FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 23, 2008Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 9 points, by SAS (vs LAL) and HOU (vs SEA).

Final
DAL102
CHA95
Q1 DAL +13; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +7
Final
WAS85
CLE121
Q1 CLE +8; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +32; Q4 CLE +36
Final
DET86
PHI78
Q1 DET +2; Q2 DET +9; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +8
Final
TOR114
BOS112
Q1 TOR -1; Q2 TOR +2; Q3 TOR -7; Q4 TOR +2
Final
ORL112
MEM85
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +14; Q4 ORL +27
Final
PHX107
MIN117
Q1 MIN +5; Q2 MIN +15; Q3 MIN +13; Q4 MIN +10
Final
POR81
NOH96
Q1 NOH -6; Q2 NOH +4; Q3 NOH +11; Q4 NOH +15
Final
IND95
CHI108
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +14; Q3 CHI +6; Q4 CHI +13
Final
ATL100
DEN107
Q1 DEN +12; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +8; Q4 DEN +7
Final
LAL91
SAS103
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS -9; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +12
Final
HOU109
SEA107
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU -9; Q3 HOU -5; Q4 HOU +2
Final
SAC85
LAC111
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC +12; Q4 LAC +26
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 23, 2007: 6 games. Top scorer: Ray Allen (SEA vs DEN), 44 points.
The lead · HOU @ SEA

Houston climbs out of a 9-point hole against Seattle

Down 9 at the half, the Rockets won the fourth quarter 31–24 and the game 109–107. Tracy McGrady led Houston with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · HOU 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 Q3Final0-1-9-5+2HOU AHEAD ↑SEA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU24262831109
SEA25342424107
Who led
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 29, 12, 3, 20, 14, 9, 17, 28HOU28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 21, 36, 15, 30, 25, 21, 30, 26HOU26 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 15, 15, 19, 20, 22, 6, 12, 25SEA25 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Wally SzczerbiakPoints, last 10 games: 18, 15, 5, 17, 18, 14, 19, 26, 15, 22SEA22 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.0Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 8.0 in 39 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.8Season avg15.9Last 3

15.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.8 in 40 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.3Season avg43.5Today

43 minutes today, against 14.3 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Cleveland posts the night's biggest win

Cleveland beat Washington by 36, the widest margin of 12 games.

TOR over BOS2HOU over SEA2DAL over CHA7DEN over ATL7DET over PHI8MIN over PHX10SAS over LAL12CHI over IND13NOH over POR15LAC over SAC26ORL over MEM27CLE over WAS36Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Al Jefferson leads the day with 39

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.
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 16, 18, 6, 24, 18, 27, 20, 21, 39MIN vs PHX · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high39 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 12, 13, 20, 11, 11, 8, 12, 38CHI vs IND · W
12.0 PPG season to date · +26.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 32, 14, 17, 22, 14, 20, 29, 26, 18, 33IND @ CHI · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +15.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 21, 31, 29, 16, 23, 28, 19, 33PHX @ MIN · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 25, 19, 37, 37, 48, 30, 17, 29LAL @ SAS · L
27.4 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 33, 38, 32, 21, 23, 27, 28, 35, 24, 29DEN vs ATL · W
27.0 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 6 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
Andrew BogutMIL+6.0 19.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Charlie BellMIL+5.8 11.7 last 10 · 5.9 season
Ryan GomesMIN+5.3 17.0 last 10 · 11.7 season
Chris BoshTOR+5.3 27.5 last 10 · 22.2 season
Danny GrangerIND+4.9 22.5 last 10 · 17.6 season
Cold
Tracy McGradyHOU−5.6 16.7 last 10 · 22.2 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.5 7.0 last 10 · 12.5 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−5.3 17.2 last 10 · 22.5 season
Damien WilkinsSEA−5.2 4.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Jason KaponoTOR−4.2 4.2 last 10 · 8.4 season