FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 25, 2010Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed PHX by 11 at halftime and won 124–115.

Final
IND109
PHI98
Q1 IND -4; Q2 IND -3; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +11
Final
LAC89
BOS95
Q1 BOS -2; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS +5; Q4 BOS +6
Final
CLE92
MIA91
Q1 CLE -10; Q2 CLE -4; Q3 CLE -2; Q4 CLE +1
Final
ORL94
MEM99
Q1 MEM -1; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM -2; Q4 MEM +5
Final
ATL102
HOU95
Q1 ATL -2; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +10; Q4 ATL +7
Final
CHI98
SAS93
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI +2; Q3 CHI -1; Q4 CHI +5
Final
CHA93
DEN104
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +11
Final
PHX115
UTA124
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA -11; Q3 UTA -5; Q4 UTA +9
Final
NOH98
POR97
Q1 NOH +8; Q2 NOH -2; Q3 NOH -1; Q4 NOH +1
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 25, 2009: 9 games. Top scorer: Al Jefferson (MIN vs CHI), 39 points.
The lead · PHX @ UTA

Utah climbs back to beat Phoenix

Phoenix led by 11 at the half. Utah won it 124–115. Andrei Kirilenko led Utah with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final00-11-5+9UTA AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX24452719115
UTA24343333124
Who led
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 9, 15, 8, 12, 7, 26, 11, 25UTA25 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 15, 25, 19, 13, 18, 31, 22, 21UTA21 PTS · 20 REB · 2 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 8, 4, 11, 10, 9, 6, 9, 5, 20, 32PHX32 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Channing FryePoints, last 10 games: 15, 4, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 16, 8, 21PHX21 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Indiana by 11.

CLE over MIA1NOH over POR1MEM over ORL5CHI over SAS5BOS over LAC6ATL over HOU7UTA over PHX9IND over PHI11DEN over CHA11Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.0Season avg14.4Last 5

14.4 points a game over his last five games, against 6.0 in 24 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 24 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.9Season avg12.4Last 3

12.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.9 in 43 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+22.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.1Season avg40.8Today

41 minutes today, against 18.1 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 32

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: 24, 13, 35, 37, 24, 32, 16, 32, 27, 32MIA vs CLE · L
27.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 35, 41, 37, 36, 32, 28, 37, 37, 32CLE @ MIA · W
29.9 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 8, 4, 11, 10, 9, 6, 9, 5, 20, 32PHX @ UTA · L
8.2 PPG season to date · +24.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 23, 12, 30, 8, 11, 24, 32, 19, 10, 27ORL @ MEM · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 15 REB · 3 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 10, 23, 27, 18, 24, 29, 37, 20, 20, 27DEN vs CHA · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 25, 8, 22, 17, 37, 19, 23, 32, 20, 27CHI @ SAS · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 3 REB · 6 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+9.0 29.7 last 10 · 20.7 season
Randy FoyeWAS+7.6 17.6 last 10 · 10.0 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.3 20.0 last 10 · 13.7 season
Martell WebsterPOR+5.6 16.7 last 10 · 11.1 season
Andre MillerPOR+4.6 17.6 last 10 · 13.0 season
Cold
Vince CarterORL−6.8 9.6 last 10 · 16.4 season
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−6.2 7.6 last 10 · 13.8 season
Kobe BryantLAL−5.4 22.9 last 10 · 28.3 season
Larry HughesNYK−4.8 5.0 last 10 · 9.8 season
J.J. BareaDAL−4.5 4.3 last 10 · 8.8 season