FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 20, 2009Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed SAC by 8 after the first quarter and won 118–99.

Final
ATL105
CHI102
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL -3; Q3 ATL 0; Q4 ATL +3
Final
IND81
SAS99
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +24; Q4 SAS +18
Final
SAC99
DEN118
Q1 DEN -8; Q2 DEN +10; Q3 DEN +19; Q4 DEN +19
Final
MIN107
UTA112
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +5
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 20, 2008: 1 game. Top scorer: Amar'e Stoudemire (PHX vs NJN), 28 points.
The lead · SAC @ DEN

Denver climbs back to beat Sacramento

Sacramento led by 8 after one. Denver won it 118–99. Linas Kleiza led Denver with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · DEN 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8+10+19+19DEN AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC3116282499
DEN23343724118
Who led
Linas KleizaPoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 11, 21, 1, 5, 18, 26, 9, 27DEN27 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 24, 21, 30, 23, 26, 18, 13, 22DEN22 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 20, 45, 36, 29, 28, 21, 30, 23, 24, 25SAC25 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Jason ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 12, 7, 4, 12, 10, 12, 22, 18SAC18 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.4Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.4 in 28 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−25.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.5Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.5 in 32 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.2Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 19.2 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · ATL @ CHI

Atlanta survives Chicago, 105–102

A three-point finish after it was 77–77 through three. Mike Bibby led Atlanta with 31 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ATL over CHI3UTA over MIN5SAS over IND18DEN over SAC19Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over CHI.
Top performances

Mike Bibby 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.
Mike BibbyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 17, 7, 22, 17, 10, 20, 23, 31ATL @ CHI · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 18, 24, 22, 11, 16, 19, 27, 9, 4, 28UTA vs MIN · W
15.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 19, 8, 18, 20, 20, 18, 17, 27SAS vs IND · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Linas KleizaPoints, last 10 games: 8, 9, 11, 21, 1, 5, 18, 26, 9, 27DEN vs SAC · W
10.6 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 10, 13, 18, 27, 8, 21, 10, 26SAS vs IND · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 32, 18, 19, 21, 20, 9, 22, 20, 25MIN @ UTA · L
22.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 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+8.4 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
Nate RobinsonNYK−4.5 10.1 last 10 · 14.6 season
Brandon RushIND−4.4 1.9 last 10 · 6.3 season
Devin HarrisNJN−4.4 17.9 last 10 · 22.3 season