FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 25, 2009Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed CHI by 11 after the first quarter and won 109–108.

Final
DAL100
BOS124
Q1 BOS +15; Q2 BOS +27; Q3 BOS +25; Q4 BOS +24
Final
SAS85
LAL99
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 LAL +6; Q3 LAL +13; Q4 LAL +14
Final
PHX104
ATL99
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX -2; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +5
Final
SAC97
TOR113
Q1 TOR -2; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR +13; Q4 TOR +16
Final
HOU108
DET105
Q1 HOU +12; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +3
Final
CHA93
IND98
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND +10; Q3 IND +7; Q4 IND +5
Final · OT
CHI108
MIN109
Q1 MIN -11; Q2 MIN -6; Q3 MIN -5; Q4 MIN 0; OT1 MIN +1
Final
UTA97
DEN117
Q1 DEN +9; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN +14; Q4 DEN +20
Final
LAC92
GSW107
Q1 GSW +10; Q2 GSW +11; Q3 GSW +20; Q4 GSW +15
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 25, 2008: 13 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ DAL), 40 points.
The lead · CHI @ MIN

Al Jefferson scores 39, Minnesota wins in overtime

Tied 97–97 after regulation. Final: 109–108.

Game flow · MIN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-11-6-50+1MIN AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
CHI3025271511108
MIN1930282012109
Who led
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 21, 20, 9, 22, 20, 25, 24, 39MIN39 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 18, 6, 16, 5, 8, 13, 6, 12, 11, 19MIN19 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 17, 10, 5, 20, 8, 21, 19, 23CHI23 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 14, 16, 22, 12, 20, 12, 14, 22CHI22 PTS · 8 REB · 4 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
13.5Season avg23.4Last 5

23.4 points a game over his last five games, against 13.5 in 42 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.2Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.2 in 34 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.5Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 14.5 a game in 18 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 20 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · PHX @ ATL

Phoenix beats Atlanta, 104–99

Phoenix led 83–80 after three and won by 5. Amar'e Stoudemire led Phoenix with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIN over CHI1HOU over DET3PHX over ATL5IND over CHA5LAL over SAS14GSW over LAC15TOR over SAC16DEN over UTA20BOS over DAL24Final margin, points. Pink = PHX over ATL.
Top performances

Al Jefferson leads the day with 39

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.
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 21, 20, 9, 22, 20, 25, 24, 39MIN vs CHI · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 32, 15, 18, 25, 25, 20, 22, 19, 17, 31TOR vs SAC · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +7.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Nene HilarioPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 14, 15, 20, 17, 4, 23, 13, 28DEN vs UTA · W
15.1 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high28 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 37, 28, 42, 30, 24, 23, 30, 17, 25, 27IND vs CHA · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 8, 10, 9, 18, 19, 14, 7, 17, 27DET vs HOU · L
16.7 PPG season to date · +10.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 33, 16, 28, 22, 20, 7, 14, 27DAL @ BOS · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 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+8.0 21.7 last 10 · 13.7 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+7.4 20.9 last 10 · 13.5 season
Andrew BynumLAL+6.2 19.9 last 10 · 13.7 season
Andre IguodalaPHI+5.6 23.2 last 10 · 17.6 season
Von WaferHOU+4.8 15.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cold
Devin HarrisNJN−5.5 16.3 last 10 · 21.8 season
Marquis DanielsIND−5.1 8.8 last 10 · 13.9 season
Brandon RushIND−4.4 1.9 last 10 · 6.3 season
Joe JohnsonATL−4.2 17.4 last 10 · 21.6 season
Matt BarnesPHX−3.6 6.7 last 10 · 10.3 season