FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 3, 2009Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed NJN by 13 after the first quarter and won 101–96.

Final
SAC117
IND122
Q1 IND -4; Q2 IND +1; Q3 IND 0; Q4 IND +5
Final
HOU100
ATL103
Q1 ATL -5; Q2 ATL +8; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +3
Final
MIL92
CHA102
Q1 CHA -1; Q2 CHA +9; Q3 CHA +13; Q4 CHA +10
Final · OT
NJN96
MIA101
Q1 MIA -13; Q2 MIA -8; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +5
Final
MIN102
CHI92
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN +7; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN +10
Final
PHI106
SAS108
Q1 SAS +21; Q2 SAS +16; Q3 SAS +3; Q4 SAS +2
Final
NOH100
DEN105
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +18; Q3 DEN +12; Q4 DEN +5
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 3, 2008: 3 games. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (PHX vs SEA), 34 points.
The lead · NJN @ MIA

Miami rallies from eight down at the half, wins in overtime

New Jersey led 46–38 at the break. It was 85–85 after regulation, and Miami won the extra time 16–11. Final: 101–96. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-13-8-20+5MIA AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NJN271917221196
MIA1424232416101
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 35, 43, 32, 28, 29, 21, 33, 29MIA29 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Yakhouba DiawaraPoints, last 10 games: 0, 6, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 19MIA19 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Keyon DoolingPoints, last 10 games: 3, 4, 3, 6, 17, 11, 11, 9, 7, 23NJN23 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 34, 21, 10, 38, 19, 28, 31, 4, 18, 20NJN20 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.9Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.9 in 32 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.7Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.7 in 31 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.9Season avg40.5Today

40 minutes today, against 14.9 a game in 14 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Charlotte by 10.

SAS over PHI2ATL over HOU3IND over SAC5MIA over NJN5DEN over NOH5CHA over MIL10MIN over CHI10Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Top performances

Kevin Martin leads the day with 45

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.
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 31, 14, 33, 26, 27, 22, 8, 20, 20, 45SAC @ IND · L
22.7 PPG season to date · +24.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high45 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 42, 14, 27, 41, 26, 26, 34, 25, 22, 35IND vs SAC · W
25.1 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 34, 17, 12, 26, 19, 15, 17, 30NOH @ DEN · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 35, 43, 32, 28, 29, 21, 33, 29MIA vs NJN · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +0.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 14, 11, 19, 24, 10, 24, 20, 29ATL vs HOU · W
15.0 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 19, 12, 14, 14, 19, 13, 15, 17, 28PHI @ SAS · L
15.6 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 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
Rodney StuckeyDET+6.2 19.4 last 10 · 13.2 season
Eric GordonLAC+5.8 16.5 last 10 · 10.7 season
Boris DiawCHA+5.7 16.5 last 10 · 10.8 season
Marco BelinelliGSW+5.7 15.1 last 10 · 9.4 season
Jarrett JackIND+5.2 16.0 last 10 · 10.8 season
Cold
Ramon SessionsMIL−5.2 6.0 last 10 · 11.2 season
Dwight HowardORL−4.2 15.3 last 10 · 19.5 season
Beno UdrihSAC−4.0 7.2 last 10 · 11.2 season
Maurice EvansATL−3.5 3.5 last 10 · 7.0 season
Zydrunas IlgauskasCLE−3.1 10.7 last 10 · 13.8 season