FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 28, 2009Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: OKC trailed MEM by 13 after the first quarter and won 114–102.

Final
MIL99
IND107
Q1 IND +16; Q2 IND +12; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +8
Final
SAC100
BOS119
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS +19; Q3 BOS +14; Q4 BOS +19
Final
WAS71
MIA93
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +22
Final
TOR107
NJN106
Q1 TOR -6; Q2 TOR -4; Q3 TOR +7; Q4 TOR +1
Final
ATL104
NYK112
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK -8; Q3 NYK +8; Q4 NYK +8
Final
DET98
MIN89
Q1 DET -2; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET -1; Q4 DET +9
Final
DEN81
NOH94
Q1 NOH -1; Q2 NOH +2; Q3 NOH +3; Q4 NOH +13
Final · OT
MEM102
OKC114
Q1 OKC -13; Q2 OKC -1; Q3 OKC +10; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +12
Final
PHI95
HOU93
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI -6; Q3 PHI -5; Q4 PHI +2
Final
GSW93
DAL117
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +22; Q3 DAL +22; Q4 DAL +24
Final
CHA74
POR88
Q1 POR +14; Q2 POR +16; Q3 POR +16; Q4 POR +14
Final
CHI95
LAC75
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +20; Q4 CHI +20
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 28, 2008: 4 games. Top scorer: Tim Thomas (LAC vs CHA), 29 points.
The lead · MEM @ OKC

Kevin Durant scores 35, OKC rallies past Memphis

OKC trailed by 13 after one and won 114–102.

Game flow · OKC 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.Final0-13-1+100+12OKC AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MEM372014292102
OKC2432251914114
Who led
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 28, 26, 21, 32, 31, 27, 46, 18, 35OKC35 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 11, 14, 15, 23, 9, 22, 26, 14, 13, 23OKC23 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 10, 5, 15, 26, 20, 12, 13, 25MEM25 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 26, 11, 6, 23, 15, 13, 12, 23, 19, 17MEM17 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · ATL @ NYK

New York rallies from 8 down to beat Atlanta

Trailing by 8 at the half, New York outscored the Hawks 65–49 the rest of the way. Final: 112–104. Nate Robinson led New York with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · NYK vs ATL
Nate Robinson · NYKMarvin Williams · ATLPTS2428REB47AST31Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.4Season avg24.0Last 5

24.0 points a game over his last five games, against 14.4 in 44 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 42 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.6Season avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.6 in 25 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.3Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 19.3 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 35

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, 28, 26, 21, 32, 31, 27, 46, 18, 35OKC vs MEM · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
T.J. FordPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 23, 12, 8, 10, 21, 13, 23, 34IND vs MIL · W
14.7 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high34 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Charlie VillanuevaPoints, last 10 games: 16, 6, 25, 8, 23, 32, 27, 18, 15, 28MIL @ IND · L
14.7 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Marvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 9, 12, 16, 11, 5, 11, 17, 17, 28ATL @ NYK · L
13.7 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Eddie HousePoints, last 10 games: 8, 4, 6, 10, 13, 6, 25, 0, 23, 28BOS vs SAC · W
8.5 PPG season to date · +19.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 23, 21, 4, 13, 5, 20, 26, 23, 8, 27NJN vs TOR · L
21.5 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 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
Andrew BynumLAL+6.6 20.5 last 10 · 13.9 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+6.2 19.6 last 10 · 13.4 season
Eric GordonLAC+5.6 19.4 last 10 · 13.8 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+5.1 19.8 last 10 · 14.7 season
Raja BellCHA+4.8 15.8 last 10 · 11.0 season
Cold
Marquis DanielsIND−6.5 7.2 last 10 · 13.7 season
Devin HarrisNJN−6.3 15.3 last 10 · 21.6 season
Brandon RushIND−4.7 1.5 last 10 · 6.2 season
Vince CarterNJN−4.5 17.0 last 10 · 21.5 season
Ben GordonCHI−4.2 15.6 last 10 · 19.8 season