FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 14, 2009Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed DAL by 5 at halftime and won 104–97.

Final · OT
DET106
IND110
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND 0; Q4 IND 0; OT1 IND +4
Final
POR79
PHI100
Q1 PHI +16; Q2 PHI +22; Q3 PHI +10; Q4 PHI +21
Final
CHI102
TOR98
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI -1; Q3 CHI -3; Q4 CHI +4
Final
NJN86
BOS118
Q1 BOS +7; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +28; Q4 BOS +32
Final
WAS122
NYK128
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +6
Final
MIA102
MIL99
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA 0; Q3 MIA +7; Q4 MIA +3
Final
UTA93
OKC114
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +2; Q3 OKC +15; Q4 OKC +21
Final
NOH104
DAL97
Q1 NOH -4; Q2 NOH -5; Q3 NOH 0; Q4 NOH +7
Final
LAL111
SAS112
Q1 SAS +1; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS +8; Q4 SAS +1
Final · 3OT
SAC135
GSW133
Q1 SAC +11; Q2 SAC +9; Q3 SAC +8; Q4 SAC 0; OT1 SAC 0; OT2 SAC 0; OT3 SAC +2
Final
ATL97
LAC80
Q1 ATL +3; Q2 ATL +12; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +17
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 14, 2008: 7 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ SEA), 48 points.
The lead · NOH @ DAL

Chris Paul posts 33-10-11 as New Orleans tops Dallas

A triple-double in a 104–97 win.

Game flow · NOH 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 Q3Final0-4-50+7NOH AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH26252825104
DAL3026231897
Who led
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 15, 17, 30, 32, 26, 10, 23, 33NOH33 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 20, 25, 21, 40, 13, 12, 25, 16NOH16 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 12, 29, 21, 18, 9, 10, 11, 33, 16, 28DAL28 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 17, 24, 31, 28, 34, 10, 19, 15, 44, 20DAL20 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.4Season avg22.4Last 5

22.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.4 in 37 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.3Season avg6.0Last 3

6.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.3 in 37 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.1Season avg56.0Today

56 minutes today, against 29.1 a game in 38 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Five games go down to the wire

Five of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Boston by 32.

SAS over LAL1SAC over GSW2MIA over MIL3IND over DET4CHI over TOR4NYK over WAS6NOH over DAL7ATL over LAC17PHI over POR21OKC over UTA21BOS over NJN32Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Jamal Crawford leads the day with 35

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.
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 10, 11, 11, 28, 25, 19, 32, 35GSW vs SAC · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 15, 17, 30, 32, 26, 10, 23, 33NOH @ DAL · W
20.8 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 10 REB · 11 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 14, 7, 15, 8, 4, 9, 28, 12, 30, 33WAS @ NYK · L
10.9 PPG season to date · +22.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high33 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 7, 26, 19, 18, 21, 25, 21, 17, 23, 31TOR vs CHI · L
12.6 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Brad MillerPoints, last 10 games: 7, 15, 25, 13, 8, 18, 9, 13, 3, 30SAC @ GSW · W
12.3 PPG season to date · +18.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 22 REB · 2 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 12, 19, 13, 26, 14, 14, 13, 14, 24, 30NYK vs WAS · W
15.4 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 10 REB · 6 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+8.5 20.9 last 10 · 12.4 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+8.2 20.8 last 10 · 12.6 season
Andre IguodalaPHI+6.1 23.2 last 10 · 17.1 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+5.8 20.1 last 10 · 14.3 season
Hakim WarrickMEM+5.3 17.4 last 10 · 12.1 season
Cold
Ramon SessionsMIL−4.9 5.5 last 10 · 10.4 season
Brandon RushIND−4.7 1.8 last 10 · 6.5 season
Devin HarrisNJN−3.9 18.8 last 10 · 22.7 season
Caron ButlerWAS−3.7 16.0 last 10 · 19.7 season
John SalmonsSAC−3.5 15.2 last 10 · 18.7 season