FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 2, 2009Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed NOH by 15 after three quarters and won 97–89.

Final
DAL105
ORL95
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +14; Q4 DAL +10
Final
MEM113
WAS97
Q1 MEM +3; Q2 MEM +4; Q3 MEM +13; Q4 MEM +16
Final
LAC95
MIA119
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA +11; Q3 MIA +17; Q4 MIA +24
Final
LAL126
NYK117
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +9
Final
POR97
NOH89
Q1 POR -8; Q2 POR -9; Q3 POR -15; Q4 POR +8
Final
SAC81
PHX129
Q1 PHX +21; Q2 PHX +30; Q3 PHX +48; Q4 PHX +48
Final
CHA86
UTA105
Q1 UTA -6; Q2 UTA -2; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +19
Final · OT
SAS110
GSW105
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS -4; Q3 SAS -4; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +5
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 · 2007–08Feb 2, 2008: 8 games. Top scorer: Jason Richardson (CHA @ DEN), 38 points.
The lead · POR @ NOH

Portland storms back from 15 down to beat New Orleans

The Trail Blazers trailed by 15 after three and won 97–89. LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 22 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · POR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-9-15+8POR AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR1722203897
NOH2523261589
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 21, 22, 21, 18, 10, 25, 14, 22POR22 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Jerryd BaylessPoints, last 10 games: 5, 23, 14, 7, 10, 3, 5, 11, 4, 19POR19 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 40, 13, 12, 25, 16, 23, 20, 12, 16, 25NOH25 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 26, 20, 17, 26, 26, 11, 4, 18NOH18 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Phoenix posts the night's biggest win

Phoenix beat Sacramento by 48, the widest margin of 8 games.

SAS over GSW5POR over NOH8LAL over NYK9DAL over ORL10MEM over WAS16UTA over CHA19MIA over LAC24PHX over SAC48Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
26.6Season avg35.2Last 5

35.2 points a game over his last five games, against 26.6 in 46 earlier games. Today: 61 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.9Season avg10.1Last 3

10.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.9 in 46 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.1Season avg43Today

43 minutes today, against 26.1 a game in 45 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 61

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 29, 28, 20, 18, 11, 22, 38, 30, 25, 61LAL @ NYK · W
27.4 PPG season to date · +34.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high61 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 24, 25, 25, 14, 11, 22, 22, 22, 29, 35ORL vs DAL · L
20.6 PPG season to date · +14.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 24, 26, 29, 24, 9, 25, 15, 16, 33GSW vs SAS · L
19.8 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 6, 23, 15, 13, 12, 23, 19, 17, 21, 33MEM @ WAS · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high33 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Tim DuncanPoints, last 10 games: 20, 18, 17, 27, 30, 15, 24, 20, 12, 32SAS @ GSW · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 17, 29, 32, 25, 27, 35, 14, 24, 30, 32MIA vs LAC · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +3.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 9 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+6.9 21.1 last 10 · 14.2 season
Deron WilliamsUTA+6.5 24.1 last 10 · 17.6 season
Flip MurrayATL+5.9 16.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Mo WilliamsCLE+5.8 23.1 last 10 · 17.3 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
Baron DavisLAC−5.0 11.4 last 10 · 16.4 season
Devin HarrisNJN−4.6 16.9 last 10 · 21.5 season