FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 5, 2010Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed PHI by 14 at halftime and won 104–97.

Final
CHI108
CHA113
Q1 CHA +3; Q2 CHA +7; Q3 CHA +7; Q4 CHA +5
Final
ORL90
IND97
Q1 IND +5; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +6; Q4 IND +7
Final
WAS104
PHI97
Q1 WAS -3; Q2 WAS -14; Q3 WAS -2; Q4 WAS +7
Final
MIL98
NJN76
Q1 MIL +6; Q2 MIL +11; Q3 MIL +19; Q4 MIL +22
Final
DET93
DAL98
Q1 DAL -8; Q2 DAL -8; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL +5
Final
GSW122
DEN123
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN +3; Q3 DEN +2; Q4 DEN +1
Final
MEM109
POR105
Q1 MEM -1; Q2 MEM -1; Q3 MEM +8; Q4 MEM +4
Final
PHX113
SAC109
Q1 PHX +9; Q2 PHX +14; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +4
Final
HOU79
LAL88
Q1 LAL +7; Q2 LAL +8; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +9
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 · 2008–09Jan 5, 2009: 5 games. Top scorer: Danny Granger (IND @ DEN), 36 points.
The lead · WAS @ PHI

Antawn Jamison scores 32 in Washington win over Philadelphia

Final: 104–97. Antawn Jamison added 14 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · WAS 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 Q3Final0-3-14-2+7WAS AHEAD ↑PHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
WAS23213426104
PHI2632221797
Who led
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 10, 15, 7, 23, 20, 24, 28, 17, 32WAS32 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 4, 5, 7, 20, 13, 4, 0, 7, 0, 21WAS21 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Samuel DalembertPoints, last 10 games: 0, 4, 3, 10, 0, 14, 2, 8, 6, 20PHI20 PTS · 20 REB · 1 AST
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 26, 18, 20, 10, 16, 14, 19, 12, 8, 20PHI20 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
8.7Season avg19.4Last 5

19.4 points a game over his last five games, against 8.7 in 23 earlier games. Today: 18 points in 31 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.2 in 29 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 4 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.9Season avg29.6Today

30 minutes today, against 11.9 a game in 21 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three games go down to the wire

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Milwaukee by 22.

DEN over GSW1MEM over POR4PHX over SAC4CHA over CHI5DAL over DET5IND over ORL7WAS over PHI7LAL over HOU9MIL over NJN22Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Corey Maggette 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.
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 23, 25, 22, 33, 13, 25, 22, 35GSW @ DEN · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +17.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 30, 10, 15, 7, 23, 20, 24, 28, 17, 32WAS @ PHI · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 14 REB · 1 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 30, 29, 13, 21, 15, 15, 19, 32CHA vs CHI · W
18.3 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 8, 35, 30, 23, 35, 33, 37, 22, 30, 32GSW @ DEN · L
25.8 PPG season to date · +6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 16, 15, 18, 24, 14, 36, 16, 11, 19, 30PHX @ SAC · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 12 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 26, 10, 24, 23, 28, 18, 14, 27SAC vs PHX · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 11 REB · 7 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
Corey MaggetteGSW+6.0 24.3 last 10 · 18.3 season
Luther HeadIND+5.4 14.5 last 10 · 9.1 season
Derrick RoseCHI+5.1 23.7 last 10 · 18.6 season
Gilbert ArenasWAS+4.5 27.1 last 10 · 22.6 season
Rajon RondoBOS+4.4 17.6 last 10 · 13.2 season
Cold
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−5.9 19.0 last 10 · 24.9 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−4.7 14.3 last 10 · 19.0 season
Charlie VillanuevaDET−4.4 9.5 last 10 · 13.9 season
Dahntay JonesIND−4.4 7.7 last 10 · 12.1 season
Mike DunleavyIND−3.9 7.7 last 10 · 11.6 season