DET +15; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +8
Final
LAC98
SEA76
Q1 LAC +9; Q2 LAC +22; Q3 LAC +33; Q4 LAC +22
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 28, 2006: 9 games. Top scorer: Joe Johnson (ATL @ CHI), 40 points.
The lead · SAS @ LAL

San Antonio needs overtime to survive Lakers

Tied 80–80 after regulation. San Antonio won the final period 16–14 for a 96–94 win. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 21 points, 14 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 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.Final0+3-8-100+2SAS AHEAD ↑LAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
SAS191721231696
LAL162823131494
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 21, 26, 12, 17, 21, 37, 26, 21SAS21 PTS · 14 REB · 9 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 22, 16, 19, 12, 15, 15, 17, 21SAS21 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 28, 25, 34, 26, 23, 42, 32, 31LAL31 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 18, 15, 20, 6, 18, 0, 12, 18LAL18 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.6Season avg27.8Last 5

27.8 points a game over his last five games, against 17.6 in 45 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.7Season avg6.7Last 3

6.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.7 in 42 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 20.9 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Clippers by 22.

SAS over LAL2MIL over NYK2DET over IND8WAS over BOS14PHX over CLE15LAC over SEA22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Antawn Jamison leads the day with 34

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.
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 11, 8, 21, 31, 23, 9, 35, 34WAS @ BOS · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 28, 25, 34, 26, 23, 42, 32, 31LAL vs SAS · L
28.4 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 32, 23, 18, 21, 16, 24, 11, 9, 30MIL vs NYK · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 34, 34, 28, 30, 23, 30, 32, 18, 39, 30CLE vs PHX · L
27.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 10, 23, 26, 14, 17, 25, 22, 10, 21, 26IND @ DET · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 10, 9, 10, 9, 23, 29, 52, 26NYK @ MIL · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 1 REB · 4 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+6.3 15.7 last 10 · 9.4 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.2 20.5 last 10 · 14.3 season
Delonte WestBOS+5.8 16.7 last 10 · 10.9 season
Cold
Fred JonesTOR−5.4 2.4 last 10 · 7.8 season
Luke RidnourSEA−5.2 7.9 last 10 · 13.1 season
Zaza PachuliaATL−4.6 7.1 last 10 · 11.7 season
Chris DuhonCHI−4.3 2.1 last 10 · 6.4 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL−4.0 8.2 last 10 · 12.2 season