FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 9, 2010Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 11 points, by SAC (vs DEN) and HOU (vs NYK).

Final
MEM87
CHA89
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA -10; Q3 CHA -4; Q4 CHA +2
Final
ATL81
ORL113
Q1 ORL +8; Q2 ORL +29; Q3 ORL +32; Q4 ORL +32
Final
PHI104
DET94
Q1 PHI +16; Q2 PHI +26; Q3 PHI +17; Q4 PHI +10
Final
MIN96
CHI110
Q1 CHI -4; Q2 CHI +6; Q3 CHI +15; Q4 CHI +14
Final
IND102
OKC108
Q1 OKC +3; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +13; Q4 OKC +6
Final
UTA111
DAL93
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +21; Q4 UTA +18
Final
NYK96
HOU105
Q1 HOU -11; Q2 HOU -6; Q3 HOU -1; Q4 HOU +9
Final
DEN100
SAC102
Q1 SAC -7; Q2 SAC -11; Q3 SAC -3; Q4 SAC +2
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 9, 2009: 12 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA @ SAC), 41 points.
The lead · DEN @ SAC

Sacramento rallies from 11 down to beat Denver

Trailing by 11 at the half, Sacramento outscored the Nuggets 59–46 the rest of the way. Final: 102–100. Tyreke Evans led Sacramento with 27 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · SAC 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 Q3Final0-7-11-3+2SAC AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DEN26282224100
SAC19243029102
Who led
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 26, 10, 24, 23, 28, 18, 14, 27, 25, 27SAC27 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Spencer HawesPoints, last 10 games: 6, 17, 8, 6, 8, 30, 9, 4, 10, 17SAC17 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 31, 14, 21, 24, 12, 15, 10, 23, 27DEN27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 12, 14, 12, 18, 10, 12, 17, 27, 19, 20DEN20 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.3Season avg19.0Last 5

19.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.3 in 33 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.0Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.0 in 32 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
11.6Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 11.6 a game in 26 earlier games. Line: 5 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · NYK @ HOU

Houston climbs back to beat New York

New York led by 11 after one. Houston won it 105–96. Luis Scola led Houston with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 0 assists.

Top-scorer duel · HOU vs NYK
Luis Scola · HOUDavid Lee · NYKPTS2326REB712AST06Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 40

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 38, 30, 40, 35, 31, 31, 25, 27, 40OKC vs IND · W
28.7 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Acie Earl TOR, Apr 12, 1996: 40 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Ties season high40 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 5, 27, 20, 13, 11, 25, 22, 22, 26, 29DAL vs UTA · L
25.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 26, 10, 24, 23, 28, 18, 14, 27, 25, 27SAC vs DEN · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 18, 31, 14, 21, 24, 12, 15, 10, 23, 27DEN @ SAC · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 15, 18, 19, 28, 30, 24, 11, 22, 22, 26NYK @ HOU · L
19.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 12 REB · 6 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 36, 20, 22, 33, 26, 11, 19, 25IND @ OKC · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 6 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
Corey MaggetteGSW+6.2 25.0 last 10 · 18.8 season
Luther HeadIND+5.5 14.4 last 10 · 8.9 season
Wilson ChandlerNYK+4.8 19.8 last 10 · 15.0 season
Zach RandolphMEM+4.8 25.2 last 10 · 20.4 season
Gilbert ArenasWAS+4.5 27.1 last 10 · 22.6 season
Cold
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−5.0 20.0 last 10 · 25.0 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−4.8 13.7 last 10 · 18.5 season
Charlie VillanuevaDET−4.7 9.4 last 10 · 14.1 season
Trevor ArizaHOU−4.1 11.7 last 10 · 15.8 season
Dahntay JonesIND−3.9 7.8 last 10 · 11.7 season