FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 19, 2009Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed TOR by 9 at halftime and won 87–84.

Final
CHI98
NYK102
Q1 NYK +2; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +1; Q4 NYK +4
Final
DAL95
PHI93
Q1 DAL -6; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +2
Final
TOR84
ATL87
Q1 ATL -1; Q2 ATL -9; Q3 ATL -2; Q4 ATL +3
Final
SAS86
CHA84
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +5; Q3 SAS -5; Q4 SAS +2
Final
DEN113
HOU115
Q1 HOU 0; Q2 HOU -3; Q3 HOU +3; Q4 HOU +2
Final
MIN94
LAC86
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN +11; Q3 MIN +7; Q4 MIN +8
Final
IND100
NOH103
Q1 NOH -2; Q2 NOH +1; Q3 NOH +9; Q4 NOH +3
Final
WAS98
GSW119
Q1 GSW +5; Q2 GSW +12; Q3 GSW +7; Q4 GSW +21
Final
DET87
MEM79
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET -2; Q4 DET +8
Final
PHX87
BOS104
Q1 BOS +15; Q2 BOS +30; Q3 BOS +31; Q4 BOS +17
Final
MIL85
POR102
Q1 POR +3; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +17
Final
CLE88
LAL105
Q1 LAL +2; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +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 19, 2008: 11 games. Top scorer: Jason Richardson (CHA vs MEM), 38 points.
The lead · TOR @ ATL

Atlanta rallies from 9 down to beat Toronto

Trailing by 9 at the half, Atlanta outscored the Raptors 45–33 the rest of the way. Final: 87–84. Joe Johnson led Atlanta with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · ATL 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1-9-2+3ATL AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2427132084
ATL2319202587
Who led
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 14, 13, 11, 25, 11, 21, 25, 28ATL28 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 13, 17, 7, 22, 17, 10, 20, 23ATL23 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 23, 31, 18, 32, 15, 18, 25, 25, 20, 22TOR22 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 25, 21, 17, 23, 31, 20, 15, 20TOR20 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.4Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 5.4 in 27 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 13 minutes.

Losing minutes
−20.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.5Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.5 in 31 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 3 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.7Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 10.7 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Six close finishes and one Warriors rout

Six of 12 games were decided by four points or fewer. Golden State beat Washington by 21.

DAL over PHI2SAS over CHA2HOU over DEN2ATL over TOR3NOH over IND3NYK over CHI4MIN over LAC8DET over MEM8BOS over PHX17POR over MIL17LAL over CLE17GSW over WAS21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Yao Ming leads the day with 31

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.
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 22, 14, 16, 14, 26, 14, 14, 19, 26, 31HOU vs DEN · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 35, 36, 37, 28, 42, 30, 24, 23, 30IND @ NOH · L
26.4 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 11, 28, 25, 19, 32, 35, 29, 28GSW vs WAS · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 13, 14, 13, 11, 25, 11, 21, 25, 28ATL vs TOR · W
22.2 PPG season to date · +6.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 17, 30, 32, 26, 10, 23, 33, 18, 23, 27NOH vs IND · W
20.9 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 9 AST
Allen IversonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 18, 14, 23, 11, 13, 23, 14, 12, 27DET @ MEM · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 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+8.4 21.2 last 10 · 12.8 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+8.1 21.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Andre IguodalaPHI+5.5 23.0 last 10 · 17.5 season
Nick YoungWAS+5.0 15.9 last 10 · 10.9 season
Von WaferHOU+4.8 15.2 last 10 · 10.4 season
Cold
Vince CarterNJN−5.3 16.2 last 10 · 21.5 season
Ramon SessionsMIL−4.8 5.1 last 10 · 9.9 season
Brandon RushIND−4.6 1.7 last 10 · 6.3 season
Nate RobinsonNYK−4.5 10.1 last 10 · 14.6 season
Devin HarrisNJN−4.4 17.9 last 10 · 22.3 season