FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, February 1, 2008Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed NYK by 11 at halftime and won 94–88.

Final
HOU106
IND103
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU 0; Q4 HOU +3
Final
ORL108
PHI106
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL -1; Q3 ORL +3; Q4 ORL +2
Final
LAL121
TOR101
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +20
Final
NJN94
MIA85
Q1 NJN +2; Q2 NJN +12; Q3 NJN +10; Q4 NJN +9
Final
LAC83
MIN104
Q1 MIN -7; Q2 MIN -4; Q3 MIN +12; Q4 MIN +21
Final
UTA96
WAS87
Q1 UTA -10; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA +1; Q4 UTA +9
Final
NOH103
SAC112
Q1 SAC +15; Q2 SAC +22; Q3 SAC +14; Q4 SAC +9
Final
CHA96
GSW127
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +21; Q3 GSW +32; Q4 GSW +31
Final · OT
NYK88
POR94
Q1 POR -4; Q2 POR -11; Q3 POR -6; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +6
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 · 2006–07Feb 1, 2007: 2 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs CLE), 41 points.
The lead · NYK @ POR

Brandon Roy posts 20-10-11 as Portland tops New York

A triple-double in a 94–88 win.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-4-11-60+6POR AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NYK28212012788
POR241425181394
Who led
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 24, 25, 18, 14, 23, 24, 16, 20POR20 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Steve BlakePoints, last 10 games: 5, 5, 3, 3, 7, 15, 3, 2, 10, 19POR19 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 16, 16, 24, 16, 9, 16, 23, 25NYK25 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 10, 19, 15, 13, 22, 22, 5, 17NYK17 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.1Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 7.1 in 32 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.2Season avg11.9Last 3

11.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.2 in 40 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg42.5Today

43 minutes today, against 20.4 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Golden State by 31.

ORL over PHI2HOU over IND3POR over NYK6NJN over MIA9UTA over WAS9SAC over NOH9LAL over TOR20MIN over LAC21GSW over CHA31Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 46

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 37, 48, 30, 17, 29, 40, 33, 24, 39, 46LAL @ TOR · W
28.4 PPG season to date · +18.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
46 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 32, 23, 10, 24, 21, 24, 11, 31WAS vs UTA · L
21.4 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 4, 0, 7, 2, 3, 20, 13, 3, 19, 28TOR vs LAL · L
9.6 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high28 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 29, 9, 16, 12, 13, 12, 9, 11, 12, 27UTA @ WAS · W
13.0 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 20, 21, 39, 15, 40, 20, 26, 25MIN vs LAC · W
21.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 16, 16, 24, 16, 9, 16, 23, 25NYK @ POR · L
17.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 13 REB · 0 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
Kobe BryantLAL+5.9 34.3 last 10 · 28.4 season
Kirk HinrichCHI+5.7 18.6 last 10 · 12.9 season
Kareem RushIND+5.5 13.8 last 10 · 8.3 season
Chris BoshTOR+4.8 27.5 last 10 · 22.7 season
Royal IveyMIL+4.6 10.8 last 10 · 6.2 season
Cold
John SalmonsSAC−6.6 8.6 last 10 · 15.2 season
Tracy McGradyHOU−6.1 15.8 last 10 · 21.9 season
Ricky DavisMIA−5.7 8.0 last 10 · 13.7 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.0 7.2 last 10 · 12.2 season
Kelenna AzubuikeGSW−4.6 4.7 last 10 · 9.3 season