FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 18, 2009Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
PHX117
TOR113
Q1 PHX +2; Q2 PHX +8; Q3 PHX +8; Q4 PHX +4
Final
MIA104
OKC94
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +11; Q4 MIA +10
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 18, 2008: 10 games. Top scorer: Baron Davis (GSW @ CHI), 40 points.
The lead · PHX @ TOR

Amar'e Stoudemire scores 31 as Phoenix wins in Toronto

Final: 117–113. Amar'e Stoudemire made 12 of 20 shots from the field.

Game flow · PHX 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+8+8+4PHX AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX36352422117
TOR34292426113
Who led
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 23, 23, 16, 26, 17, 21, 19, 31PHX31 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 7, 15, 16, 21, 21, 7, 16, 8, 17PHX17 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Anthony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 26, 12, 15, 3, 5, 11, 15, 16, 26TOR26 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Joey GrahamPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 3, 5, 8, 12, 7, 0, 8, 22TOR22 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Second story · MIA @ OKC

Miami leads OKC wire to wire

Miami was ahead at every break and won 104–94. Best quarter: the first, 31–27. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 32 points, 1 rebound and 10 assists.

Top-scorer duel · MIA vs OKC
Dwyane Wade · MIAKevin Durant · OKCPTS3231REB16AST105Top 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
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.8Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.8 in 41 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.7Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.7 in 31 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.0Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 10.0 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade 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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 33, 29, 24, 31, 41, 27, 31, 17, 29, 32MIA @ OKC · W
28.9 PPG season to date · +3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 10 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 27, 9, 27, 28, 26, 21, 32, 31OKC vs MIA · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 23, 23, 16, 26, 17, 21, 19, 31PHX @ TOR · W
21.8 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Anthony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 8, 26, 12, 15, 3, 5, 11, 15, 16, 26TOR vs PHX · L
10.2 PPG season to date · +16.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high26 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Joey GrahamPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 3, 5, 8, 12, 7, 0, 8, 22TOR vs PHX · L
6.9 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high22 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 27, 9, 11, 14, 15, 23, 9, 22OKC vs MIA · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 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+8.6 21.1 last 10 · 12.5 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+8.1 21.0 last 10 · 12.9 season
Andre IguodalaPHI+6.5 24.0 last 10 · 17.5 season
Michael ReddMIL+5.2 26.9 last 10 · 21.7 season
Nick YoungWAS+4.9 15.9 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cold
Caron ButlerWAS−5.5 14.0 last 10 · 19.5 season
Vince CarterNJN−5.3 16.2 last 10 · 21.5 season
Nate RobinsonNYK−5.2 9.5 last 10 · 14.7 season
Ramon SessionsMIL−5.0 5.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Brandon RushIND−4.6 1.7 last 10 · 6.3 season