FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 15, 2009Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed PHX by 9 after the first quarter and won 119–113.

Final
POR105
NJN99
Q1 POR -2; Q2 POR -4; Q3 POR -3; Q4 POR +6
Final · OT
CLE93
CHI102
Q1 CHI -8; Q2 CHI -2; Q3 CHI 0; Q4 CHI 0; OT1 CHI +9
Final · OT
PHX113
DEN119
Q1 DEN -9; Q2 DEN -6; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +6
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 15, 2008: 8 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ MEM), 51 points.
The lead · PHX @ DEN

Denver flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Phoenix led 62–56 at the break. Tied 103–103 after regulation, Denver won the extra time 16–10. Final: 119–113. Chauncey Billups led Denver with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-9-600+6DEN AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
PHX3527202110113
DEN2630262116119
Who led
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 18, 24, 14, 24, 21, 30, 23, 26DEN26 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 15, 13, 13, 25, 14, 14, 5, 24DEN24 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 11, 15, 13, 18, 10, 21, 6, 25PHX25 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 14, 8, 23, 23, 16, 26, 17, 21PHX21 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · CLE @ CHI

Chicago outlasts Cleveland in overtime

87–87 at the end of regulation. Chicago took the last extra period 15–6. Final: 102–93. Luol Deng led Chicago with 22 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · CHI vs CLE
Luol Deng · CHILeBron James · CLEPTS2228REB814AST37Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.8Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.8 in 39 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.4Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.4 in 38 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.8Season avg22Today

22 minutes today, against 4.8 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Brandon Roy leads the day with 29

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.
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 52, 8, 19, 22, 32, 19, 11, 27, 29POR @ NJN · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 33, 38, 16, 30, 21, 38, 30, 28CLE @ CHI · L
27.7 PPG season to date · +0.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 18, 24, 14, 24, 21, 30, 23, 26DEN vs PHX · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 23, 24, 20, 10, 11, 13, 15, 13, 16, 26CLE @ CHI · L
15.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Grant HillPoints, last 10 games: 11, 16, 11, 15, 13, 18, 10, 21, 6, 25PHX @ DEN · L
10.8 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high25 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 11, 19, 15, 13, 13, 25, 14, 14, 5, 24DEN vs PHX · W
13.0 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 8 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+8.5 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
Matt BarnesPHX−3.9 7.0 last 10 · 10.9 season
Caron ButlerWAS−3.7 16.0 last 10 · 19.7 season
John SalmonsSAC−3.5 15.2 last 10 · 18.7 season