FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, February 7, 2008Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
MIA84
PHI101
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +4; Q3 PHI +3; Q4 PHI +17
Final
CLE77
HOU92
Q1 HOU +4; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +15
Final
CHI114
GSW108
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI 0; Q4 CHI +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 7, 2007: 10 games. Top scorer: Chris Bosh (TOR vs ORL), 41 points.
The lead · CHI @ GSW

Chris Duhon scores 34 in Chicago win over Golden State

Final: 114–108. Chris Duhon added 2 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · CHI margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+9+30+6CHI AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHI32182737114
GSW23243031108
Who led
Chris DuhonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 6, 7, 3, 5, 0, 4, 6, 9, 34CHI34 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 7, 6, 2, 4, 9, 25, 16, 27CHI27 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 23, 12, 28, 39, 24, 18, 16, 21, 25GSW25 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 24, 40, 19, 15, 25, 22, 21, 23, 5, 22GSW22 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Second story · CLE @ HOU

Houston leads Cleveland wire to wire

Houston was ahead at every break and won 92–77. Best quarter: the third, 32–20. Yao Ming led Houston with 22 points, 12 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over GSW6HOU over CLE15PHI over MIA17Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over CLE.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.4Season avg13.6Last 5

13.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.4 in 40 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.2Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.2 in 47 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 21.9 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 27 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Chris Duhon leads the day with 34

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 DuhonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 6, 7, 3, 5, 0, 4, 6, 9, 34CHI @ GSW · W
5.9 PPG season to date · +28.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 51, 27, 28, 23, 36, 41, 37, 28, 33, 32CLE @ HOU · L
30.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Joe SmithPoints, last 10 games: 13, 6, 7, 6, 2, 4, 9, 25, 16, 27CHI @ GSW · W
10.9 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 20, 23, 15, 24, 33, 18, 11, 22, 20, 25PHI vs MIA · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 11, 23, 12, 28, 39, 24, 18, 16, 21, 25GSW vs CHI · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 25, 21, 30, 26, 11, 36, 17, 12, 16, 22HOU vs CLE · W
22.0 PPG season to date · +0.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 12 REB · 4 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
Kirk HinrichCHI+5.8 18.8 last 10 · 13.0 season
Kareem RushIND+5.4 14.0 last 10 · 8.6 season
Al JeffersonMIN+5.1 26.6 last 10 · 21.5 season
Al ThorntonLAC+4.5 14.0 last 10 · 9.5 season
Peja StojakovicNOH+4.0 19.7 last 10 · 15.7 season
Cold
John SalmonsSAC−7.5 7.5 last 10 · 15.0 season
Francisco GarciaSAC−5.7 6.7 last 10 · 12.4 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Ricky DavisMIA−5.0 8.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Carlos BoozerUTA−4.9 16.7 last 10 · 21.6 season