FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 2, 2008Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed ORL by 13 after the first quarter and won 96–95.

Final
CHI109
CHA97
Q1 CHI -5; Q2 CHI -8; Q3 CHI -1; Q4 CHI +12
Final
ATL94
CLE98
Q1 CLE +3; Q2 CLE -1; Q3 CLE +1; Q4 CLE +4
Final
MEM90
IND72
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM +8; Q4 MEM +18
Final
NJN96
ORL95
Q1 NJN -13; Q2 NJN -8; Q3 NJN -11; Q4 NJN +1
Final
DET106
WAS93
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +13
Final
HOU93
BOS97
Q1 BOS +14; Q2 BOS +11; Q3 BOS +8; Q4 BOS +4
Final
MIL103
MIA98
Q1 MIL -4; Q2 MIL -2; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +5
Final
SAC107
NYK97
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +14; Q3 SAC +19; Q4 SAC +10
Final
POR90
MIN79
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +13; Q4 POR +11
Final
GSW99
DAL121
Q1 DAL +13; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +4; Q4 DAL +22
Final
PHI107
UTA110
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +3
Final
NOH95
LAC81
Q1 NOH +7; Q2 NOH 0; Q3 NOH +13; Q4 NOH +14
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 · 2006–07Jan 2, 2007: 7 games. Top scorer: Ben Gordon (CHI vs PHX), 41 points.
The lead · NJN @ ORL

New Jersey climbs back to beat Orlando

Orlando led by 13 after one. New Jersey won it 96–95. Vince Carter led New Jersey with 18 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · NJN 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-8-11+1NJN AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN1820283096
ORL3115311895
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 16, 32, 24, 15, 31, 23, 21, 24, 23, 18NJN18 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 14, 36, 29, 31, 18, 26, 19, 14NJN14 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Hedo TurkogluPoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 13, 27, 19, 26, 22, 28, 17, 23ORL23 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Carlos ArroyoPoints, last 10 games: 4, 3, 5, 2, 8, 6, 13, 16, 14, 16ORL16 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Mavericks rout

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Dallas beat Golden State by 22.

NJN over ORL1UTA over PHI3CLE over ATL4BOS over HOU4MIL over MIA5SAC over NYK10POR over MIN11CHI over CHA12DET over WAS13NOH over LAC14MEM over IND18DAL over GSW22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.6Season avg28.4Last 5

28.4 points a game over his last five games, against 18.6 in 29 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg13.7Last 3

13.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.0 in 25 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.5Season avg34.5Today

34 minutes today, against 10.5 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 36

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 31, 32, 33, 25, 25, 24, 21, 36CLE vs ATL · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 10, 31, 17, 14, 13, 22, 23, 32SAC @ NYK · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 23, 26, 13, 18, 10, 31, 8, 23, 19, 30MEM @ IND · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 16, 20, 23, 28, 16, 24, 25, 30PHI @ UTA · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 24, 29, 11, 20, 22, 17, 23, 29MIN vs POR · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 13, 7, 20, 31, 31, 30, 20, 19, 22, 29DAL vs GSW · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 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
Jason RichardsonCHA+5.0 23.9 last 10 · 18.9 season
Michael FinleySAS+4.3 14.7 last 10 · 10.4 season
Rafer AlstonHOU+4.2 14.5 last 10 · 10.3 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+3.8 28.7 last 10 · 24.9 season
Ryan GomesMIN+3.6 13.6 last 10 · 10.0 season
Cold
Kelenna AzubuikeGSW−4.9 6.0 last 10 · 10.9 season
Damien WilkinsSEA−3.9 7.3 last 10 · 11.2 season
Brandon BassDAL−3.6 4.5 last 10 · 8.1 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR−3.4 6.0 last 10 · 9.4 season
Andres NocioniCHI−3.4 9.9 last 10 · 13.3 season