FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 9, 2008Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed IND by 6 at halftime and won 129–122.

Final
CLE81
ATL90
Q1 ATL -1; Q2 ATL +4; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +9
Final
PHI96
TOR109
Q1 TOR 0; Q2 TOR +2; Q3 TOR +13; Q4 TOR +13
Final
CHA95
BOS83
Q1 CHA -4; Q2 CHA +4; Q3 CHA +7; Q4 CHA +12
Final
SEA88
NJN99
Q1 NJN +9; Q2 NJN +13; Q3 NJN +15; Q4 NJN +11
Final
HOU101
NYK92
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU -3; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +9
Final
MIA92
MIL98
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL +6
Final
LAL109
NOH80
Q1 LAL +13; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +16; Q4 LAL +29
Final
DET86
DAL102
Q1 DAL +12; Q2 DAL +5; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +16
Final · OT
IND122
PHX129
Q1 PHX +4; Q2 PHX -6; Q3 PHX -4; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +7
Final
GSW91
POR109
Q1 POR +16; Q2 POR +15; Q3 POR +20; Q4 POR +18
Final
ORL113
LAC106
Q1 ORL +15; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +7
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 9, 2007: 8 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ UTA), 38 points.
The lead · IND @ PHX

Phoenix outlasts Indiana in overtime

112–112 at the end of regulation. Phoenix took the last extra period 17–10. Final: 129–122. Raja Bell led Phoenix with 27 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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+4-6-40+7PHX AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
IND3133282010122
PHX3523302417129
Who led
Raja BellPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 15, 2, 2, 11, 11, 0, 7, 27PHX27 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Leandro BarbosaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 31, 10, 16, 6, 22, 16, 28, 12, 27PHX27 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 25, 9, 8, 15, 15, 6, 32, 14, 17, 22IND22 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Shawne WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 3, 7, 3, 0, 9, 0, 0, 2, 6, 22IND22 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.3Season avg14.2Last 5

14.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.3 in 34 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.5Season avg15.5Last 3

15.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.5 in 26 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 30 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.7Season avg41.4Today

41 minutes today, against 21.7 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Lakers post the night's biggest win

Lakers beat New Orleans by 29, the widest margin of 11 games.

MIL over MIA6PHX over IND7ORL over LAC7ATL over CLE9HOU over NYK9NJN over SEA11CHA over BOS12TOR over PHI13DAL over DET16POR over GSW18LAL over NOH29Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Yao Ming 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.
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 22, 25, 16, 19, 26, 30, 21, 36HOU @ NYK · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 28, 11, 24, 25, 13, 17, 21, 35MIL vs MIA · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 41, 20, 22, 27, 48, 12, 27, 18, 25, 34MIA @ MIL · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 27, 25, 34, 28, 28, 33, 21, 25, 34CHA @ BOS · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high34 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 40, 17, 20, 23, 16, 24, 28, 32NOH vs LAL · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 25, 24, 21, 36, 24, 39, 22, 31CLE @ ATL · L
29.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 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+8.5 28.5 last 10 · 20.0 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+5.6 16.3 last 10 · 10.7 season
Joe SmithCHI+5.0 15.0 last 10 · 10.0 season
Ben GordonCHI+4.9 24.5 last 10 · 19.6 season
Mo WilliamsMIL+4.5 21.3 last 10 · 16.8 season
Cold
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.0 18.4 last 10 · 23.4 season
Kelenna AzubuikeGSW−4.8 5.7 last 10 · 10.5 season
Damien WilkinsSEA−4.5 5.9 last 10 · 10.4 season
Jason TerryDAL−4.4 10.6 last 10 · 15.0 season
Kyle LowryMEM−4.2 4.4 last 10 · 8.6 season