FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, October 28, 2010Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final
WAS83
ORL112
Q1 ORL +14; Q2 ORL +24; Q3 ORL +31; Q4 ORL +29
Final
PHX110
UTA94
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +16; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +16
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 · 2009–10Oct 28, 2009: 12 games. Top scorer: Danny Granger (IND @ ATL), 31 points.
The lead · PHX @ UTA

Phoenix beats Utah, 110–94

Phoenix led 84–72 after three and won by 16. Hakim Warrick led Phoenix with 18 points, 11 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · PHX margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+5+16+12+16PHX AHEAD ↑UTA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX27312626110
UTA2220302294
Who led
Hakim WarrickPoints, last 2 games: 10, 18PHX18 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 2 games: 26, 18PHX18 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 2 games: 6, 20UTA20 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 2 games: 15, 19UTA19 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Second story · WAS @ ORL

Orlando leads Washington wire to wire

Orlando was ahead at every break and won 112–83. Best quarter: the third, 32–25. Dwight Howard led Orlando with 23 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist.

Top-scorer duel · ORL vs WAS
Dwight Howard · ORLCartier Martin · WASPTS2317REB102AST10Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.5points, last 2 vs 2009–10 avg
Points per game
16.52009–10 avg22.0Last 2

22.0 points a game over his last two games, against 16.5 in 2009–10 (81 games). Today: 18 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.4minutes, last 2 vs 2009–10 avg
Minutes per game
29.42009–10 avg13.0Last 2

13.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 29.4 in 2009–10 (79 games). Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Cooling off
−8.1points, today vs 2009–10 avg
Points per game
14.12009–10 avg6Today

6 points today in 24 minutes, against 14.1 a game in 2009–10 (81 games).

Top performances

Dwight Howard leads the day with 23

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.
Dwight HowardORL vs WAS · W
23.0 PPG season to date
23 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 2 games: 6, 20UTA vs PHX · L
13.0 PPG season to date
20 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 2 games: 15, 19UTA vs PHX · L
17.0 PPG season to date
19 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Andrei KirilenkoPoints, last 2 games: 2, 19UTA vs PHX · L
10.5 PPG season to date
19 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Hakim WarrickPoints, last 2 games: 10, 18PHX @ UTA · W
14.0 PPG season to date
18 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 2 games: 26, 18PHX @ UTA · W
22.0 PPG season to date
18 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST