FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 7, 2009Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed BOS by 9 after the first quarter and won 89–85.

Final
ORL106
ATL102
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +15; Q3 ORL +16; Q4 ORL +4
Final
CHA81
CLE111
Q1 CLE +17; Q2 CLE +18; Q3 CLE +28; Q4 CLE +30
Final
TOR99
WAS93
Q1 TOR +11; Q2 TOR +12; Q3 TOR +13; Q4 TOR +6
Final
HOU89
BOS85
Q1 HOU -9; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU -3; Q4 HOU +4
Final
MEM89
NJN100
Q1 NJN +14; Q2 NJN +13; Q3 NJN +10; Q4 NJN +11
Final
PHI110
MIL105
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI -4; Q3 PHI -6; Q4 PHI +5
Final
OKC87
MIN129
Q1 MIN +18; Q2 MIN +29; Q3 MIN +32; Q4 MIN +42
Final
MIA97
DEN108
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +11; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +11
Final
IND113
PHX110
Q1 IND +7; Q2 IND +4; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +3
Final
NOH90
UTA116
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +20; Q4 UTA +26
Final
DET83
POR84
Q1 POR -6; Q2 POR -7; Q3 POR -3; Q4 POR +1
Final
LAL114
GSW106
Q1 LAL +8; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL -3; Q4 LAL +8
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 7, 2008: 2 games. Top scorer: Baron Davis (GSW vs SAS), 34 points.
The lead · HOU @ BOS

Houston climbs back to beat Boston

Boston led by 9 after one. Houston won it 89–85. Yao Ming led Houston with 26 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9+3-3+4HOU AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU2230191889
BOS3118251185
Who led
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 24, 19, 19, 26, 12, 22, 14, 16, 14, 26HOU26 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 9, 10, 1, 8, 3, 9, 6, 19HOU19 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 17, 10, 20, 21, 13, 28, 26, 31, 28, 26BOS26 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 12, 18, 22, 14, 21, 17, 10, 6, 14, 18BOS18 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Minnesota by 42.

POR over DET1IND over PHX3ORL over ATL4HOU over BOS4PHI over MIL5TOR over WAS6LAL over GSW8NJN over MEM11DEN over MIA11UTA over NOH26CLE over CHA30MIN over OKC42Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.1Season avg21.8Last 5

21.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.1 in 35 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.9Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.9 in 33 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.9Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 12.9 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Danny Granger leads the day with 37

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.
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 41, 26, 26, 34, 25, 22, 35, 36, 37IND @ PHX · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 15, 20, 20, 13, 21, 19, 10, 33LAL @ GSW · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 19, 12, 15, 18, 17, 21, 23, 32MIN vs OKC · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 28, 29, 30, 22, 14, 26, 13, 32WAS vs TOR · L
20.9 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 35, 43, 32, 28, 29, 21, 33, 29, 24, 31MIA @ DEN · L
28.7 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 14, 19, 13, 15, 17, 28, 9, 28PHI @ MIL · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 9 REB · 6 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+6.5 20.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Andre IguodalaPHI+5.6 22.2 last 10 · 16.6 season
Randy FoyeMIN+5.3 20.7 last 10 · 15.4 season
Hakim WarrickMEM+5.3 17.1 last 10 · 11.8 season
Cold
Ramon SessionsMIL−4.2 6.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Beno UdrihSAC−4.0 6.9 last 10 · 10.9 season
D.J. AugustinCHA−3.6 8.9 last 10 · 12.5 season
Mike MillerMIN−3.4 6.4 last 10 · 9.8 season
Andris BiedrinsGSW−3.3 10.9 last 10 · 14.2 season