FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 28, 2008Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
DAL103
MEM84
Q1 DAL +14; Q2 DAL +17; Q3 DAL +21; Q4 DAL +19
Final
DEN93
NOH117
Q1 NOH +11; Q2 NOH +23; Q3 NOH +19; Q4 NOH +24
Final
SAS91
UTA97
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +6
Final
CHA107
LAC100
Q1 CHA +7; Q2 CHA +10; Q3 CHA +12; Q4 CHA +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 28, 2007: 6 games. Top scorer: Antawn Jamison (WAS @ BOS), 34 points.
The lead · SAS @ UTA

Utah makes it five straight

Utah beat San Antonio 97–91 and moved to 27–18. Carlos Boozer led Utah with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+8+10+10+6UTA AHEAD ↑SAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS1926212591
UTA2728212197
Who led
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 15, 21, 18, 19, 12, 33, 13, 23UTA23 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 14, 4, 16, 8, 9, 13, 0, 25, 17, 23UTA23 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 9, 22, 20, 31, 21, 16, 12, 18, 11, 29SAS29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 18, 20, 24, 19, 28, 30, 17, 26SAS26 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Second story · CHA @ LAC

Charlotte leads Clippers wire to wire

Charlotte was ahead at every break and won 107–100. Best quarter: the second, 30–27. Gerald Wallace led Charlotte with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
UTA over SAS6CHA over LAC7DAL over MEM19NOH over DEN24Final margin, points. Pink = CHA over LAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.3Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 7.3 in 41 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 44 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.0Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 10.0 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tim Thomas leads the day with 29

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.
Tim ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 11, 11, 10, 5, 17, 10, 23, 29LAC vs CHA · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 13 REB · 5 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 9, 22, 20, 31, 21, 16, 12, 18, 11, 29SAS @ UTA · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 18, 20, 24, 19, 28, 30, 17, 26SAS @ UTA · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 18, 11, 17, 32, 21, 26, 20, 26DAL @ MEM · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 32, 16, 19, 12, 14, 16, 18, 8, 17, 23NOH vs DEN · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +2.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 9 REB · 17 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 15, 21, 18, 19, 12, 33, 13, 23UTA vs SAS · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +0.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 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
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
Linas KleizaDEN+4.9 16.9 last 10 · 12.0 season
Andrew BogutMIL+4.7 18.3 last 10 · 13.6 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
John SalmonsSAC−4.5 11.0 last 10 · 15.5 season
Tony ParkerSAS−4.0 15.2 last 10 · 19.2 season