FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 3, 2009Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed IND by 5 after the first quarter and won 116–111.

Final
TOR83
CLE101
Q1 CLE +22; Q2 CLE +19; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +18
Final
MIN116
IND111
Q1 MIN -5; Q2 MIN -3; Q3 MIN -4; Q4 MIN +5
Final
BOS100
PHI99
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS -1; Q4 BOS +1
Final
MIL85
NJN99
Q1 NJN +7; Q2 NJN +8; Q3 NJN +11; Q4 NJN +14
Final
CHI100
HOU107
Q1 HOU +2; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +13; Q4 HOU +7
Final
SAS96
DEN104
Q1 DEN +6; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +8
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 3, 2008: 2 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ WAS), 30 points.
The lead · MIN @ IND

Minnesota handles Indiana by 5

The Timberwolves won the fourth quarter 38–29. Final: 116–111. Randy Foye led Minnesota with 19 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-5-3-4+5MIN AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN27292238116
IND32272329111
Who led
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 15, 17, 19, 24, 9, 12, 15, 27, 21, 19MIN19 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Ryan GomesPoints, last 10 games: 3, 14, 19, 5, 7, 22, 10, 14, 17, 16MIN16 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 30, 17, 25, 27, 10, 19, 19, 28IND28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 15, 13, 13, 9, 14, 30, 14, 20IND20 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · BOS @ PHI

Boston takes over late to edge Philadelphia

Down 1 after three, Boston won the fourth 31–29. Final: 100–99. Paul Pierce led Boston with 29 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
BOS over PHI1MIN over IND5HOU over CHI7DEN over SAS8NJN over MIL14CLE over TOR18Final margin, points. Pink = BOS over PHI.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.1Season avg23.8Last 5

23.8 points a game over his last five games, against 15.1 in 41 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.5Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.5 in 28 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.5Season avg44.1Today

44 minutes today, against 19.5 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony 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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 13, 10, 32, 16, 20, 31, 22, 21, 19, 35DEN vs SAS · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 29, 23, 34, 32, 33, 23, 23, 25, 33, 33CLE vs TOR · W
28.0 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 12, 14, 27, 8, 8, 20, 36, 29BOS @ PHI · W
19.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 6 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 22, 19, 17, 31, 18, 18, 11, 29TOR @ CLE · L
23.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 24, 23, 30, 17, 25, 27, 10, 19, 19, 28IND vs MIN · L
25.5 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Yao MingPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 19, 26, 31, 19, 8, 13, 25, 28HOU vs CHI · W
19.8 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 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+6.9 21.1 last 10 · 14.2 season
Deron WilliamsUTA+6.5 24.1 last 10 · 17.6 season
Charlie VillanuevaMIL+6.4 21.5 last 10 · 15.1 season
Flip MurrayATL+5.9 16.5 last 10 · 10.6 season
Andrew BynumLAL+5.5 19.5 last 10 · 14.0 season
Cold
Marquis DanielsIND−7.3 6.0 last 10 · 13.3 season
Elton BrandPHI−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Baron DavisLAC−5.0 11.4 last 10 · 16.4 season
Vince CarterNJN−4.8 16.2 last 10 · 21.0 season
Brandon RushIND−4.5 1.5 last 10 · 6.0 season