FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 13, 2009Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed DET by 7 at halftime and won 80–78.

Final
CHA80
DET78
Q1 CHA -2; Q2 CHA -7; Q3 CHA -6; Q4 CHA +2
Final
CLE102
MEM87
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +3; Q3 CLE +10; Q4 CLE +15
Final
MIA99
MIN96
Q1 MIA -1; Q2 MIA -6; Q3 MIA -3; Q4 MIA +3
Final
LAL105
HOU100
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL 0; Q3 LAL -4; Q4 LAL +5
Final
DAL97
DEN99
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +13; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN +2
Final
ATL102
PHX107
Q1 PHX +15; Q2 PHX +4; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +5
Final
ORL139
SAC107
Q1 ORL +12; Q2 ORL +19; Q3 ORL +22; Q4 ORL +32
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 13, 2008: 6 games. Top scorer: Chris Bosh (TOR vs POR), 38 points.
The lead · CHA @ DET

Charlotte takes over late to edge Detroit

Down 6 after three, Charlotte won the fourth 18–10. Final: 80–78. Raymond Felton led Charlotte with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · CHA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-7-6+2CHA AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA2516211880
DET2721201078
Who led
Raymond FeltonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 12, 10, 11, 25, 15, 13, 9, 23CHA23 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 16, 32, 21, 11, 24, 23, 14, 6, 0, 18CHA18 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 19, 11, 38, 24, 13, 9, 19, 22DET22 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 2, 12, 20, 11, 12, 16, 16, 7, 8, 16DET16 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.3Season avg23.2Last 5

23.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.3 in 36 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs 2007–08 avg
Minutes per game
22.02007–08 avg5.7Last 3

5.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 2007–08 (58 games). Today: 0 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.4Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 19.4 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 23 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Orlando posts the night's biggest win

Orlando beat Sacramento by 32, the widest margin of 7 games.

CHA over DET2DEN over DAL2MIA over MIN3LAL over HOU5PHX over ATL5CLE over MEM15ORL over SAC32Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Dirk Nowitzki leads the day with 44

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.
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 30, 17, 24, 31, 28, 34, 10, 19, 15, 44DAL @ DEN · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
44 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 26, 27, 31, 40, 26, 39, 21, 36, 19, 33LAL @ HOU · W
27.1 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 28, 29, 21, 33, 29, 24, 31, 41, 27, 31MIA @ MIN · W
29.1 PPG season to date · +2.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 31, 27, 18, 33, 38, 16, 30, 21, 38, 30CLE @ MEM · W
27.7 PPG season to date · +2.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 22, 8, 20, 20, 45, 36, 29, 28, 21, 30SAC vs ORL · L
24.5 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 15, 18, 17, 21, 23, 32, 11, 29MIN vs MIA · L
15.7 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 8 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
Hakim WarrickMEM+5.3 17.4 last 10 · 12.1 season
Danny GrangerIND+5.0 31.5 last 10 · 26.5 season
Andre IguodalaPHI+4.9 21.7 last 10 · 16.8 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
John SalmonsSAC−3.9 14.7 last 10 · 18.6 season
Devin HarrisNJN−3.7 19.2 last 10 · 22.9 season