FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 10, 2010Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed WAS by 3 after the first quarter and won 115–110.

Final
BOS114
TOR107
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +9; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +7
Final
NOH115
WAS110
Q1 NOH -3; Q2 NOH +11; Q3 NOH -2; Q4 NOH +5
Final
MIA84
LAC94
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +15; Q3 LAC +21; Q4 LAC +10
Final
NJN85
SAS97
Q1 SAS -2; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +12
Final
CLE106
POR94
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +15; Q3 CLE +4; Q4 CLE +12
Final
MIL77
LAL95
Q1 LAL +16; Q2 LAL +11; Q3 LAL +19; Q4 LAL +18
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 10, 2009: 6 games. Top scorer: Michael Redd (MIL @ MIN), 32 points.
The lead · NOH @ WAS

New Orleans extends win streak to 6

115–110 over Washington. Record: 19–16. Chris Paul led New Orleans with 26 points, 3 rebounds and 14 assists.

Game flow · NOH margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+11-2+5NOH AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH28322035115
WAS31183328110
Who led
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 10, 20, 15, 16, 18, 28, 12, 14, 11, 26NOH26 PTS · 3 REB · 14 AST
Peja StojakovicPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 8, 0, 6, 5, 5, 12, 9, 20NOH20 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 23, 20, 24, 28, 17, 32, 26, 28, 32WAS32 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Randy FoyePoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 16, 11, 12, 6, 2, 18, 20, 23WAS23 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.9Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 9.9 in 38 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.5Season avg13.0Last 3

13.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.5 in 34 earlier games. Today: 13 points in 24 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.8Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 16.8 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists.

Second story · NJN @ SAS

San Antonio beats New Jersey, 97–85

San Antonio led 77–65 after three and won by 12. Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 21 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NOH over WAS5BOS over TOR7LAC over MIA10SAS over NJN12CLE over POR12LAL over MIL18Final margin, points. Pink = SAS over NJN.
Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 34, 26, 29, 14, 48, 28, 29, 23, 35, 41CLE @ POR · W
29.2 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Dwyane Wade MIA, Dec 11, 2005: 41 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
41 PTS · 10 REB · 8 AST
Brandon RoyPoints, last 10 games: 28, 23, 41, 24, 25, 37, 6, 27, 32, 34POR vs CLE · L
23.5 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 7, 23, 20, 24, 28, 17, 32, 26, 28, 32WAS vs NOH · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high32 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 16, 25, 12, 25, 33, 25, 22, 18, 29, 31TOR vs BOS · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 4 AST
Rasheed WallacePoints, last 10 games: 10, 9, 11, 8, 6, 6, 16, 16, 11, 29BOS @ TOR · W
10.2 PPG season to date · +19.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 18, 9, 17, 10, 21, 20, 11, 12, 14, 28NJN @ SAS · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 REB · 2 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
Corey MaggetteGSW+6.2 25.0 last 10 · 18.8 season
Luther HeadIND+5.5 14.4 last 10 · 8.9 season
Wilson ChandlerNYK+4.8 19.8 last 10 · 15.0 season
Zach RandolphMEM+4.8 25.2 last 10 · 20.4 season
Gilbert ArenasWAS+4.5 27.1 last 10 · 22.6 season
Cold
Brandon JenningsMIL−5.4 12.9 last 10 · 18.3 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−5.0 20.0 last 10 · 25.0 season
Terrence WilliamsNJN−4.8 2.7 last 10 · 7.5 season
Charlie VillanuevaDET−4.7 9.4 last 10 · 14.1 season
Al ThorntonLAC−4.3 7.6 last 10 · 11.9 season