FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 1, 2010Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: LAL trailed SAC by 15 at halftime and won 109–108.

Final · OT
NYK112
ATL108
Q1 NYK -4; Q2 NYK +1; Q3 NYK -13; Q4 NYK 0; OT1 NYK +4
Final
ORL106
MIN94
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +2; Q4 ORL +12
Final
SAC108
LAL109
Q1 LAL -5; Q2 LAL -15; Q3 LAL -7; Q4 LAL +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
The lead · SAC @ LAL

Kobe Bryant drops 39 in 15-point comeback win over Sacramento

Sacramento led by 15 at the half. Final: 109–108.

Game flow · LAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-15-7+1LAL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC28362222108
LAL23263030109
Who led
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 42, 39, 29, 28, 40, 35, 38, 34, 44, 39LAL39 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Lamar OdomPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 14, 7, 12, 6, 13, 9, 11, 20LAL20 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Spencer HawesPoints, last 10 games: 4, 2, 7, 13, 6, 17, 8, 6, 8, 30SAC30 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Omri CasspiPoints, last 10 games: 9, 22, 21, 11, 4, 18, 15, 11, 21, 23SAC23 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Second story · NYK @ ATL

New York needs overtime to survive Atlanta

Tied 99–99 after regulation. New York won the final period 13–9 for a 112–108 win. Nate Robinson led New York with 41 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists.

Top-scorer duel · NYK vs ATL
Nate Robinson · NYKJoe Johnson · ATLPTS4128REB68AST85Top 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
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.9Season avg20.2Last 5

20.2 points a game over his last five games, against 10.9 in 12 earlier games. Today: 41 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.2Season avg18.7Last 3

18.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.2 in 27 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 20 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.5Season avg50Today

50 minutes today, against 31.5 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 24 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Nate Robinson leads the day with 41

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.
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 9, 2, 0, 19, 15, 25, 11, 24, 0, 41NYK @ ATL · W
13.2 PPG season to date · +30.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Stephen Curry GSW, Nov 27, 2015: 41 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Season high41 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 42, 39, 29, 28, 40, 35, 38, 34, 44, 39LAL vs SAC · W
30.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Spencer HawesPoints, last 10 games: 4, 2, 7, 13, 6, 17, 8, 6, 8, 30SAC @ LAL · L
10.9 PPG season to date · +19.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 12, 40, 21, 16, 24, 15, 35, 28ATL vs NYK · L
21.8 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 13, 14, 26, 16, 15, 12, 23, 15, 24NYK @ ATL · W
14.3 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 17 REB · 4 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 16, 8, 10, 17, 22, 15, 11, 24ATL vs NYK · L
15.3 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 10 REB · 3 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
Kobe BryantLAL+6.2 36.8 last 10 · 30.6 season
Corey MaggetteGSW+4.6 22.3 last 10 · 17.7 season
Gerald WallaceCHA+4.5 22.4 last 10 · 17.9 season
Rajon RondoBOS+4.4 17.6 last 10 · 13.2 season
Brandon RoyPOR+4.3 27.2 last 10 · 22.9 season
Cold
Dahntay JonesIND−5.6 6.5 last 10 · 12.1 season
Andrew BynumLAL−5.1 9.8 last 10 · 14.9 season
Ben GordonDET−3.8 14.7 last 10 · 18.5 season
Andrei KirilenkoUTA−3.8 7.2 last 10 · 11.0 season
Al HarringtonNYK−3.7 14.8 last 10 · 18.5 season