FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 29, 2008Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed IND by 9 after the first quarter and won 110–104.

Final
DET110
IND104
Q1 DET -9; Q2 DET +2; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +6
Final · OT
TOR104
WAS108
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS -4; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS +4
Final
BOS117
MIA87
Q1 BOS +17; Q2 BOS +22; Q3 BOS +33; Q4 BOS +30
Final
MIL80
NJN87
Q1 NJN -2; Q2 NJN +5; Q3 NJN +7; Q4 NJN +7
Final
MIN85
CHI96
Q1 CHI +6; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI +11
Final
GSW107
HOU111
Q1 HOU +15; Q2 HOU +14; Q3 HOU +11; Q4 HOU +4
Final
ATL92
PHX125
Q1 PHX +11; Q2 PHX +19; Q3 PHX +24; Q4 PHX +33
Final
SAS85
SEA88
Q1 SEA -1; Q2 SEA -2; Q3 SEA -3; Q4 SEA +3
Final
NYK109
LAL120
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL -2; Q4 LAL +11
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 29, 2007: 7 games. Top scorer: Kevin Garnett (MIN vs PHX), 44 points.
The lead · DET @ IND

Detroit turns it around against Indiana

From 9 down after one to a 6-point win: 110–104. Rasheed Wallace led Detroit with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · DET 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 Q3Final0-9+2+5+6DET AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET23362427110
IND32252126104
Who led
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 6, 9, 7, 4, 15, 7, 15, 24DET24 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 0, 6, 15, 12, 20, 16, 8, 17DET17 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 23, 18, 24, 15, 24, 10, 22, 25, 25IND25 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Troy MurphyPoints, last 10 games: 3, 9, 6, 4, 16, 3, 13, 4, 9, 18IND18 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.5Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 12.5 in 40 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.6Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.6 in 37 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.7Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 7.7 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Suns rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Phoenix beat Atlanta by 33.

SEA over SAS3WAS over TOR4HOU over GSW4DET over IND6NJN over MIL7CHI over MIN11LAL over NYK11BOS over MIA30PHX over ATL33Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Chris Bosh leads the day with 37

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.
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 21, 40, 38, 16, 31, 35, 25, 23, 32, 37TOR @ WAS · L
22.8 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 21, 36, 15, 30, 25, 21, 30, 26, 11, 36HOU vs GSW · W
22.4 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high36 PTS · 19 REB · 1 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 22, 20, 31, 21, 16, 12, 18, 11, 29, 29SAS @ SEA · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 20, 24, 19, 28, 30, 17, 26, 27SAS @ SEA · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
Kirk HinrichPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 11, 11, 8, 12, 38, 14, 31, 27CHI vs MIN · W
12.9 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 20, 22, 6, 12, 25, 17, 19, 26SEA vs SAS · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 5 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+7.0 29.8 last 10 · 22.8 season
Kareem RushIND+6.1 14.4 last 10 · 8.3 season
Kirk HinrichCHI+5.6 18.5 last 10 · 12.9 season
Monta EllisGSW+5.1 22.8 last 10 · 17.7 season
Linas KleizaDEN+4.9 16.9 last 10 · 12.0 season
Cold
Ricky DavisMIA−7.4 6.2 last 10 · 13.6 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