FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 5, 2007Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed DEN by 9 at halftime and won 113–108.

Final
LAL90
ATL83
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL +9; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL +7
Final
GSW113
IND98
Q1 GSW +16; Q2 GSW +23; Q3 GSW +19; Q4 GSW +15
Final · OT
NJN98
PHI100
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI -5; Q3 PHI -1; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +2
Final
SEA108
WAS118
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS -3; Q3 WAS +9; Q4 WAS +10
Final
CHA93
MIA113
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA +18; Q3 MIA +17; Q4 MIA +20
Final
MIN77
HOU105
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +20; Q3 HOU +30; Q4 HOU +28
Final
PHX113
DEN108
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX -9; Q3 PHX +2; Q4 PHX +5
Final
CHI95
UTA100
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +5
Final
NOK99
SAC105
Q1 SAC +16; Q2 SAC +13; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC +6
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 5, 2006: 3 games. Top scorer: Elton Brand (LAC @ TOR), 30 points.
The lead · PHX @ DEN

Amar'e Stoudemire scores 36, Phoenix rallies past Denver

Phoenix trailed by 9 at the half and won 113–108.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+1-9+2+5PHX AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX28233032113
DEN27331929108
Who led
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 15, 30, 21, 22, 10, 24, 28, 36PHX36 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Leandro BarbosaPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 10, 15, 7, 19, 17, 25, 11, 20PHX20 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 28, 34, 37, 23, 25, 33, 33, 20, 31DEN31 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Nene HilarioPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 17, 4, 6, 12, 14, 20, 13, 27DEN27 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Houston posts the night's biggest win

Houston beat Minnesota by 28, the widest margin of 9 games.

PHI over NJN2PHX over DEN5UTA over CHI5SAC over NOK6LAL over ATL7WAS over SEA10GSW over IND15MIA over CHA20HOU over MIN28Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.4Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.4 in 40 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 2 vs 2005–06 avg
Minutes per game
21.52005–06 avg8.5Last 2

8.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 21.5 in 2005–06 (62 games). Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.8Season avg36.0Today

36 minutes today, against 7.8 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Caron Butler leads the day with 38

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.
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 23, 24, 8, 21, 13, 21, 15, 38WAS vs SEA · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +17.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 15, 30, 21, 22, 10, 24, 28, 36PHX @ DEN · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 29, 13, 7, 17, 6, 17, 17, 11, 36GSW @ IND · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +21.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 37, 45, 24, 37, 28, 25, 36, 18, 32HOU vs MIN · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 28, 34, 37, 23, 25, 33, 33, 20, 31DEN vs PHX · L
30.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 10 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 54, 22, 21, 44, 36, 15, 35, 36, 29, 29SEA @ WAS · L
26.7 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 7 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
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.5 22.0 last 10 · 15.5 season
Nick CollisonSEA+6.2 16.3 last 10 · 10.1 season
Tracy McGradyHOU+5.6 29.4 last 10 · 23.8 season
Ray AllenSEA+5.4 32.1 last 10 · 26.7 season
Cold
Fred JonesTOR−5.4 2.4 last 10 · 7.8 season
Tyronn LueATL−5.0 7.4 last 10 · 12.4 season
Luke RidnourSEA−4.6 8.1 last 10 · 12.7 season
T.J. FordTOR−4.5 10.2 last 10 · 14.7 season
Chris KamanLAC−3.9 5.7 last 10 · 9.6 season