FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 9, 2009Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed DEN by 10 at halftime and won 93–90.

Final
ATL87
ORL121
Q1 ORL +23; Q2 ORL +38; Q3 ORL +43; Q4 ORL +34
Final
CHA87
PHI93
Q1 PHI -3; Q2 PHI -2; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +6
Final
MEM82
TOR103
Q1 TOR +4; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +11; Q4 TOR +21
Final
BOS83
CLE98
Q1 CLE +10; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +12; Q4 CLE +15
Final
LAC80
NOH107
Q1 NOH +9; Q2 NOH +13; Q3 NOH +20; Q4 NOH +27
Final
HOU98
OKC96
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU +13; Q3 HOU +5; Q4 HOU +2
Final
WAS86
CHI98
Q1 CHI +14; Q2 CHI +18; Q3 CHI +14; Q4 CHI +12
Final
NJN102
MIL104
Q1 MIL 0; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +2
Final
DET93
DEN90
Q1 DET -8; Q2 DET -10; Q3 DET -6; Q4 DET +3
Final · OT
MIA119
SAC115
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA -4; Q3 MIA -8; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +4
Final
IND119
LAL121
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +2; Q3 LAL +12; Q4 LAL +2
Final
DAL100
PHX128
Q1 PHX -2; Q2 PHX +6; Q3 PHX +27; Q4 PHX +28
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 9, 2008: 11 games. Top scorer: Yao Ming (HOU @ NYK), 36 points.
The lead · DET @ DEN

Detroit fights back from 10 down against Denver

Final: 93–90, after trailing by 10 at the half. Allen Iverson led Detroit with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DET 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-10-6+3DET AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DET1721233293
DEN2523192390
Who led
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 5, 22, 18, 15, 19, 23, 18, 14, 23DET23 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 2, 14, 16, 19, 16, 16, 23, 20, 26, 19DET19 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 14, 11, 18, 24, 14, 24, 21, 30DEN30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Nene HilarioPoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 13, 13, 21, 27, 14, 18, 14, 15DEN15 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Five close finishes and one Magic rout

Five of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Orlando beat Atlanta by 34.

HOU over OKC2MIL over NJN2LAL over IND2DET over DEN3MIA over SAC4PHI over CHA6CHI over WAS12CLE over BOS15TOR over MEM21NOH over LAC27PHX over DAL28ORL over ATL34Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.2Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 12.2 in 35 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.7Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.7 in 34 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.2Season avg36.9Today

37 minutes today, against 15.2 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 41

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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 43, 32, 28, 29, 21, 33, 29, 24, 31, 41MIA @ SAC · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
41 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 33, 31, 27, 18, 33, 38, 16, 30, 21, 38CLE vs BOS · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 41, 36, 26, 27, 31, 40, 26, 39, 21, 36LAL vs IND · W
27.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 7 REB · 13 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 31, 13, 29, 30, 24, 19, 23, 31, 18, 32TOR vs MEM · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 26, 14, 11, 18, 24, 14, 24, 21, 30DEN vs DET · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 22, 20, 11, 15, 21, 13, 3, 12, 29SAC vs MIA · L
19.0 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 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+6.8 20.2 last 10 · 13.4 season
Hakim WarrickMEM+5.5 17.5 last 10 · 12.0 season
Shaquille O'NealPHX+5.4 22.8 last 10 · 17.4 season
Randy FoyeMIN+5.3 20.7 last 10 · 15.4 season
Cold
Caron ButlerWAS−4.7 15.3 last 10 · 20.0 season
Ramon SessionsMIL−3.8 7.2 last 10 · 11.0 season
Beno UdrihSAC−3.7 7.1 last 10 · 10.8 season
Ray AllenBOS−3.5 14.0 last 10 · 17.5 season
Mike MillerMIN−3.4 6.4 last 10 · 9.8 season