FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 14, 2008Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed DAL by 9 after the first quarter and won 122–120.

Final
DEN116
CHA119
Q1 CHA +9; Q2 CHA -1; Q3 CHA -3; Q4 CHA +3
Final
WAS88
BOS83
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS -4; Q4 WAS +5
Final
POR99
NJN73
Q1 POR +13; Q2 POR +15; Q3 POR +15; Q4 POR +26
Final
PHI82
SAS89
Q1 SAS +3; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS -1; Q4 SAS +7
Final
MIL87
UTA98
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +1; Q3 UTA -1; Q4 UTA +11
Final
DAL120
SAC122
Q1 SAC -9; Q2 SAC -2; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +2
Final · OT
LAL123
SEA121
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL -4; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +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 · 2006–07Jan 14, 2007: 2 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ TOR), 38 points.
The lead · DAL @ SAC

Kevin Martin scores 39, Sacramento rallies past Dallas

Sacramento trailed by 9 after one and won 122–120.

Game flow · SAC 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-2+6+2SAC AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL35222340120
SAC26293136122
Who led
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 19, 21, 10, 28, 26, 25, 25, 39SAC39 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 23, 32, 22, 13, 21, 28, 15, 22SAC22 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 19, 17, 15, 12, 19, 7, 12, 25DAL25 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 0, 11, 14, 9, 8, 14, 15, 11, 20, 25DAL25 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.0Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 7.0 in 36 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 29 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.5Season avg10.6Last 3

10.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.5 in 26 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.3Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 19.3 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 10 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Trail Blazers rout

Three of 7 games were decided by four points or fewer. Portland beat New Jersey by 26.

SAC over DAL2LAL over SEA2CHA over DEN3WAS over BOS5SAS over PHI7UTA over MIL11POR over NJN26Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 48

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 38, 31, 22, 15, 26, 25, 19, 37, 37, 48LAL @ SEA · W
27.6 PPG season to date · +21.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high48 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 23, 36, 23, 25, 25, 21, 15, 27, 26, 40CHA vs DEN · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high40 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 19, 21, 10, 28, 26, 25, 25, 39SAC vs DAL · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 29, 30, 26, 17, 26, 23, 20, 32, 35DEN @ CHA · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 6, 22, 18, 15, 23, 10, 17, 17, 33UTA vs MIL · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +14.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 19, 17, 15, 12, 19, 7, 12, 25DAL @ SAC · L
14.2 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 1 REB · 9 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
Joe SmithCHI+6.0 16.3 last 10 · 10.3 season
Jason RichardsonCHA+5.8 25.7 last 10 · 19.9 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+5.7 16.9 last 10 · 11.2 season
Chris BoshTOR+5.5 27.1 last 10 · 21.6 season
Charlie BellMIL+5.2 11.2 last 10 · 6.0 season
Cold
Damien WilkinsSEA−4.9 5.4 last 10 · 10.3 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−4.7 18.3 last 10 · 23.0 season
Ray AllenBOS−4.3 13.3 last 10 · 17.6 season
Antoine WrightNJN−4.2 3.8 last 10 · 8.0 season
Josh HowardDAL−3.6 16.8 last 10 · 20.4 season