FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 20, 2010Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed BOS by 9 after the first quarter and won 92–86.

Final
SAC97
ATL108
Q1 ATL 0; Q2 ATL +2; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +11
Final
MIA65
CHA104
Q1 CHA +21; Q2 CHA +27; Q3 CHA +34; Q4 CHA +39
Final
IND98
ORL109
Q1 ORL +20; Q2 ORL +22; Q3 ORL +20; Q4 ORL +11
Final
POR98
PHI90
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +5; Q3 POR +3; Q4 POR +8
Final
DAL94
WAS93
Q1 DAL +5; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +1
Final
BOS86
DET92
Q1 DET -9; Q2 DET -8; Q3 DET 0; Q4 DET +6
Final
TOR107
MIL113
Q1 MIL -2; Q2 MIL -7; Q3 MIL +3; Q4 MIL +6
Final
OKC94
MIN92
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC +4; Q3 OKC +8; Q4 OKC +2
Final
MEM111
NOH113
Q1 NOH +7; Q2 NOH +10; Q3 NOH -3; Q4 NOH +2
Final
NJN94
PHX118
Q1 PHX +6; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +13; Q4 PHX +24
Final
UTA105
SAS98
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA -5; Q3 UTA +4; Q4 UTA +7
Final · OT
DEN123
GSW118
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN -1; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +5
Final
CHI97
LAC104
Q1 LAC -7; Q2 LAC +3; Q3 LAC +5; Q4 LAC +7
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 20, 2009: 4 games. Top scorer: Mike Bibby (ATL @ CHI), 31 points.
The lead · BOS @ DET

Detroit rallies from 9 down to beat Boston

Trailing by 9 after one, Detroit outscored the Celtics 71–56 the rest of the way. Final: 92–86. Rodney Stuckey led Detroit with 27 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · DET 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-80+6DET AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS3026131786
DET2127212392
Who led
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 22, 15, 13, 6, 11, 19, 13, 20, 22, 27DET27 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Charlie VillanuevaPoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 14, 19, 4, 23, 13, 19, 16, 19DET19 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 30, 13, 25, 11, 22, 26, 11, 15, 7, 21BOS21 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 29, 21, 17, 21, 16, 19, 24, 20, 24, 21BOS21 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.0Season avg30.8Last 5

30.8 points a game over his last five games, against 20.0 in 38 earlier games. Today: 33 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.6Season avg15.5Last 3

15.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.6 in 42 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+32.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.0Season avg40Today

40 minutes today, against 8.0 a game in 8 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Bobcats rout

Three of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Charlotte beat Miami by 39.

DAL over WAS1OKC over MIN2NOH over MEM2DEN over GSW5DET over BOS6MIL over TOR6UTA over SAS7LAC over CHI7POR over PHI8ATL over SAC11ORL over IND11PHX over NJN24CHA over MIA39Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Chris Bosh 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.
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 18, 29, 31, 27, 18, 23, 21, 44TOR @ MIL · L
24.2 PPG season to date · +20.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: David West NOH, Dec 29, 2009: 44 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Career high44 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 30, 32, 20, 39, 30, 17, 33, 36, 39GSW vs DEN · L
26.7 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 6 REB · 10 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 12, 15, 10, 23, 27, 18, 24, 29, 37DEN @ GSW · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +18.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 35, 28, 24, 32, 25, 32, 32, 33GSW vs DEN · L
20.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 9, 11, 20, 23, 12, 30, 8, 11, 24, 32ORL vs IND · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 18, 20, 13, 15, 25, 19, 13, 18, 31UTA @ SAS · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 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+8.5 28.8 last 10 · 20.3 season
Randy FoyeWAS+7.6 17.6 last 10 · 10.0 season
Martell WebsterPOR+6.3 16.7 last 10 · 10.4 season
Andre MillerPOR+5.3 18.2 last 10 · 12.9 season
Stephen JacksonCHA+4.7 24.6 last 10 · 19.9 season
Cold
Kobe BryantLAL−6.3 22.0 last 10 · 28.3 season
Vince CarterORL−5.2 11.3 last 10 · 16.5 season
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−4.6 9.7 last 10 · 14.3 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−4.6 13.4 last 10 · 18.0 season
Jason ThompsonSAC−4.2 9.7 last 10 · 13.9 season