FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 30, 2010Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed MEM by 19 at halftime and won 109–102.

Final
ATL86
ORL104
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +5; Q3 ORL +14; Q4 ORL +18
Final · OT
NOH109
MEM102
Q1 NOH -15; Q2 NOH -19; Q3 NOH -5; Q4 NOH 0; OT1 NOH +7
Final
NYK96
WAS106
Q1 WAS +17; Q2 WAS +6; Q3 WAS +13; Q4 WAS +10
Final
MIA84
MIL95
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +18; Q3 MIL +13; Q4 MIL +11
Final · OT
POR114
DAL112
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR -3; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +2
Final
CHA103
SAC96
Q1 CHA -4; Q2 CHA +2; Q3 CHA +23; Q4 CHA +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 30, 2009: 11 games. Top scorer: Al Jefferson (MIN vs LAL), 34 points.
The lead · NOH @ MEM

New Orleans rallies from nineteen down at the half, wins in overtime

Memphis led 61–42 at the break. It was 97–97 after regulation, and New Orleans won the extra time 12–5. Final: 109–102. David West led New Orleans with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · NOH margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-15-19-50+7NOH AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NOH1824342112109
MEM332820165102
Who led
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 11, 25, 24, 18, 21, 14, 18, 17, 29, 22NOH22 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Emeka OkaforPoints, last 10 games: 7, 14, 2, 12, 4, 16, 14, 12, 7, 21NOH21 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 24, 12, 14, 19, 15, 15, 19, 25, 8, 25MEM25 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 20, 20, 23, 27, 25, 25, 23, 24, 19, 25MEM25 PTS · 12 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 6 games went past regulation.

POR over DAL2NOH over MEM7CHA over SAC7WAS over NYK10MIL over MIA11ORL over ATL18Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.2Season avg16.8Last 5

16.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.2 in 40 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.3Season avg16.0Last 3

16.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.3 in 44 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+30.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.6Season avg47Today

47 minutes today, against 16.6 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 6 rebounds, 18 assists.

Top performances

Andre Miller leads the day with 52

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.
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 19, 22, 24, 28, 11, 6, 7, 2, 52POR @ DAL · W
13.4 PPG season to date · +39.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tracy McGrady ORL, Feb 21, 2003: 52 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Career high52 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 21, 29, 28, 20, 25, 9, 20, 21, 30, 38CHA @ SAC · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high38 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 30, 8, 11, 24, 32, 19, 10, 27, 19, 31ORL vs ATL · W
17.7 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 19 REB · 2 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 29, 19, 23, 9, 23, 5, 5, 5, 33, 31SAC vs CHA · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +9.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 30, 32, 19, 37, 28, 15, 20, 28, 19, 28DAL vs POR · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 24, 12, 14, 19, 15, 15, 19, 25, 8, 25MEM vs NOH · L
15.2 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 16 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
Stephen CurryGSW+6.8 21.0 last 10 · 14.2 season
Corey MaggetteGSW+6.2 26.8 last 10 · 20.6 season
Andre MillerPOR+5.6 19.0 last 10 · 13.4 season
Corey BrewerMIN+5.4 18.8 last 10 · 13.4 season
Carlos DelfinoMIL+5.4 15.3 last 10 · 9.9 season
Cold
Vince CarterORL−6.5 9.4 last 10 · 15.9 season
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−6.3 7.1 last 10 · 13.4 season
Chris DuhonNYK−5.3 2.8 last 10 · 8.1 season
Kobe BryantLAL−5.1 23.1 last 10 · 28.2 season
Larry HughesNYK−4.8 5.0 last 10 · 9.8 season