FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, February 4, 2007Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed NJN by 2 after the first quarter and won 101–99.

Final · OT
ATL101
NJN99
Q1 ATL -2; Q2 ATL +1; Q3 ATL +7; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +2
Final
LAC110
TOR122
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +12; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +12
Final
DET90
CLE78
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +11; Q4 DET +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 · 2005–06Feb 4, 2006: 11 games. Top scorer: Ben Gordon (CHI @ PHX), 39 points.
The lead · ATL @ NJN

Joe Johnson scores 37 as Atlanta wins in New Jersey

Final: 101–99. Joe Johnson made 12 of 23 shots from the field.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-2+1+70+2ATL AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
ATL2221241915101
NJN241818261399
Who led
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 29, 21, 39, 16, 34, 33, 28, 37ATL37 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 14, 2, 16, 21, 24, 21, 19, 4, 26, 14ATL14 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 8, 23, 33, 40, 33, 11, 25, 27NJN27 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Marcus WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 0, 6, 0, 17, 16, 11, 12, 14, 6, 18NJN18 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · LAC @ TOR

Toronto leads Clippers wire to wire

Toronto was ahead at every break and won 122–110. Best quarter: the first, 36–29. Chris Bosh led Toronto with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over NJN2TOR over LAC12DET over CLE12Final margin, points. Pink = TOR over LAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.6Season avg14.4Last 5

14.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.6 in 45 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.8Season avg18.0Last 3

18.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.8 in 40 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.0Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 23.0 a game in 44 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Joe Johnson leads the day with 37

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.
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 29, 21, 39, 16, 34, 33, 28, 37ATL @ NJN · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 16, 27, 8, 23, 33, 40, 33, 11, 25, 27NJN vs ATL · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 29, 20, 35, 26, 26, 34, 24, 27TOR vs LAC · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Cuttino MobleyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 11, 22, 17, 6, 10, 11, 20, 24LAC @ TOR · L
12.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Elton BrandPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 34, 25, 18, 25, 22, 26, 26, 21LAC @ TOR · L
21.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 30, 32, 18, 39, 30, 17, 18, 21CLE vs DET · L
26.6 PPG season to date · −5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 5 REB · 6 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
Jose CalderonTOR+5.0 13.7 last 10 · 8.7 season
Cold
Fred JonesTOR−5.4 2.4 last 10 · 7.8 season
Tyronn LueATL−5.0 7.6 last 10 · 12.6 season
Luke RidnourSEA−4.9 7.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
T.J. FordTOR−4.5 10.2 last 10 · 14.7 season
Zaza PachuliaATL−4.3 7.1 last 10 · 11.4 season