FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 11, 2008Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed PHI by 13 after the first quarter and won 100–97.

Final
CHI100
PHI97
Q1 CHI -13; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +12; Q4 CHI +3
Final · OT
WAS102
ATL98
Q1 WAS +6; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS -6; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS +4
Final · 2OT
CHA106
CLE113
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE +7; Q3 CLE -8; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE 0; OT2 CLE +7
Final
BOS86
NJN77
Q1 BOS -8; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS -5; Q4 BOS +9
Final
TOR99
NYK90
Q1 TOR +10; Q2 TOR +9; Q3 TOR +17; Q4 TOR +9
Final
MIA88
NOH114
Q1 NOH +8; Q2 NOH +14; Q3 NOH +20; Q4 NOH +26
Final
MIN82
HOU113
Q1 HOU +13; Q2 HOU +32; Q3 HOU +31; Q4 HOU +31
Final
ORL103
DEN113
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN -3; Q3 DEN -2; Q4 DEN +10
Final
MEM104
GSW116
Q1 GSW +8; Q2 GSW +13; Q3 GSW +20; Q4 GSW +12
Final
MIL105
LAL110
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +5
Final
DAL90
SEA70
Q1 DAL +2; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL +18; Q4 DAL +20
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 11, 2007: 2 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ PHX), 34 points.
The lead · CHI @ PHI

Chicago climbs out of a 13-point hole against Philadelphia

Down 13 after one, the Bulls won the second quarter 31–13 and the game 100–97. Andres Nocioni led Chicago with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · CHI 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+5+12+3CHI AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI14312530100
PHI2713183997
Who led
Andres NocioniPoints, last 10 games: 4, 3, 11, 5, 19, 10, 11, 26, 7, 27CHI27 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 16, 19, 6, 13, 16, 16, 31, 9, 22, 19CHI19 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 28, 16, 24, 25, 30, 15, 14, 21, 16, 25PHI25 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Samuel DalembertPoints, last 10 games: 9, 19, 4, 10, 20, 6, 10, 16, 8, 21PHI21 PTS · 20 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
4.7Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 4.7 in 23 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.9Season avg11.9Last 3

11.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.9 in 25 earlier games. Today: 1 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.9Season avg42.2Today

42 minutes today, against 20.9 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 11 games went past regulation.

CHI over PHI3WAS over ATL4LAL over MIL5CLE over CHA7BOS over NJN9TOR over NYK9DEN over ORL10GSW over MEM12DAL over SEA20NOH over MIA26HOU over MIN31Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Top performances

Pau Gasol leads the day with 43

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.
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 31, 8, 23, 19, 30, 12, 28, 18, 19, 43MEM @ GSW · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +24.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high43 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 18, 26, 42, 10, 19, 29, 23, 23, 21, 40TOR @ NYK · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +19.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 39, 38, 31, 22, 15, 26, 25, 19, 37LAL vs MIL · W
26.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 18, 12, 16, 16, 13, 20, 20, 34, 19, 35ATL vs WAS · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 30, 29, 30, 26, 17, 26, 23, 20, 32DEN vs ORL · W
25.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 24, 21, 36, 24, 39, 22, 31, 31CLE vs CHA · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 19 REB · 8 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+7.4 27.4 last 10 · 20.0 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+6.5 17.6 last 10 · 11.1 season
Joe SmithCHI+6.5 16.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
Mo WilliamsMIL+5.3 22.4 last 10 · 17.1 season
Ben GordonCHI+4.6 24.1 last 10 · 19.5 season
Cold
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.2 18.1 last 10 · 23.3 season
Damien WilkinsSEA−4.9 5.4 last 10 · 10.3 season
Kelenna AzubuikeGSW−4.6 5.9 last 10 · 10.5 season
Zach RandolphNYK−4.1 12.5 last 10 · 16.6 season
Antoine WrightNJN−4.0 4.2 last 10 · 8.2 season