FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 5, 2008Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed WAS by 10 after three quarters and won 101–96.

Final · Box score
Celtics113
Cavs114
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE -2; Q3 CLE +5; Q4 CLE +1
Final · Box score
Spurs116
Pacers89
Q1 SAS -2; Q2 Spurs 0; Q3 SAS +13; Q4 SAS +27
Final · Box score
Wizards96
Sixers101
Q1 PHI -2; Q2 PHI -7; Q3 PHI -10; Q4 PHI +5
Final · Box score
Lakers105
Nets90
Q1 LAL -1; Q2 Lakers 0; Q3 LAL +4; Q4 LAL +15
Final · Box score
Bucks102
Grizzlies97
Q1 MIL -8; Q2 MIL -4; Q3 MIL +5; Q4 MIL +5
On this day · 2006–07Feb 5, 2007: 9 games. Top scorer: Caron Butler (Wizards-Sonics), 38 points.
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The lead · Wizards-Sixers

Philadelphia climbs out of a 10-point hole against Washington

LeBron James goes for 33 points

Game flow · PHI margin at each break
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2-7-10+5PHI AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards2531271396
Sixers23262428101
Who led
Andre IguodalaPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 23, 15, 24, 33, 18, 11, 22, 20PHI20 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Thaddeus YoungPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 13, 4, 2, 6, 14, 15, 11, 17PHI17 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
DeShawn StevensonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 18, 7, 13, 11, 20, 16, 5, 3, 19WAS19 PTS · 2 REB · 0 AST
Brendan HaywoodPoints, last 10 games: 11, 6, 11, 15, 11, 9, 6, 10, 6, 18WAS18 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Second story · Bucks-Grizzlies

Milwaukee fights back from 8 down against Memphis

Final: 102–97, after trailing by 8 after one. Mo Williams led Milwaukee with 32 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists.

Top-scorer duel · Bucks-Grizzlies
Mo Williams · MILMike Miller · MEMPTS3232REB35AST73Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Lead changes
Celtics-Cavs28
Wizards-Sixers12
Lakers-Nets12
Spurs-Pacers8
Bucks-Grizzlies5
The night in charts
Celtics-Cavs combined for 227, 22 more than any other game
Points by game
Celtics-CavsCeltics 113, Cavs 114
227
Spurs-PacersSpurs 116, Pacers 89
205
Bucks-GrizzliesBucks 102, Grizzlies 97
199
Wizards-SixersWizards 96, Sixers 101
197
Lakers-NetsLakers 105, Nets 90
195
3 of 5 games were decided by 5 or fewer
Closest finishes
Celtics-CavsCeltics 113, Cavs 114
+1 CLE
Wizards-SixersWizards 96, Sixers 101
+5 PHI
Bucks-GrizzliesBucks 102, Grizzlies 97
+5 MIL
Lakers-NetsLakers 105, Nets 90
+15 LAL
Spurs-PacersSpurs 116, Pacers 89
+27 SAS
PHI erased a 10-point hole
Biggest comebacks, at quarter breaks
Wizards-SixersPHI won · Wizards 96, Sixers 101
10 pts
Bucks-GrizzliesMIL won · Bucks 102, Grizzlies 97
8 pts
Spurs-PacersSAS won · Spurs 116, Pacers 89
2 pts
Celtics-CavsCLE won · Celtics 113, Cavs 114
2 pts
Lakers-NetsLAL won · Lakers 105, Nets 90
1 pt
Thaddeus Young shot 8-of-10 for the night's hottest hand
Hottest shooting · min 10 FGA
Thaddeus YoungPHI · 17 PTS, 9 REB
80% (8-10)
PauLAL · 24 PTS, 12 REB, 4 AST, 1 STL
67% (10-15)
Mo WilliamsMIL · 32 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB
64% (14-22)
CarneyPHI · 16 PTS, 6 REB, 3 STL, 1 AST
64% (7-11)
NachbarNJN · 19 PTS, 10 REB, 2 AST
64% (7-11)
Final · Celtics-Cavs
Celtics 113Cavs 114
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Celtics35312126113
Cavs36282822114
The story
Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 21 points and 10 rebounds as Cleveland beat Boston 114-113

Ray Allen led Boston with 24 PTS, 5 REB, 5 AST 21 PTS, 10 REB, 5 BLK, 2 AST · 7-16 FG

The swing

Down 2 after the second, the Cavaliers took the third 28-21.

CLE lead by quarter
200 +1−2+5+1 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Wizards-Sixers
Wizards 96Sixers 101
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Wizards2531271396
Sixers23262428101
The story
Andre Iguodala's 20 points carried Philadelphia past Washington, 101-96

For Washington, Antawn Jamison had 16 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST 20 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST · 9-17 FG, 0-2 3PT

The swing

The 76ers trailed by 10 going into the fourth, then won it 28-13.

PHI lead by quarter
200 −2−7−10+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Final · Bucks-Grizzlies
Bucks 102Grizzlies 97
TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4T
Bucks23272824102
Grizzlies3123192497
The story
Milwaukee beat Memphis 102-97 behind 32 points from Mo Williams

Mike Miller paced Memphis: 32 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST 32 PTS, 7 AST, 3 REB · 14-22 FG, 1-3 3PT

The swing

A 28-19 third quarter erased a 4-point hole for the Bucks.

MIL lead by quarter
200 −8−4+5+5 Q1Q2Q3Q4
Fantasy angle

Rudy Gay topped the game at 45.5 FPTS: 21 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB

Fantasy angle
Heating up
+6.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.2Season avg12.6Last 5

12.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.2 in 39 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.6Season avg20.2Last 3

20.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.6 in 38 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg36.3Today

36 minutes today, against 20.2 a game in 43 earlier games. Line: 4 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 33

LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 31, 51, 27, 28, 23, 36, 41, 37, 28, 33Cavs-Celtics · W
30.1 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 9 REB · 12 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 19, 16, 9, 6, 25, 14, 14, 13, 32Bucks-Grizzlies · W
16.8 PPG season to date · +15.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 24, 10, 21, 27, 8, 22, 14, 32Grizzlies-Bucks · L
17.0 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Derek FisherPoints, last 10 games: 3, 28, 9, 11, 8, 17, 15, 11, 5, 28Lakers-Nets · W
12.6 PPG season to date · +15.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 21, 29, 13, 25, 16, 14, 14, 27Nets-Lakers · L
20.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 19, 43, 21, 19, 24, 28, 12, 17, 13, 24Lakers-Nets · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 12 REB · 4 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Hot
Linas KleizaDEN+7.0 19.4 last 10 · 12.4 season
Al ThorntonLAC+6.2 15.8 last 10 · 9.6 season
Kirk HinrichCHI+5.8 18.8 last 10 · 13.0 season
Kareem RushIND+5.2 13.5 last 10 · 8.3 season
Al JeffersonMIN+5.1 26.6 last 10 · 21.5 season
Cold
John SalmonsSAC−7.8 7.3 last 10 · 15.1 season
Ricky DavisMIA−6.0 7.5 last 10 · 13.5 season
Francisco GarciaSAC−5.8 6.6 last 10 · 12.4 season
Jamaal TinsleyIND−5.4 6.5 last 10 · 11.9 season
Chris PaulNOH−4.6 15.7 last 10 · 20.3 season