FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 4, 2008Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed PHI by 18 after the first quarter and won 96–91.

Final
PHI91
ATL96
Q1 ATL -18; Q2 ATL -6; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +5
Final
DAL107
ORL98
Q1 DAL +13; Q2 DAL +14; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +9
Final
TOR114
MIA82
Q1 TOR +21; Q2 TOR +18; Q3 TOR +27; Q4 TOR +32
Final
LAC103
NYK94
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC -9; Q3 LAC +5; Q4 LAC +9
Final
HOU92
MIN86
Q1 HOU +6; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +6
Final
CHA104
PHX118
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +14
Final
NOH88
UTA110
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +20; Q4 UTA +22
Final · OT
DEN105
POR103
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +2
Final
CHI118
SEA108
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +10
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 4, 2007: 3 games. Top scorer: Joe Johnson (ATL @ NJN), 37 points.
The lead · PHI @ ATL

Atlanta storms back from 18 down to beat Philadelphia

The Hawks trailed by 18 after one and won 96–91. Josh Childress led Atlanta with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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 Q3Final0-18-6+2+5ATL AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI3218202191
ATL1430282496
Who led
Josh ChildressPoints, last 10 games: 6, 0, 11, 9, 13, 5, 17, 14, 23, 21ATL21 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 19, 24, 17, 22, 14, 17, 7, 21, 23, 19ATL19 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 12, 20, 21, 11, 10, 23, 14, 23, 29PHI29 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 17, 17, 20, 23, 15, 24, 33, 18, 11, 22PHI22 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Second story · LAC @ NYK

Clippers climb back to beat New York

New York led by 9 at the half. Clippers won it 103–94. Corey Maggette led Clippers with 19 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · LAC vs NYK
Corey Maggette · LACEddy Curry · NYKPTS1919REB62AST11Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.0Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 13.0 in 43 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 26 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs 2006–07 avg
Minutes per game
30.82006–07 avg17.4Last 3

17.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.8 in 2006–07 (66 games). Today: 9 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.8Season avg36.4Today

36 minutes today, against 16.8 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Al Jefferson leads the day with 33

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.
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 20, 21, 39, 15, 40, 20, 26, 25, 33MIN vs HOU · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 16 REB · 2 AST
Leandro BarbosaPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 12, 8, 13, 14, 13, 13, 5, 30PHX vs CHA · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 18, 16, 17, 11, 22, 11, 16, 29UTA vs NOH · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 12, 20, 21, 11, 10, 23, 14, 23, 29PHI @ ATL · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 20, 32, 35, 36, 23, 26, 13, 25, 28DEN @ POR · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 24, 10, 23, 16, 22, 18, 16, 17, 24, 28ORL vs DAL · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 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+7.0 19.4 last 10 · 12.4 season
Al ThorntonLAC+6.2 15.8 last 10 · 9.6 season
Kirk HinrichCHI+5.8 18.8 last 10 · 13.0 season
Kareem RushIND+5.7 14.1 last 10 · 8.4 season
Kobe BryantLAL+5.1 33.6 last 10 · 28.5 season
Cold
John SalmonsSAC−7.8 7.3 last 10 · 15.1 season
Ricky DavisMIA−6.0 7.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.9 6.1 last 10 · 12.0 season
Francisco GarciaSAC−5.8 6.6 last 10 · 12.4 season
Chris PaulNOH−4.6 15.7 last 10 · 20.3 season