FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 9, 2007Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed CHI by 14 after three quarters and won 123–121.

Final · OT
POR108
CHA100
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR -6; Q3 POR -3; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +8
Final
DEN102
IND95
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +13; Q4 DEN +7
Final
SAS104
ORL106
Q1 ORL -7; Q2 ORL -11; Q3 ORL 0; Q4 ORL +2
Final
LAC90
PHI89
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC 0; Q3 LAC -7; Q4 LAC +1
Final
LAL92
TOR96
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +4
Final
NJN92
BOS78
Q1 NJN +3; Q2 NJN +3; Q3 NJN +13; Q4 NJN +14
Final
MIA79
CLE103
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +11; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +24
Final · OT
MIN97
MEM105
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM -5; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +8
Final
HOU74
DAL95
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL +4; Q3 DAL +19; Q4 DAL +21
Final
ATL120
PHX111
Q1 ATL +2; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL -1; Q4 ATL +9
Final · OT
CHI121
GSW123
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +3; Q3 GSW -14; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW +2
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 9, 2006: 2 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL vs MIA), 27 points.
The lead · CHI @ GSW

Golden State needs overtime to survive Chicago

Tied 112–112 after regulation. Golden State won the final period 11–9 for a 123–121 win. Al Harrington led Golden State with 24 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+5+3-140+2GSW AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
CHI303132199121
GSW3529153311123
Who led
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 29, 28, 13, 21, 11, 17, 16, 13, 24GSW24 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 17, 6, 17, 17, 11, 36, 17, 23GSW23 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 12, 30, 34, 17, 12, 33, 11, 7, 24CHI24 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 21, 12, 17, 27, 14, 23, 20, 23CHI23 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.6Season avg30.6Last 5

30.6 points a game over his last five games, against 19.6 in 49 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg2.7Last 3

2.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.9 in 46 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg43.6Today

44 minutes today, against 22.9 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 2 rebounds, 8 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Cleveland by 24.

LAC over PHI1ORL over SAS2GSW over CHI2TOR over LAL4DEN over IND7POR over CHA8MEM over MIN8ATL over PHX9NJN over BOS14DAL over HOU21CLE over MIA24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Zach Randolph leads the day with 40

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.
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 13, 42, 20, 26, 25, 27, 33, 40POR @ CHA · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 37, 23, 25, 33, 33, 20, 31, 27, 34DEN @ IND · W
30.8 PPG season to date · +3.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 39, 16, 34, 33, 28, 37, 27, 10, 32ATL @ PHX · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 11, 23, 14, 16, 5, 12, 6, 5, 9, 31ORL vs SAS · W
13.3 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 19, 25, 42, 16, 21, 19, 16, 30CHA vs POR · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 19, 15, 6, 19, 15, 21, 32, 30ORL vs SAS · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 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
Gerald WallaceCHA+7.6 23.5 last 10 · 15.9 season
Tony AllenBOS+7.5 19.0 last 10 · 11.5 season
Andre IguodalaPHI+6.1 23.8 last 10 · 17.7 season
Tracy McGradyHOU+5.9 29.8 last 10 · 23.9 season
Chris BoshTOR+5.7 29.1 last 10 · 23.4 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
T.J. FordTOR−4.0 10.3 last 10 · 14.3 season