FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 2, 2010Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed MIA by 13 after the first quarter and won 107–97.

Final
CLE94
NJN86
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE +1; Q3 CLE +8; Q4 CLE +8
Final
CHA107
MIA97
Q1 CHA -13; Q2 CHA +3; Q3 CHA +1; Q4 CHA +10
Final
MIN111
IND122
Q1 IND +6; Q2 IND +28; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +11
Final
SAS97
WAS86
Q1 SAS +6; Q2 SAS 0; Q3 SAS -1; Q4 SAS +11
Final
TOR96
BOS103
Q1 BOS +2; Q2 BOS +10; Q3 BOS +11; Q4 BOS +7
Final
ORL93
CHI101
Q1 CHI -3; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +12; Q4 CHI +8
Final
HOU95
NOH99
Q1 NOH -2; Q2 NOH -4; Q3 NOH -6; Q4 NOH +4
Final · OT
OKC97
MIL103
Q1 MIL +3; Q2 MIL -1; Q3 MIL -2; Q4 MIL 0; OT1 MIL +6
Final
MEM128
PHX103
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +19; Q3 MEM +24; Q4 MEM +25
Final
DEN105
UTA95
Q1 DEN +3; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +10; Q4 DEN +10
Final
GSW89
POR105
Q1 POR -10; Q2 POR -1; Q3 POR +5; Q4 POR +16
Final
DAL99
SAC91
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL +7; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +8
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 2, 2009: 15 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs UTA), 40 points.
The lead · CHA @ MIA

Stephen Jackson scores 35 as Charlotte wins in Miami

Final: 107–97. Stephen Jackson made 11 of 20 shots from the field.

Game flow · CHA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13+3+1+10CHA AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA17322434107
MIA3016262597
Who led
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 22, 18, 10, 13, 24, 12, 30, 35CHA35 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 21, 29, 30, 29, 13, 21, 15, 15CHA15 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 25, 28, 29, 30, 25, 22, 16, 29MIA29 PTS · 3 REB · 11 AST
Quentin RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 0, 11, 22, 11, 8, 8, 14, 0, 20MIA20 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.7Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 7.7 in 21 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.5Season avg10.7Last 3

10.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.5 in 28 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.0Season avg39.6Today

40 minutes today, against 16.0 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · GSW @ POR

Portland climbs back to beat Golden State

Golden State led by 10 after one. Portland won it 105–89. Brandon Roy led Portland with 37 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · POR vs GSW
Brandon Roy · PORMonta Ellis · GSWPTS3730REB65AST54Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Brandon Roy leads the day with 37

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.
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 23, 25, 27, 33, 28, 23, 41, 24, 25, 37POR vs GSW · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Stephen JacksonPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 22, 18, 10, 13, 24, 12, 30, 35CHA @ MIA · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 12, 27, 13, 30, 38, 30, 40, 35, 31, 31OKC @ MIL · L
28.5 PPG season to date · +2.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 18, 32, 24, 26, 14, 28, 22, 30CHI vs ORL · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 29, 8, 35, 30, 23, 35, 33, 37, 22, 30GSW @ POR · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 25, 19, 25, 28, 29, 30, 25, 22, 16, 29MIA vs CHA · L
26.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 11 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+5.3 23.1 last 10 · 17.8 season
Brandon RoyPOR+5.3 28.6 last 10 · 23.3 season
Derrick RoseCHI+5.0 23.4 last 10 · 18.4 season
Rajon RondoBOS+4.4 17.6 last 10 · 13.2 season
Cold
Andrew BynumLAL−5.1 9.8 last 10 · 14.9 season
Dahntay JonesIND−4.9 7.2 last 10 · 12.1 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−4.3 20.7 last 10 · 25.0 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−4.1 15.2 last 10 · 19.3 season
Ben GordonDET−3.8 14.7 last 10 · 18.5 season