FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 31, 2009Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed PHI by 10 after three quarters and won 85–83.

Final
NYK122
IND113
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +12; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +9
Final
NJN85
PHI83
Q1 NJN 0; Q2 NJN -8; Q3 NJN -10; Q4 NJN +2
Final
DAL111
MIA96
Q1 DAL +9; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +15; Q4 DAL +15
Final
LAL115
MEM98
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL -6; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +17
Final
LAC94
WAS106
Q1 WAS +4; Q2 WAS +11; Q3 WAS +6; Q4 WAS +12
Final
GSW93
HOU110
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +6; Q4 HOU +17
Final
ATL107
MIL110
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +5; Q3 MIL +13; Q4 MIL +3
Final
NOH93
SAS106
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS +8; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +13
Final
CHI122
PHX111
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +11
Final
UTA108
POR122
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +17; Q4 POR +14
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 31, 2008: 4 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ DET), 39 points.
The lead · NJN @ PHI

New Jersey fights back late to top Philadelphia

Philadelphia led 75–65 after three. New Jersey won the fourth 20–8 and the game 85–83. Brook Lopez led New Jersey with 24 points, 17 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · NJN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final00-8-10+2NJN AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN3119152085
PHI312717883
Who led
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 13, 17, 28, 8, 15, 8, 18, 14, 15, 24NJN24 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Devin HarrisPoints, last 10 games: 17, 23, 7, 6, 27, 17, 10, 25, 20, 17NJN17 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 11, 27, 12, 21, 19, 16, 6, 19PHI19 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 27, 29, 21, 28, 18, 24, 17, 20, 20, 18PHI18 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Lakers by 17.

NJN over PHI2MIL over ATL3NYK over IND9CHI over PHX11WAS over LAC12SAS over NOH13POR over UTA14DAL over MIA15LAL over MEM17HOU over GSW17Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.6Season avg23.6Last 5

23.6 points a game over his last five games, against 14.6 in 40 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.5Season avg22.0Last 3

22.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.5 in 44 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 30 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.8Season avg46Today

46 minutes today, against 23.8 a game in 47 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists.

Top performances

Chris Paul leads the day with 38

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.
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 33, 18, 23, 27, 29, 23, 27, 12, 31, 38NOH @ SAS · L
21.7 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
T.J. FordPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 8, 10, 21, 13, 23, 34, 12, 36IND vs NYK · L
15.1 PPG season to date · +21.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high36 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 25, 27, 30, 17, 32, 17, 15, 19, 24, 35UTA @ POR · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Leandro BarbosaPoints, last 10 games: 6, 22, 14, 3, 9, 0, 20, 23, 7, 32PHX vs CHI · L
12.9 PPG season to date · +19.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 26, 11, 17, 16, 12, 13, 16, 31NYK @ IND · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 15, 44, 20, 39, 24, 30, 26, 18, 20, 30DAL @ MIA · W
25.8 PPG season to date · +4.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 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
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+7.7 22.9 last 10 · 15.2 season
Eric GordonLAC+7.4 21.7 last 10 · 14.3 season
Deron WilliamsUTA+6.5 24.1 last 10 · 17.6 season
Andrea BargnaniTOR+6.0 19.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Flip MurrayATL+5.9 16.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Cold
Marquis DanielsIND−7.2 6.1 last 10 · 13.3 season
Vince CarterNJN−6.0 15.1 last 10 · 21.1 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.8 8.5 last 10 · 14.2 season
Devin HarrisNJN−4.6 16.9 last 10 · 21.5 season
Brandon RushIND−4.5 1.5 last 10 · 6.0 season