FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 24, 2009Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 3 points, by MIL (vs SAC) and PHI (vs NYK).

Final
NYK110
PHI116
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI -3; Q3 PHI +5; Q4 PHI +6
Final
ORL97
MIA103
Q1 MIA +3; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +15; Q4 MIA +6
Final
NJN99
MEM88
Q1 NJN +8; Q2 NJN +7; Q3 NJN +2; Q4 NJN +11
Final
SAC104
MIL106
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL -1; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL +2
Final
CLE102
UTA97
Q1 CLE +10; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +5
Final
WAS87
POR100
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +18; Q4 POR +13
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 24, 2008: 3 games. Top scorer: Monta Ellis (GSW vs NJN), 39 points.
The lead · SAC @ MIL

Milwaukee holds off Sacramento, 106–104

Milwaukee led 84–82 after three and held on to win by two. Richard Jefferson led Milwaukee with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3-1+2+2MIL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC36271922104
MIL33292222106
Who led
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 29, 8, 15, 16, 26, 23, 15, 5, 20MIL20 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Charlie VillanuevaPoints, last 10 games: 23, 7, 16, 6, 25, 8, 23, 32, 27, 18MIL18 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 36, 29, 28, 21, 30, 23, 24, 25, 22, 20SAC20 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Francisco GarciaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 8, 9, 17, 15, 19, 12, 11, 14, 19SAC19 PTS · 1 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Six games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Portland by 13.

MIL over SAC2CLE over UTA5PHI over NYK6MIA over ORL6NJN over MEM11POR over WAS13Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.9Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 16.9 in 30 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.3Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.3 in 33 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 7 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.9Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 10.9 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 33

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 30, 21, 38, 30, 28, 29, 23, 34, 32, 33CLE @ UTA · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 14 REB · 9 AST
Caron ButlerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 2, 19, 6, 25, 11, 22, 32, 12, 31WAS @ POR · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 24, 31, 41, 27, 31, 17, 29, 32, 25, 27MIA vs ORL · W
28.7 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 17, 7, 4, 12, 9, 12, 20, 16, 26NYK @ PHI · L
15.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 13, 16, 26, 17, 16, 33, 14, 25CLE @ UTA · W
16.5 PPG season to date · +8.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 16, 19, 27, 9, 4, 28, 20, 24UTA vs CLE · L
15.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 15 REB · 3 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+5.6 23.2 last 10 · 17.6 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−5.5 16.3 last 10 · 21.8 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
Matt BarnesPHX−3.6 6.8 last 10 · 10.4 season