FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 6, 2009Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 3 points, by NOH (vs LAL) and PHI (vs HOU).

Final · OT
BOS106
CHA114
Q1 CHA +5; Q2 CHA +6; Q3 CHA 0; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA +8
Final
WAS80
ORL89
Q1 ORL +6; Q2 ORL +16; Q3 ORL +7; Q4 ORL +9
Final
HOU96
PHI104
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI -2; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +8
Final
MIN94
MEM87
Q1 MIN +8; Q2 MIN +6; Q3 MIN +4; Q4 MIN +7
Final
NYK99
OKC107
Q1 OKC +12; Q2 OKC +13; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +8
Final
SAC94
CHI99
Q1 CHI -1; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +8; Q4 CHI +5
Final
LAC102
DAL107
Q1 DAL +13; Q2 DAL +10; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +5
Final
NOH116
LAL105
Q1 NOH +6; Q2 NOH +5; Q3 NOH -3; Q4 NOH +11
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 6, 2008: 8 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ TOR), 39 points.
The lead · HOU @ PHI

Philadelphia handles Houston by 8

The 76ers won the second quarter 29–28. Final: 104–96. Andre Iguodala led Philadelphia with 28 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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 Q3Final0-3-2+8+8PHI AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU2728162596
PHI24292625104
Who led
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 4, 18, 26, 14, 24, 17, 28, 22, 25, 28PHI28 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 26, 17, 16, 16, 14, 9, 17, 11, 15PHI15 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 3, 11, 11, 10, 10, 16, 11, 8, 16, 18HOU18 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Tracy McGradyPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 23, 12, 4, 11, 15, 7, 4, 14HOU14 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Second story · NOH @ LAL

New Orleans gets past Lakers

116–105, with New Orleans ahead 61–56 at halftime. David West led New Orleans with 40 points, 11 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over SAC5DAL over LAC5MIN over MEM7CHA over BOS8PHI over HOU8OKC over NYK8ORL over WAS9NOH over LAL11Final margin, points. Pink = NOH over LAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+14.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.3Season avg25.8Last 5

25.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.3 in 33 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.7Season avg20.7Last 3

20.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.7 in 34 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 29 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+32.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.2Season avg45.3Today

45 minutes today, against 13.2 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

David West 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.
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 13, 13, 23, 18, 20, 25, 21, 40NOH @ LAL · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +20.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high40 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 41, 36, 26, 27, 31, 40, 26, 39LAL vs NOH · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 27, 24, 23, 21, 30, 17, 24, 31, 28, 34DAL vs LAC · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 19, 34, 17, 12, 26, 19, 15, 17, 30, 32NOH @ LAL · W
20.5 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 15 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 4, 19, 12, 24, 21, 21, 31, 32LAC @ DAL · L
11.9 PPG season to date · +20.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 5, 20, 18, 31, 6, 8, 19, 29WAS @ ORL · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 5 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
Eric GordonLAC+7.7 19.6 last 10 · 11.9 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+7.0 20.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Jarrett JackIND+5.2 16.1 last 10 · 10.9 season
Hakim WarrickMEM+5.1 17.0 last 10 · 11.9 season
Kobe BryantLAL+5.1 32.2 last 10 · 27.1 season
Cold
Ramon SessionsMIL−4.7 6.5 last 10 · 11.2 season
Beno UdrihSAC−4.0 6.9 last 10 · 10.9 season
Maurice EvansATL−3.5 3.5 last 10 · 7.0 season
Rudy GayMEM−3.5 15.4 last 10 · 18.9 season
Richard JeffersonMIL−3.5 13.6 last 10 · 17.1 season