FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, February 1, 2010Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed SAC by 14 at halftime and won 112–109.

Final
BOS99
WAS88
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS -6; Q3 BOS -4; Q4 BOS +11
Final
MIL97
MIA81
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +16; Q3 MIL +17; Q4 MIL +16
Final
LAL93
MEM95
Q1 MEM 0; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM -1; Q4 MEM +2
Final
PHX109
NOH100
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +13; Q3 PHX +15; Q4 PHX +9
Final · OT
SAC109
DEN112
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN -14; Q3 DEN -5; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +3
Final
DAL92
UTA104
Q1 UTA -2; Q2 UTA +7; Q3 UTA +1; Q4 UTA +12
Final
CHA79
POR98
Q1 POR +10; Q2 POR +8; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +19
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 · 2008–09Feb 1, 2009: 4 games. Top scorer: Kevin Martin (SAC vs OKC), 37 points.
The lead · SAC @ DEN

Denver needs overtime to survive Sacramento

Tied 99–99 after regulation. Denver won the final period 13–10 for a 112–109 win. Kenyon Martin led Denver with 24 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final00-14-50+3DEN AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
SAC2638142110109
DEN2624232613112
Who led
Kenyon MartinPoints, last 10 games: 11, 8, 11, 13, 20, 6, 12, 13, 27, 24DEN24 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 29, 37, 20, 20, 27, 21, 19, 25, 23DEN23 PTS · 1 REB · 9 AST
Spencer HawesPoints, last 10 games: 14, 11, 6, 4, 8, 14, 18, 6, 4, 23SAC23 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 19, 23, 9, 23, 5, 5, 5, 33, 31, 22SAC22 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Portland by 19.

MEM over LAL2DEN over SAC3PHX over NOH9BOS over WAS11UTA over DAL12MIL over MIA16POR over CHA19Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.9Season avg20.8Last 5

20.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.9 in 46 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.5Season avg21.3Last 3

21.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.5 in 45 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.1Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 10.1 a game in 35 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 11, 31, 27, 27, 26, 29, 24, 19, 44LAL @ MEM · L
28.3 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Apr 18, 1998: 44 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Ties season high44 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 32, 19, 37, 28, 15, 20, 28, 19, 28, 28DAL @ UTA · L
25.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 19, 12, 27, 23, 15, 16, 12, 22, 36, 25PHX @ NOH · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 6, 5, 7, 17, 13, 20, 12, 15, 32, 25UTA vs DAL · W
11.2 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 13, 16, 12, 9, 13, 19, 18, 20, 14, 25NOH vs PHX · L
10.6 PPG season to date · +14.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high25 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 21, 8, 31, 26, 25, 15, 16, 9, 10, 25MEM vs LAL · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 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
Carlos DelfinoMIL+6.6 16.6 last 10 · 10.0 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.1 20.3 last 10 · 14.2 season
Corey MaggetteGSW+5.5 26.2 last 10 · 20.7 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+5.3 15.9 last 10 · 10.6 season
Chauncey BillupsDEN+5.1 24.5 last 10 · 19.4 season
Cold
Chris Douglas-RobertsNJN−6.7 6.4 last 10 · 13.1 season
Vince CarterORL−6.7 8.9 last 10 · 15.6 season
Ben GordonDET−5.1 11.3 last 10 · 16.4 season
Beno UdrihSAC−4.9 7.5 last 10 · 12.4 season
Larry HughesNYK−4.8 5.0 last 10 · 9.8 season