FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 12, 2009Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed WAS by 11 at halftime and won 97–91.

Final
MIL97
WAS91
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL -11; Q3 MIL -5; Q4 MIL +6
Final · OT
TOR109
BOS115
Q1 BOS -4; Q2 BOS -9; Q3 BOS -4; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +6
Final · OT
OKC99
NJN103
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN -7; Q3 NJN +2; Q4 NJN 0; OT1 NJN +4
Final
NYK101
NOH95
Q1 NYK 0; Q2 NYK +7; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +6
Final
POR109
CHI95
Q1 POR -7; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +14
Final
IND113
UTA120
Q1 UTA +4; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +7
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 12, 2008: 7 games. Top scorer: Steve Nash (PHX vs MIL), 35 points.
The lead · MIL @ WAS

Milwaukee rallies from 11 down to beat Washington

Trailing by 11 at the half, Milwaukee outscored the Wizards 56–39 the rest of the way. Final: 97–91. Michael Redd led Milwaukee with 29 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIL 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+6-11-5+6MIL AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL2516282897
WAS1933221791
Who led
Michael ReddPoints, last 10 games: 4, 25, 20, 31, 17, 35, 20, 24, 32, 29MIL29 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Andrew BogutPoints, last 10 games: 6, 10, 12, 9, 17, 20, 11, 2, 14, 18MIL18 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 7, 15, 8, 4, 9, 28, 12, 30WAS30 PTS · 0 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 30, 22, 14, 26, 13, 32, 12, 13, 25WAS25 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.9Season avg21.4Last 5

21.4 points a game over his last five games, against 11.9 in 38 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg6.3Last 3

6.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 36 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.0Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 10.0 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 6 games went past regulation.

NJN over OKC4MIL over WAS6BOS over TOR6NYK over NOH6UTA over IND7POR over CHI14Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Top performances

Mehmet Okur leads the day with 43

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.
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 13, 23, 26, 23, 19, 21, 20, 20, 22, 43UTA vs IND · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +25.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high43 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 21, 13, 28, 26, 31, 28, 26, 11, 11, 39BOS vs TOR · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Travis OutlawPoints, last 10 games: 15, 5, 13, 12, 17, 16, 3, 14, 19, 33POR @ CHI · W
11.6 PPG season to date · +22.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 14, 6, 9, 23, 7, 12, 3, 17, 8, 31NJN vs OKC · W
10.7 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 13 REB · 0 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 26, 34, 25, 22, 35, 36, 37, 28, 42, 30IND @ UTA · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 9, 14, 7, 15, 8, 4, 9, 28, 12, 30WAS vs MIL · L
10.4 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 0 REB · 2 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+8.7 21.0 last 10 · 12.3 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+6.8 19.0 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
Shaquille O'NealPHX+5.4 22.8 last 10 · 17.4 season
Cold
Caron ButlerWAS−4.3 15.3 last 10 · 19.6 season
Ramon SessionsMIL−4.2 6.4 last 10 · 10.6 season
Brandon RushIND−4.0 2.6 last 10 · 6.6 season
Devin HarrisNJN−3.7 19.2 last 10 · 22.9 season
Rudy GayMEM−3.2 15.9 last 10 · 19.1 season