FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 10, 2008Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed MEM by 4 after three quarters and won 116–113.

Final
DET90
SAS80
Q1 DET +15; Q2 DET +15; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +10
Final
MEM113
SAC116
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC -2; Q3 SAC -4; Q4 SAC +3
Final
PHX86
UTA108
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +26; Q4 UTA +22
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 10, 2007: 12 games. Top scorer: Kirk Hinrich (CHI @ WAS), 33 points.
The lead · MEM @ SAC

Sacramento takes over late to edge Memphis

Down 4 after three, Sacramento won the fourth 35–28. Final: 116–113. John Salmons led Sacramento with 28 points, 11 rebounds and 7 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+6-2-4+3SAC AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM24322928113
SAC30242735116
Who led
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 13, 22, 23, 32, 22, 13, 21, 28SAC28 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Beno UdrihPoints, last 10 games: 24, 12, 6, 19, 6, 12, 11, 12, 17, 25SAC25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 19, 8, 16, 24, 21, 22, 15, 31MEM31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 10, 31, 8, 23, 19, 30, 12, 28, 18, 19MEM19 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · DET @ SAS

Detroit controls San Antonio start to finish

Detroit won 90–80, leading by as many as 15 at a break. Rasheed Wallace led Detroit with 23 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over MEM3DET over SAS10UTA over PHX22Final margin, points. Pink = DET over SAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.8Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.8 in 32 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.1Season avg13.9Last 3

13.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.1 in 34 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.0Season avg38.1Today

38 minutes today, against 13.0 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Rudy Gay leads the day with 31

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.
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 19, 8, 16, 24, 21, 22, 15, 31MEM @ SAC · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 13, 22, 23, 32, 22, 13, 21, 28SAC vs MEM · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Leandro BarbosaPoints, last 10 games: 31, 10, 16, 6, 22, 16, 28, 12, 27, 25PHX @ UTA · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +7.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Beno UdrihPoints, last 10 games: 24, 12, 6, 19, 6, 12, 11, 12, 17, 25SAC vs MEM · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 16, 34, 8, 16, 24, 20, 12, 17, 32, 24SAS vs DET · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 10, 10, 7, 16, 20, 16, 9, 23DET @ SAS · W
13.1 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 15 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
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−5.2 18.1 last 10 · 23.3 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−3.6 5.0 last 10 · 8.6 season