FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 23, 2009Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed NJN by 6 at halftime and won 94–91.

Final
PHX76
CHA98
Q1 CHA +8; Q2 CHA +22; Q3 CHA +26; Q4 CHA +22
Final
DAL112
DET91
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +12; Q3 DAL +18; Q4 DAL +21
Final
HOU102
IND107
Q1 IND -3; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +5
Final
MIL87
ATL117
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +19; Q4 ATL +30
Final
MEM88
NYK108
Q1 NYK -3; Q2 NYK +11; Q3 NYK +10; Q4 NYK +20
Final
NOH108
MIN116
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN -5; Q3 MIN -2; Q4 MIN +8
Final
TOR114
CHI94
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR 0; Q3 TOR +9; Q4 TOR +20
Final
NJN91
SAS94
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS -6; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +3
Final
CLE106
GSW105
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +3; Q4 CLE +1
Final
OKC104
LAC107
Q1 LAC -4; Q2 LAC -3; Q3 LAC +5; Q4 LAC +3
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 23, 2008: 12 games. Top scorer: Al Jefferson (MIN vs PHX), 39 points.
The lead · NJN @ SAS

Tim Duncan posts 30 and 15 as San Antonio beats New Jersey

30 points and 15 rebounds in a 94–91 win.

Game flow · SAS 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+2-6+6+3SAS AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN2426162591
SAS2618282294
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 8, 18, 20, 20, 18, 17, 27, 30SAS30 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 19, 31, 20, 12, 20, 13, 13, 17SAS17 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 26, 4, 17, 17, 23, 7, 6, 27NJN27 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 20, 29, 25, 23, 21, 4, 13, 5, 20, 26NJN26 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.9Season avg22.8Last 5

22.8 points a game over his last five games, against 12.9 in 41 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−24.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.7Season avg7.3Last 3

7.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.7 in 33 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
3.4Season avg23Today

23 minutes today, against 3.4 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 8 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Atlanta by 30.

CLE over GSW1SAS over NJN3LAC over OKC3IND over HOU5MIN over NOH8NYK over MEM20TOR over CHI20DAL over DET21CHA over PHX22ATL over MIL30Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 46

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 9, 27, 28, 26, 21, 32, 31, 27, 46OKC @ LAC · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +21.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high46 PTS · 15 REB · 4 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 10 games: 31, 32, 21, 15, 14, 18, 14, 25, 16, 41LAC vs OKC · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +28.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high41 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Al ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 21, 11, 23, 25, 13, 12, 20, 34LAC vs OKC · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 21, 38, 30, 28, 29, 23, 34, 32CLE @ GSW · W
27.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 8, 18, 20, 20, 18, 17, 27, 30SAS vs NJN · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 14, 6, 0, 18, 31, 9, 13, 28CHA vs PHX · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 5 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+9.2 22.7 last 10 · 13.5 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+7.7 21.0 last 10 · 13.3 season
Andre IguodalaPHI+5.5 23.0 last 10 · 17.5 season
Von WaferHOU+5.5 16.5 last 10 · 11.0 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.5 19.1 last 10 · 13.6 season
Cold
Devin HarrisNJN−4.7 17.2 last 10 · 21.9 season
Joe JohnsonATL−4.4 17.3 last 10 · 21.7 season
Brandon RushIND−4.4 1.9 last 10 · 6.3 season
Marquis DanielsIND−4.0 10.0 last 10 · 14.0 season
Ramon SessionsMIL−3.9 6.1 last 10 · 10.0 season