FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 8, 2007Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed CHI by 5 after the first quarter and won 86–77.

Final
LAL78
DET93
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +12; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +15
Final · 2OT
MIL101
NOK109
Q1 NOK +2; Q2 NOK +6; Q3 NOK +10; Q4 NOK 0; OT1 NOK 0; OT2 NOK +8
Final
CHI77
SAC86
Q1 SAC -5; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC +2; Q4 SAC +9
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 8, 2006: 12 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS vs GSW), 45 points.
The lead · CHI @ SAC

Sacramento keeps rolling, beats Chicago

That is four in a row. Final: 86–77. Kevin Martin led Sacramento with 29 points, 4 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · SAC 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 Q3Final0-5+2+2+9SAC AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI2312231977
SAC1819232686
Who led
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 18, 21, 21, 22, 28, 28, 14, 29SAC29 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 11, 21, 12, 23, 14, 10, 19, 21SAC21 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 18, 21, 12, 17, 27, 14, 23, 20CHI20 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 12, 15, 26, 25, 20, 17, 26, 18CHI18 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.1Season avg23.8Last 5

23.8 points a game over his last five games, against 18.1 in 39 earlier games. Today: 30 points in 50 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg5.3Last 3

5.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 41 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 2 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.0Season avg49Today

49 minutes today, against 31.0 a game in 48 earlier games. Line: 28 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · MIL @ NOK

New Orleans/Oklahoma City goes to double overtime again, beats Milwaukee

Back-to-back games past regulation for the Hornets. 90–90 after 48 minutes, 109–101 final. Desmond Mason led New Orleans/Oklahoma City with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · NOK vs MIL
Desmond Mason · NOKMo Williams · MILPTS2430REB77AST15Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Mo Williams leads the day with 30

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.
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 9, 30, 14, 23, 15, 38, 13, 30MIL @ NOK · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 5, 10, 18, 21, 21, 22, 28, 28, 14, 29SAC vs CHI · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +8.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Ruben PattersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 11, 21, 5, 8, 16, 11, 27, 28MIL @ NOK · L
14.3 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Desmond MasonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 24, 20, 16, 10, 12, 2, 17, 23, 24NOK vs MIL · W
14.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 9, 5, 11, 21, 10, 10, 6, 16, 17, 21NOK vs MIL · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +5.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 19 REB · 1 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 11, 21, 12, 23, 14, 10, 19, 21SAC vs CHI · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 3 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+7.5 31.5 last 10 · 24.0 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+6.9 22.4 last 10 · 15.5 season
Andre IguodalaPHI+6.0 23.6 last 10 · 17.6 season
Jose CalderonTOR+5.5 14.2 last 10 · 8.7 season
Cold
Tyronn LueATL−5.5 6.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Fred JonesTOR−5.4 2.4 last 10 · 7.8 season
Luke RidnourSEA−4.6 8.0 last 10 · 12.6 season
Shareef Abdur-RahimSAC−4.1 6.0 last 10 · 10.1 season
Richard HamiltonDET−3.7 18.2 last 10 · 21.9 season