FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 6, 2010Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed HOU by 7 at halftime and won 118–110.

Final
NJN89
ATL119
Q1 ATL +17; Q2 ATL +16; Q3 ATL +19; Q4 ATL +30
Final
WAS98
CLE121
Q1 CLE +6; Q2 CLE +22; Q3 CLE +21; Q4 CLE +23
Final
TOR108
ORL103
Q1 TOR -4; Q2 TOR +9; Q3 TOR +18; Q4 TOR +5
Final · OT
BOS112
MIA106
Q1 BOS -5; Q2 BOS +3; Q3 BOS -3; Q4 BOS 0; OT1 BOS +6
Final
GSW107
MIN101
Q1 GSW +12; Q2 GSW +17; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +6
Final
NOH97
OKC92
Q1 NOH 0; Q2 NOH +2; Q3 NOH -2; Q4 NOH +5
Final
DET92
SAS112
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +2; Q4 SAS +20
Final
HOU110
PHX118
Q1 PHX +3; Q2 PHX -7; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 PHX +8
Final
MEM94
UTA117
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +12; Q3 UTA +20; Q4 UTA +23
Final
LAL91
LAC102
Q1 LAC -1; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC +6; Q4 LAC +11
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 6, 2009: 8 games. Top scorer: David West (NOH @ LAL), 40 points.
The lead · HOU @ PHX

Houston's skid reaches three

Phoenix won 118–110; the Rockets fall to 20–16. Steve Nash led Phoenix with 26 points, 2 rebounds and 12 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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+3-7-1+8PHX AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
HOU33272624110
PHX36173233118
Who led
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 24, 14, 36, 16, 11, 19, 30, 26PHX26 PTS · 2 REB · 12 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 23, 14, 35, 26, 9, 26, 26, 29, 24, 25PHX25 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 17, 17, 23, 27, 30, 17, 18, 34HOU34 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Carl LandryPoints, last 10 games: 2, 27, 20, 26, 11, 18, 15, 8, 19, 31HOU31 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.2Season avg21.0Last 5

21.0 points a game over his last five games, against 13.2 in 31 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 50 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.3Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.3 in 33 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
2.0Season avg25Today

25 minutes today, against 2.0 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 7 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Atlanta posts the night's biggest win

Atlanta beat New Jersey by 30, the widest margin of 10 games.

TOR over ORL5NOH over OKC5BOS over MIA6GSW over MIN6PHX over HOU8LAC over LAL11SAS over DET20CLE over WAS23UTA over MEM23ATL over NJN30Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 44

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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 25, 28, 29, 30, 25, 22, 16, 29, 28, 44MIA vs BOS · L
26.9 PPG season to date · +17.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Feb 18, 1996: 44 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Season high44 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 5, 7, 17, 17, 23, 27, 30, 17, 18, 34HOU @ PHX · L
18.4 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high34 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 40, 35, 38, 34, 44, 39, 15, 22, 33LAL @ LAC · L
30.0 PPG season to date · +3.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Carl LandryPoints, last 10 games: 2, 27, 20, 26, 11, 18, 15, 8, 19, 31HOU @ PHX · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 26, 24, 19, 26, 11, 4, 23, 29ATL vs NJN · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +12.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high29 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Richard HamiltonPoints, last 8 games: 25, 18, 21, 15, 16, 7, 20, 29DET @ SAS · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 1 REB · 2 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+6.1 24.7 last 10 · 18.6 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+4.5 18.0 last 10 · 13.5 season
Cold
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−5.9 19.0 last 10 · 24.9 season
Ben GordonDET−4.7 13.1 last 10 · 17.8 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−4.7 14.3 last 10 · 19.0 season
Charlie VillanuevaDET−4.6 9.3 last 10 · 13.9 season
Dahntay JonesIND−4.4 7.7 last 10 · 12.1 season