FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 10, 2009Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 9 points, by POR (vs GSW) and MIN (vs MIL).

Final
CHA92
WAS89
Q1 CHA -8; Q2 CHA -4; Q3 CHA -1; Q4 CHA +3
Final
MIL104
MIN106
Q1 MIN -9; Q2 MIN -9; Q3 MIN -5; Q4 MIN +2
Final · OT
OKC109
CHI98
Q1 OKC +2; Q2 OKC +3; Q3 OKC +2; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +11
Final
NYK76
HOU96
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +1; Q3 HOU +18; Q4 HOU +20
Final
DET82
UTA99
Q1 UTA +11; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +15; Q4 UTA +17
Final
GSW100
POR113
Q1 POR -9; Q2 POR +6; Q3 POR +13; Q4 POR +13
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 10, 2008: 3 games. Top scorer: Rudy Gay (MEM @ SAC), 31 points.
The lead · MIL @ MIN

Minnesota turns it around against Milwaukee

From 9 down after one to a 2-point win: 106–104. Rodney Carney led Minnesota with 22 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-9-9-5+2MIN AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL28322321104
MIN19322728106
Who led
Rodney CarneyPoints, last 10 games: 0, 11, 11, 0, 4, 6, 6, 2, 14, 22MIN22 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 16, 38, 21, 32, 18, 19, 21, 20MIN20 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 27, 4, 25, 20, 31, 17, 35, 20, 24, 32MIL32 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 8, 16, 18, 19, 6, 27, 13, 29MIL29 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Houston by 20.

MIN over MIL2CHA over WAS3OKC over CHI11POR over GSW13UTA over DET17HOU over NYK20Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.4Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.4 in 32 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.0Season avg17.9Last 3

17.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.0 in 37 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.8Season avg40.6Today

41 minutes today, against 21.8 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 3 rebounds, 11 assists.

Top performances

Michael Redd leads the day with 32

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.
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 27, 4, 25, 20, 31, 17, 35, 20, 24, 32MIL @ MIN · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 10, 8, 16, 18, 19, 6, 27, 13, 29MIL @ MIN · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 25, 18, 25, 33, 27, 9, 27, 28OKC @ CHI · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 22, 12, 21, 20, 13, 22, 26, 26POR vs GSW · W
17.6 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 17, 32, 11, 32, 29, 23, 6, 23, 19, 25GSW @ POR · L
19.6 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 23, 26, 23, 19, 21, 20, 20, 22UTA vs DET · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 0 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+6.6 20.1 last 10 · 13.5 season
Hakim WarrickMEM+5.5 17.5 last 10 · 12.0 season
Brandon RoyPOR+5.4 28.2 last 10 · 22.8 season
Shaquille O'NealPHX+5.4 22.8 last 10 · 17.4 season
Cold
Ramon SessionsMIL−3.8 7.0 last 10 · 10.8 season
Beno UdrihSAC−3.7 7.1 last 10 · 10.8 season
Ray AllenBOS−3.5 14.0 last 10 · 17.5 season
Caron ButlerWAS−3.3 16.7 last 10 · 20.0 season
Andris BiedrinsGSW−3.3 10.8 last 10 · 14.1 season