FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 8, 2009Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed LAC by 6 after the first quarter and won 106–84.

Final
NYK94
DAL99
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -5; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +5
Final
LAC84
SAS106
Q1 SAS -6; Q2 SAS -1; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +22
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 8, 2008: 9 games. Top scorer: Dwight Howard (ORL @ SAC), 29 points.
The lead · LAC @ SAS

San Antonio rolls past Clippers, 106–84

The Clippers were held to 15 points in the fourth quarter. Tony Parker led San Antonio with 19 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-1+6+22SAS AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC2222251584
SAS16273231106
Who led
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 36, 27, 32, 19, 19, 15, 8, 19SAS19 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Roger Mason Jr.Points, last 10 games: 16, 11, 12, 7, 0, 15, 3, 19, 11, 18SAS18 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Al ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 5, 16, 8, 24, 15, 12, 25, 21LAC21 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 4, 19, 12, 24, 21, 21, 31, 32, 21LAC21 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Second story · NYK @ DAL

Dallas beats New York, 99–94

Dallas led 80–78 after three and won by 5. Josh Howard led Dallas with 19 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DAL vs NYK
Josh Howard · DALChris Duhon · NYKPTS1924REB42AST37Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+13.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.9Season avg25.2Last 5

25.2 points a game over his last five games, against 11.9 in 34 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−5.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.8Season avg25.6Last 3

25.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.8 in 31 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+28.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.3Season avg42.6Today

43 minutes today, against 14.3 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Chris Duhon leads the day with 24

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.
Chris DuhonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 7, 20, 6, 17, 15, 6, 12, 18, 24NYK @ DAL · L
12.4 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Al ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 5, 16, 8, 24, 15, 12, 25, 21LAC @ SAS · L
16.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 4, 19, 12, 24, 21, 21, 31, 32, 21LAC @ SAS · L
12.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 11, 2, 19, 17, 19, 13, 31, 11, 20NYK @ DAL · L
14.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Josh HowardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 14, 15, 18, 29, 23, 10, 12, 22, 19DAL vs NYK · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 36, 27, 32, 19, 19, 15, 8, 19SAS vs LAC · W
20.9 PPG season to date · −2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 3 REB · 4 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+7.8 20.0 last 10 · 12.2 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