FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 31, 2007Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed NYK by 4 after the first quarter and won 104–87.

Final
GSW94
ATL115
Q1 ATL +1; Q2 ATL +14; Q3 ATL +17; Q4 ATL +21
Final
NYK87
CHA104
Q1 CHA -4; Q2 CHA +2; Q3 CHA +6; Q4 CHA +17
Final
MIL73
ORL98
Q1 ORL +18; Q2 ORL +27; Q3 ORL +16; Q4 ORL +25
Final
WAS109
TOR119
Q1 TOR +11; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +17; Q4 TOR +10
Final
LAL111
BOS98
Q1 LAL +12; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +13
Final
DET113
NJN89
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +24; Q4 DET +24
Final
DAL95
MEM94
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +1
Final
SAC100
MIN98
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +13; Q3 SAC +10; Q4 SAC +2
Final
PHI89
NOK78
Q1 PHI 0; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +11
Final
SEA102
HOU112
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +8; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +10
Final
SAS93
UTA97
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA -2; Q3 UTA +8; Q4 UTA +4
Final
DEN91
POR100
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR +9
Final
CHI98
LAC110
Q1 LAC +8; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +12
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 31, 2006: 6 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ NYK), 40 points.
The lead · NYK @ CHA

Gerald Wallace goes for 42 in Charlotte win over New York

Charlotte won 104–87.

Game flow · CHA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4+2+6+17CHA AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK3024181587
CHA26302226104
Who led
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 28, 6, 18, 12, 19, 29, 18, 19, 25, 42CHA42 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 14, 18, 19, 17, 14, 3, 16, 16CHA16 PTS · 4 REB · 10 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 10, 9, 23, 29, 52, 26, 17, 28NYK28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Eddy CurryPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 18, 14, 26, 26, 25, 15, 27, 15NYK15 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
17.7Season avg30.4Last 5

30.4 points a game over his last five games, against 17.7 in 47 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.2Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.2 in 40 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.7Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 17.7 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Orlando by 25.

DAL over MEM1SAC over MIN2UTA over SAS4POR over DEN9TOR over WAS10HOU over SEA10PHI over NOK11LAC over CHI12LAL over BOS13CHA over NYK17ATL over GSW21DET over NJN24ORL over MIL25Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 43

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 20, 28, 25, 34, 26, 23, 42, 32, 31, 43LAL @ BOS · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
43 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 28, 6, 18, 12, 19, 29, 18, 19, 25, 42CHA vs NYK · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +27.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high42 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 8, 12, 37, 45, 24, 37, 28, 25, 36HOU vs SEA · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 25, 29, 54, 22, 21, 44, 36, 15, 35, 36SEA @ HOU · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 27, 20, 29, 20, 35, 26, 26, 34TOR vs WAS · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 29, 19, 22, 29, 21, 39, 16, 34, 33ATL vs GSW · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 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
Nick CollisonSEA+8.4 18.3 last 10 · 9.9 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.3 21.6 last 10 · 15.3 season
Mehmet OkurUTA+6.1 23.7 last 10 · 17.6 season
Delonte WestBOS+5.6 16.3 last 10 · 10.7 season
Cold
Luke RidnourSEA−5.5 7.2 last 10 · 12.7 season
Fred JonesTOR−5.4 2.4 last 10 · 7.8 season
Zaza PachuliaATL−4.0 7.4 last 10 · 11.4 season
Tyronn LueATL−4.0 9.1 last 10 · 13.1 season
Eduardo NajeraDEN−3.8 2.4 last 10 · 6.2 season