FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 15, 2008Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed HOU by 11 after three quarters and won 111–107.

Final
DEN93
ATL104
Q1 ATL +12; Q2 ATL +21; Q3 ATL +15; Q4 ATL +11
Final
CHI88
ORL102
Q1 ORL -3; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +27; Q4 ORL +14
Final
TOR89
DET103
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +12; Q4 DET +14
Final
WAS93
NYK105
Q1 NYK +16; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +5; Q4 NYK +12
Final · OT
CLE132
MEM124
Q1 CLE 0; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE 0; OT1 CLE +8
Final
GSW105
MIN98
Q1 GSW +4; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW +17; Q4 GSW +7
Final
PHI111
HOU107
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI -5; Q3 PHI -11; Q4 PHI +4
Final
PHX90
LAC97
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC +9; Q4 LAC +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 15, 2007: 11 games. Top scorer: Gilbert Arenas (WAS vs UTA), 51 points.
The lead · PHI @ HOU

Philadelphia fights back late to top Houston

Houston led 85–74 after three. Philadelphia won the fourth 37–22 and the game 111–107. Andre Miller led Philadelphia with 26 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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 Q3Final0-1-5-11+4PHI AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI30251937111
HOU31292522107
Who led
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 25, 8, 22, 13, 14, 20, 6, 26PHI26 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Samuel DalembertPoints, last 10 games: 4, 10, 20, 6, 10, 16, 8, 21, 12, 19PHI19 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 25, 16, 19, 26, 30, 21, 36, 15, 30, 25HOU25 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Rafer AlstonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 18, 20, 14, 15, 20, 11, 12, 20HOU20 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Second story · CHI @ ORL

Orlando beats Chicago, 102–88

Orlando led 89–62 after three and won by 14. Rashard Lewis led Orlando with 26 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over HOU4GSW over MIN7LAC over PHX7CLE over MEM8ATL over DEN11NYK over WAS12ORL over CHI14DET over TOR14Final margin, points. Pink = ORL over CHI.
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
8.0Season avg15.6Last 5

15.6 points a game over his last five games, against 8.0 in 34 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.2Season avg22.0Last 3

22.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.2 in 29 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.2Season avg46.5Today

47 minutes today, against 23.2 a game in 37 earlier games. Line: 26 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 51

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: 25, 24, 21, 36, 24, 39, 22, 31, 31, 51CLE @ MEM · W
29.8 PPG season to date · +21.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high51 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 20, 22, 18, 18, 18, 26, 3, 39DET vs TOR · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +20.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 26, 17, 26, 23, 20, 32, 35, 36DEN @ ATL · L
25.9 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Sam CassellPoints, last 10 games: 2, 6, 5, 21, 14, 2, 2, 9, 8, 32LAC vs PHX · W
12.2 PPG season to date · +20.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 24, 21, 22, 15, 31, 10, 11, 30MEM vs CLE · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 31, 34, 17, 20, 25, 21, 31, 29PHX @ LAC · L
22.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 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+5.8 25.7 last 10 · 19.9 season
Rafer AlstonHOU+5.6 17.0 last 10 · 11.4 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+5.5 16.7 last 10 · 11.2 season
Joe SmithCHI+5.3 15.7 last 10 · 10.4 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
Kyle LowryMEM−4.2 4.1 last 10 · 8.3 season
Antoine WrightNJN−4.2 3.8 last 10 · 8.0 season