FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 27, 2009Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed UTA by 3 after the first quarter and won 106–100.

Final
SAC110
CLE117
Q1 CLE -1; Q2 CLE +4; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +7
Final
IND111
ORL135
Q1 ORL +18; Q2 ORL +18; Q3 ORL +15; Q4 ORL +24
Final
DEN100
MEM85
Q1 DEN -1; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN +7; Q4 DEN +15
Final
SAS106
UTA100
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS 0; Q4 SAS +6
Final · 2OT
CHA117
LAL110
Q1 CHA +7; Q2 CHA +1; Q3 CHA +6; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA 0; OT2 CHA +7
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 27, 2008: 10 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ LAL), 41 points.
The lead · SAS @ UTA

Utah's skid reaches four

San Antonio won 106–100; the Jazz fall to 25–21. Tim Duncan led San Antonio with 24 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists.

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 Q3Final0-3+10+6SAS AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS25253026106
UTA28213120100
Who led
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 20, 20, 18, 17, 27, 30, 15, 24SAS24 PTS · 9 REB · 8 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 31, 20, 12, 20, 13, 13, 17, 19, 24SAS24 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Ronnie BrewerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 2, 21, 14, 8, 23, 8, 16, 23UTA23 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Mehmet OkurPoints, last 10 games: 22, 43, 9, 13, 23, 22, 8, 4, 12, 22UTA22 PTS · 17 REB · 3 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
13.7Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.7 in 43 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg7.0Last 3

7.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.8 in 34 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.8Season avg42.8Today

43 minutes today, against 22.8 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · SAC @ CLE

Cleveland keeps rolling, beats Sacramento

That is four in a row. Final: 117–110. Mo Williams led Cleveland with 43 points, 8 rebounds and 11 assists.

Streak strip · CLE
Wvs CHA111–81Wvs BOS98–83W@ MEM102–87L@ CHI93–102Wvs NOH92–78L@ LAL88–105W@ POR104–98W@ GSW106–105W@ UTA102–97Wvs SAC117–110CLE: last 10 games through Jan 27, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Mo Williams leads the day with 43

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.
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 16, 26, 17, 16, 33, 14, 25, 43CLE vs SAC · W
17.2 PPG season to date · +26.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high43 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 36, 19, 33, 29, 28, 20, 18, 11, 22, 38LAL vs CHA · L
26.6 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 28, 21, 30, 23, 24, 25, 22, 20, 12, 35SAC @ CLE · L
24.0 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 30, 23, 26, 18, 13, 22, 22, 29DEN @ MEM · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Mickael PietrusPoints, last 10 games: 4, 9, 9, 17, 5, 14, 11, 5, 5, 27ORL vs IND · W
12.4 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 20, 20, 18, 17, 27, 30, 15, 24SAS @ UTA · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 9 REB · 8 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
Andrea BargnaniTOR+7.4 20.9 last 10 · 13.5 season
Andrew BynumLAL+6.6 20.5 last 10 · 13.9 season
Eric GordonLAC+5.9 19.6 last 10 · 13.7 season
Raja BellCHA+5.1 16.0 last 10 · 10.9 season
Brook LopezNJN+4.9 16.3 last 10 · 11.4 season
Cold
Marquis DanielsIND−6.4 7.6 last 10 · 14.0 season
Devin HarrisNJN−6.1 15.4 last 10 · 21.5 season
Brandon RushIND−4.7 1.5 last 10 · 6.2 season
Vince CarterNJN−4.5 16.8 last 10 · 21.3 season
Matt BarnesPHX−4.0 6.0 last 10 · 10.0 season