FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 27, 2008Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed ATL by 15 at halftime and won 94–93.

Final
PHX88
CHI77
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +4; Q4 PHX +11
Final
BOS93
ORL96
Q1 ORL -4; Q2 ORL -3; Q3 ORL +10; Q4 ORL +3
Final
CLE98
LAL95
Q1 CLE -2; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE -2; Q4 CLE +3
Final · OT
WAS102
MIL105
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL +3; Q3 MIL 0; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +3
Final
ATL93
POR94
Q1 POR -10; Q2 POR -15; Q3 POR -10; Q4 POR +1
Final
DEN85
DAL90
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +5
Final
NJN95
MIN98
Q1 MIN -4; Q2 MIN -10; Q3 MIN -10; Q4 MIN +3
Final
UTA97
HOU89
Q1 UTA +3; Q2 UTA +6; Q3 UTA +1; Q4 UTA +8
Final
NYK104
GSW106
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW -5; Q3 GSW -3; Q4 GSW +2
Final
SAC103
SEA101
Q1 SAC +7; Q2 SAC +6; Q3 SAC +1; Q4 SAC +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 27, 2007: 9 games. Top scorer: Zach Randolph (POR @ MEM), 42 points.
The lead · ATL @ POR

Portland erases 15-point lead, steals one from Atlanta

Atlanta led 52–37 at halftime. Portland won the second half 57–41 to take it 94–93. Brandon Roy led Portland with 24 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-10-15-10+1POR AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2923212093
POR1918263194
Who led
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 33, 16, 22, 24, 25, 18, 14, 23, 24POR24 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 20, 16, 14, 12, 8, 17, 14, 16POR16 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 37, 22, 12, 25, 37, 14, 13, 19ATL19 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Marvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 11, 19, 22, 13, 11, 20, 33, 17ATL17 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.0Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 12.0 in 39 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.5Season avg17.3Last 3

17.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.5 in 36 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
6.5Season avg27Today

27 minutes today, against 6.5 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games go down to the wire

Seven of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Phoenix by 11.

POR over ATL1GSW over NYK2SAC over SEA2ORL over BOS3CLE over LAL3MIL over WAS3MIN over NJN3DAL over DEN5UTA over HOU8PHX over CHI11Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 41

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: 39, 22, 31, 31, 51, 27, 28, 23, 36, 41CLE @ LAL · W
29.9 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 6, 24, 18, 27, 20, 21, 39, 15, 40MIN vs NJN · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +19.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high40 PTS · 19 REB · 3 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 21, 16, 21, 24, 22, 25, 10, 19, 40WAS @ MIL · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +18.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high40 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 17, 9, 22, 21, 24, 18, 34, 19, 35NJN @ MIN · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 37, 37, 48, 30, 17, 29, 40, 33LAL vs CLE · L
27.9 PPG season to date · +5.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 30, 23, 20, 22, 21, 20, 21, 20, 26, 32DAL vs DEN · W
22.3 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 4 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
Chris BoshTOR+5.9 28.4 last 10 · 22.5 season
Kareem RushIND+5.6 13.9 last 10 · 8.3 season
Ryan GomesMIN+5.5 17.2 last 10 · 11.7 season
Andrew BogutMIL+4.7 18.3 last 10 · 13.6 season
Andres NocioniCHI+4.6 19.4 last 10 · 14.8 season
Cold
Ricky DavisMIA−5.9 7.8 last 10 · 13.7 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.5 7.0 last 10 · 12.5 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−5.2 16.8 last 10 · 22.0 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−4.8 17.7 last 10 · 22.5 season
John SalmonsSAC−4.5 11.0 last 10 · 15.5 season