FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 2, 2008Regular season · 8 games
← Feb 1CalendarFeb 3 →

8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed CHA by 10 at halftime and won 117–101.

Final
NJN92
ATL104
Q1 ATL +7; Q2 ATL +17; Q3 ATL +15; Q4 ATL +12
Final
ORL121
IND115
Q1 ORL 0; Q2 ORL -2; Q3 ORL +9; Q4 ORL +6
Final
LAC84
CLE98
Q1 CLE -4; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +14
Final
UTA110
MEM91
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +13; Q3 UTA +24; Q4 UTA +19
Final
HOU91
MIL83
Q1 HOU +1; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +8
Final
CHA101
DEN117
Q1 DEN -5; Q2 DEN -10; Q3 DEN -5; Q4 DEN +16
Final
CHI101
SAC105
Q1 SAC -2; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC +1; Q4 SAC +4
Final
NYK85
SEA86
Q1 SEA +2; Q2 SEA -4; Q3 SEA +2; Q4 SEA +1
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 2, 2007: 10 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN vs POR), 33 points.
The lead · CHA @ DEN

Denver rallies from 10 down to beat Charlotte

Trailing by 10 at the half, Denver outscored the Bobcats 60–34 the rest of the way. Final: 117–101. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 25 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists. Jason Richardson scored 38 for Charlotte in the loss.

Game flow · DEN 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-10-5+16DEN AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA32352014101
DEN27302535117
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 20, 32, 35, 36, 23, 26, 13, 25DEN25 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 28, 35, 24, 29, 30, 23, 23, 32, 24DEN24 PTS · 6 REB · 13 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 38, 13, 22, 11, 35, 20, 11, 10, 38CHA38 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Emeka OkaforPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 21, 19, 21, 17, 14, 13, 20, 20CHA20 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.6Season avg28.8Last 5

28.8 points a game over his last five games, against 19.6 in 40 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.5Season avg10.4Last 3

10.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.5 in 45 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.9Season avg36.7Today

37 minutes today, against 11.9 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · NYK @ SEA

Seattle holds off New York, 86–85

Seattle led 63–61 after three and held on to win by one. Kevin Durant led Seattle with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
SEA over NYK1SAC over CHI4ORL over IND6HOU over MIL8ATL over NJN12CLE over LAC14DEN over CHA16UTA over MEM19Final margin, points. Pink = SEA over NYK.
Top performances

Jason Richardson leads the day with 38

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.
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 38, 13, 22, 11, 35, 20, 11, 10, 38CHA @ DEN · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +18.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high38 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 3, 20, 14, 9, 17, 28, 15, 21, 19, 33HOU @ MIL · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 15, 6, 6, 24, 29, 33, 25, 33CHI @ SAC · L
20.0 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 26, 18, 33, 20, 13, 16, 22, 29IND vs ORL · L
17.8 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 31, 31, 51, 27, 28, 23, 36, 41, 37, 28CLE vs LAC · W
30.1 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 7 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 4, 18, 15, 27, 8, 15, 10, 21, 24, 28SAC vs CHI · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 2 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
Linas KleizaDEN+6.1 18.4 last 10 · 12.3 season
Kobe BryantLAL+5.9 34.3 last 10 · 28.4 season
Al ThorntonLAC+5.8 15.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Kareem RushIND+5.7 14.1 last 10 · 8.4 season
Kirk HinrichCHI+5.4 18.4 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cold
John SalmonsSAC−7.8 7.3 last 10 · 15.1 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.9 6.1 last 10 · 12.0 season
Francisco GarciaSAC−5.8 6.6 last 10 · 12.4 season
Ricky DavisMIA−5.7 8.0 last 10 · 13.7 season
Kelenna AzubuikeGSW−4.6 4.7 last 10 · 9.3 season