FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 2, 2009Regular season · 15 games
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15 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed ATL by 20 at halftime and won 93–91.

Final
MIA76
ORL86
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +1; Q3 ORL +2; Q4 ORL +10
Final
HOU73
TOR94
Q1 TOR +11; Q2 TOR +10; Q3 TOR +19; Q4 TOR +21
Final
WAS83
BOS108
Q1 BOS +14; Q2 BOS +24; Q3 BOS +31; Q4 BOS +25
Final
CHI92
CLE117
Q1 CLE +15; Q2 CLE +14; Q3 CLE +17; Q4 CLE +25
Final · OT
ATL91
NJN93
Q1 NJN -5; Q2 NJN -20; Q3 NJN -8; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +2
Final
IND105
NYK103
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +9; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +2
Final
SAC92
DET98
Q1 DET +11; Q2 DET +1; Q3 DET +7; Q4 DET +6
Final
SAS91
MEM80
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +4; Q3 SAS +11; Q4 SAS +11
Final
GSW108
MIN115
Q1 MIN +6; Q2 MIN +1; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN +7
Final
DEN122
OKC120
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN -11; Q3 DEN -7; Q4 DEN +2
Final
PHI86
DAL96
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL -2; Q4 DAL +10
Final
CHA75
MIL103
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +19; Q4 MIL +28
Final
LAC98
PHX106
Q1 PHX +18; Q2 PHX +13; Q3 PHX +11; Q4 PHX +8
Final
NOH92
POR77
Q1 NOH +5; Q2 NOH +2; Q3 NOH 0; Q4 NOH +15
Final
UTA100
LAL113
Q1 LAL +17; Q2 LAL +14; Q3 LAL +15; Q4 LAL +13
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 · 2007–08Jan 2, 2008: 12 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs ATL), 36 points.
The lead · ATL @ NJN

New Jersey needs overtime to survive Atlanta

Tied 85–85 after regulation. New Jersey won the final period 8–6 for a 93–91 win. Devin Harris led New Jersey with 26 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · NJN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-30-20-100+10+20+30OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-5-20-80+2NJN AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
ATL21282016691
NJN16133224893
Who led
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 21, 41, 21, 10, 29, 14, 26, 26, 19, 26NJN26 PTS · 4 REB · 11 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 32, 34, 21, 10, 38, 19, 28, 31, 4, 18NJN18 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 14, 7, 27, 14, 17, 20, 15, 22ATL22 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 12, 15, 14, 14, 11, 19, 24, 10, 24, 20ATL20 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 31 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.5Season avg16.4Last 3

16.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.5 in 28 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.3Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 9.3 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Bucks rout

Three of 15 games were decided by four points or fewer. Milwaukee beat Charlotte by 28.

NJN over ATL2IND over NYK2DEN over OKC2DET over SAC6MIN over GSW7PHX over LAC8ORL over MIA10DAL over PHI10SAS over MEM11LAL over UTA13NOH over POR15TOR over HOU21BOS over WAS25CLE over CHI25MIL over CHA28Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 40

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: 32, 26, 28, 28, 41, 36, 26, 27, 31, 40LAL vs UTA · W
26.8 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
40 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 7, 20, 40, 12, 16, 19, 11, 38DET vs SAC · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +25.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 25, 26, 26, 28, 26, 25, 18, 25, 33OKC vs DEN · L
23.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 15, 35, 43, 32, 28, 29, 21, 33MIA @ ORL · L
28.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 20, 34, 28, 21, 16, 38, 21, 32MIN vs GSW · W
22.9 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 45, 27, 23, 22, 13, 10, 32, 16, 20, 31DEN @ OKC · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 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
Rodney StuckeyDET+6.2 19.4 last 10 · 13.2 season
Eric GordonLAC+5.8 16.5 last 10 · 10.7 season
Marco BelinelliGSW+5.7 15.1 last 10 · 9.4 season
Lou WilliamsPHI+5.5 17.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Brandon RoyPOR+4.8 27.8 last 10 · 23.0 season
Cold
Ramon SessionsMIL−5.0 6.5 last 10 · 11.5 season
Dwight HowardORL−4.2 15.3 last 10 · 19.5 season
Maurice EvansATL−3.9 3.3 last 10 · 7.2 season
Beno UdrihSAC−3.1 8.2 last 10 · 11.3 season
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE−3.1 10.7 last 10 · 13.8 season