FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 3, 2007Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed MEM by 6 at halftime and won 116–110.

Final
GSW90
CHA98
Q1 CHA -4; Q2 CHA -4; Q3 CHA +3; Q4 CHA +8
Final
NYK94
ORL86
Q1 NYK +5; Q2 NYK +15; Q3 NYK +13; Q4 NYK +8
Final
LAL118
WAS102
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +16
Final
IND116
MEM110
Q1 IND +3; Q2 IND -6; Q3 IND +2; Q4 IND +6
Final
MIN93
DAL94
Q1 DAL +1; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +1
Final
NOK87
HOU74
Q1 NOK +2; Q2 NOK +3; Q3 NOK +14; Q4 NOK +13
Final
MIA117
MIL98
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA -4; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +19
Final
UTA108
PHX105
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +5; Q4 UTA +3
Final
CHI88
POR86
Q1 CHI -4; Q2 CHI +17; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +2
Final
DEN87
SAC94
Q1 SAC -3; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +4; Q4 SAC +7
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 · 2005–06Feb 3, 2006: 8 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (HOU vs SEA), 36 points.
The lead · IND @ MEM

Indiana makes it three straight

Indiana beat Memphis 116–110 and moved to 26–21. Jermaine O'Neal led Indiana with 25 points, 17 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · IND margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3-6+2+6IND AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND31253525116
MEM28342721110
Who led
Jermaine O'NealPoints, last 10 games: 14, 17, 25, 22, 10, 21, 26, 25, 22, 25IND25 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Jamaal TinsleyPoints, last 10 games: 17, 6, 6, 15, 14, 8, 18, 28, 16, 25IND25 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 12, 27, 23, 17, 24, 34, 13, 30MEM30 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 30, 13, 5, 21, 13, 28, 27, 32, 26MEM26 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · CHI @ POR

Chicago holds off Portland, 88–86

Chicago led 59–56 after three and held on to win by two. Ben Gordon led Chicago with 33 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over MIN1CHI over POR2UTA over PHX3IND over MEM6SAC over DEN7CHA over GSW8NYK over ORL8NOK over HOU13LAL over WAS16MIA over MIL19Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over POR.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.3Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.3 in 39 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 47 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.2Season avg9.9Last 3

9.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.2 in 33 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.9Season avg30.9Today

31 minutes today, against 14.9 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 34, 26, 23, 42, 32, 31, 43, 22, 39LAL @ WAS · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 24, 11, 9, 30, 14, 23, 15, 38MIL vs MIA · L
18.2 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Gilbert ArenasPoints, last 10 games: 51, 16, 30, 22, 31, 25, 23, 36, 27, 37WAS vs LAL · L
29.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 23, 31, 12, 30, 34, 17, 12, 33CHI @ POR · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 35, 33, 28, 31, 32, 37, 24, 28, 41, 32MIA @ MIL · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 12, 27, 23, 17, 24, 34, 13, 30MEM vs IND · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 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
Nick CollisonSEA+7.3 17.4 last 10 · 10.1 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.4 21.9 last 10 · 15.4 season
Ray AllenSEA+5.4 32.1 last 10 · 26.7 season
Mehmet OkurUTA+4.9 22.8 last 10 · 17.9 season
Cold
Fred JonesTOR−5.4 2.4 last 10 · 7.8 season
Luke RidnourSEA−4.9 7.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Tyronn LueATL−4.4 8.3 last 10 · 12.7 season
Zaza PachuliaATL−4.1 7.3 last 10 · 11.4 season
T.J. FordTOR−4.1 10.5 last 10 · 14.6 season