FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, February 9, 2008Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed MIL by 7 after three quarters and won 99–98.

Final
POR93
IND101
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +8
Final
LAC80
PHI101
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +19; Q3 PHI +16; Q4 PHI +21
Final
MEM99
NOH112
Q1 NOH +2; Q2 NOH +6; Q3 NOH +10; Q4 NOH +13
Final
ATL89
HOU108
Q1 HOU +10; Q2 HOU +25; Q3 HOU +33; Q4 HOU +19
Final
NYK99
MIL98
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK -7; Q4 NYK +1
Final
CHI87
UTA97
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +10
Final
SAC102
GSW105
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +5; Q3 GSW 0; Q4 GSW +3
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 9, 2007: 11 games. Top scorer: Zach Randolph (POR @ CHA), 40 points.
The lead · NYK @ MIL

Jamal Crawford scores 30, New York holds off Milwaukee

Final: 99–98. Jamal Crawford added 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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+1-2-7+1NYK AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK2622262599
MIL2525311798
Who led
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 22, 26, 13, 23, 18, 21, 24, 30NYK30 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Fred JonesPoints, last 10 games: 0, 7, 2, 4, 2, 2, 11, 12, 19, 18NYK18 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Charlie VillanuevaPoints, last 10 games: 18, 14, 4, 12, 4, 10, 14, 16, 16, 21MIL21 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 16, 17, 24, 19, 28, 37, 12, 21MIL21 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
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
21.6Season avg29.6Last 5

29.6 points a game over his last five games, against 21.6 in 38 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 2 vs 2006–07 avg
Minutes per game
29.82006–07 avg13.5Last 2

13.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 29.8 in 2006–07 (61 games). Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.5Season avg38.7Today

39 minutes today, against 14.5 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 2 rebounds, 9 assists.

Second story · SAC @ GSW

Golden State wins a tight one over Sacramento

105–102. Neither team led by more than 9 at any break. Monta Ellis led Golden State with 34 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over MIL1GSW over SAC3IND over POR8UTA over CHI10NOH over MEM13HOU over ATL19PHI over LAC21Final margin, points. Pink = GSW over SAC.
Top performances

Monta Ellis 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.
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 28, 39, 24, 18, 16, 21, 25, 34GSW vs SAC · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 16, 22, 14, 32, 13, 24, 12, 12, 21, 33NOH vs MEM · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 22, 26, 13, 23, 18, 21, 24, 30NYK @ MIL · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 33, 20, 13, 16, 22, 29, 16, 16, 29IND vs POR · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 21, 30, 26, 11, 36, 17, 12, 16, 22, 28HOU vs ATL · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 12, 18, 13, 25, 25, 26, 19, 19, 26GSW vs SAC · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 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
Monta EllisGSW+5.8 24.0 last 10 · 18.2 season
Kirk HinrichCHI+5.8 18.8 last 10 · 13.0 season
Corey MaggetteLAC+5.0 26.7 last 10 · 21.7 season
Peja StojakovicNOH+4.6 20.6 last 10 · 16.0 season
Chris BoshTOR+4.6 27.4 last 10 · 22.8 season
Cold
Francisco GarciaSAC−5.8 6.4 last 10 · 12.2 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Ricky DavisMIA−5.0 8.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Joe JohnsonATL−5.0 15.9 last 10 · 20.9 season
John SalmonsSAC−4.8 10.3 last 10 · 15.1 season