FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 16, 2008Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 15 points, by CHA (vs ORL) and NYK (vs NJN).

Final
ORL93
CHA99
Q1 CHA -6; Q2 CHA -15; Q3 CHA 0; Q4 CHA +6
Final
GSW117
IND125
Q1 IND -11; Q2 IND -4; Q3 IND -14; Q4 IND +8
Final
CHI126
MIA96
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI +5; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI +30
Final
SAC91
TOR116
Q1 TOR -6; Q2 TOR +8; Q3 TOR +20; Q4 TOR +25
Final
POR90
BOS100
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS -2; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +10
Final
NYK111
NJN105
Q1 NYK -15; Q2 NYK -3; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +6
Final
ATL80
MIL87
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL 0; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL +7
Final
SEA92
NOH123
Q1 NOH +12; Q2 NOH +19; Q3 NOH +20; Q4 NOH +31
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 16, 2007: 3 games. Top scorer: Tracy McGrady (HOU @ DAL), 45 points.
The lead · ORL @ CHA

Gerald Wallace drops 36 in 15-point comeback win over Orlando

Orlando led by 15 at the half. Final: 99–93.

Game flow · CHA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-150+6CHA AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL2630191893
CHA2021342499
Who led
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 36, 23, 25, 25, 21, 15, 27, 26, 40, 36CHA36 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 33, 21, 25, 34, 19, 20, 15, 26CHA26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 13, 16, 29, 17, 20, 29, 15, 24ORL24 PTS · 21 REB · 1 AST
Carlos ArroyoPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 14, 16, 8, 2, 4, 4, 4, 17ORL17 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.1Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.1 in 37 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−19.0minutes, last 2 vs 2006–07 avg
Minutes per game
33.92006–07 avg14.9Last 2

14.9 minutes a game over his last two games, against 33.9 in 2006–07 (82 games). Today: 19 points in 29 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.6Season avg32.4Today

32 minutes today, against 9.6 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

New Orleans posts the night's biggest win

New Orleans beat Seattle by 31, the widest margin of 8 games.

CHA over ORL6NYK over NJN6MIL over ATL7IND over GSW8BOS over POR10TOR over SAC25CHI over MIA30NOH over SEA31Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Gerald Wallace 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.
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 36, 23, 25, 25, 21, 15, 27, 26, 40, 36CHA vs ORL · W
21.6 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 14 REB · 5 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 29, 9, 24, 9, 24, 21, 27, 15, 29, 35NYK @ NJN · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 10, 23, 19, 13, 2, 9, 16, 8, 16, 35BOS vs POR · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 29, 23, 23, 21, 40, 38, 16, 31TOR vs SAC · W
21.7 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 6, 32, 14, 17, 22, 14, 20, 29IND vs GSW · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 18, 30, 29, 17, 18, 16, 10, 26NJN vs NYK · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 7 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+6.7 17.4 last 10 · 10.7 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+5.8 27.4 last 10 · 21.6 season
Charlie BellMIL+5.6 11.5 last 10 · 5.9 season
Rafer AlstonHOU+5.6 17.0 last 10 · 11.4 season
Nate RobinsonNYK+5.1 16.4 last 10 · 11.3 season
Cold
Damien WilkinsSEA−5.5 4.5 last 10 · 10.0 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−4.7 18.3 last 10 · 23.0 season
Kyle LowryMEM−4.2 4.1 last 10 · 8.3 season
Antoine WrightNJN−4.2 3.8 last 10 · 8.0 season
Metta World PeaceSAC−3.9 14.5 last 10 · 18.4 season