FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 11, 2010Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed TOR by 13 at halftime and won 105–101.

Final
TOR101
IND105
Q1 IND -8; Q2 IND -13; Q3 IND -6; Q4 IND +4
Final
NOH92
PHI96
Q1 PHI +15; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI +1; Q4 PHI +4
Final
ATL102
BOS96
Q1 ATL -10; Q2 ATL -9; Q3 ATL -3; Q4 ATL +6
Final
DET87
CHI120
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +14; Q3 CHI +28; Q4 CHI +33
Final
NYK88
OKC106
Q1 OKC +10; Q2 OKC +16; Q3 OKC +22; Q4 OKC +18
Final
MIN94
DEN105
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +15; Q4 DEN +11
Final
MIL101
PHX105
Q1 PHX +21; Q2 PHX +12; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +4
Final
MIA89
UTA118
Q1 UTA +2; Q2 UTA +11; Q3 UTA +19; Q4 UTA +29
Final
CLE117
GSW114
Q1 CLE +2; Q2 CLE +8; Q3 CLE +10; Q4 CLE +3
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 11, 2009: 7 games. Top scorer: Danny Granger (IND @ GSW), 42 points.
The lead · TOR @ IND

Indiana fights back from 13 down against Toronto

Final: 105–101, after trailing by 13 at the half. Danny Granger led Indiana with 23 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · IND 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 Q3Final0-8-13-6+4IND AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR30351917101
IND22302627105
Who led
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 18, 36, 20, 22, 33, 26, 11, 19, 25, 23IND23 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Troy MurphyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 21, 14, 24, 19, 16, 5, 21, 15, 20IND20 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 25, 12, 25, 33, 25, 22, 18, 29, 31, 27TOR27 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 16, 28, 21, 15, 18, 23, 23, 12TOR12 PTS · 17 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four close finishes and one Bulls rout

Four of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Chicago beat Detroit by 33.

CLE over GSW3IND over TOR4PHI over NOH4PHX over MIL4ATL over BOS6DEN over MIN11OKC over NYK18UTA over MIA29CHI over DET33Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
18.8Season avg28.2Last 5

28.2 points a game over his last five games, against 18.8 in 34 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 44 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.6Season avg16.5Last 3

16.5 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.6 in 33 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.8Season avg20.4Today

20 minutes today, against 5.8 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 29, 14, 48, 28, 29, 23, 35, 41, 37CLE @ GSW · W
29.4 PPG season to date · +7.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 11 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 15, 35, 28, 11, 20, 12, 7, 36ATL @ BOS · W
21.2 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Corey MaggettePoints, last 10 games: 25, 22, 33, 13, 25, 22, 35, 28, 24, 32GSW vs CLE · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +13.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 24, 14, 36, 16, 11, 19, 30, 26, 16, 30PHX vs MIL · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 11 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 38, 30, 40, 35, 31, 31, 25, 27, 40, 30OKC vs NYK · W
28.8 PPG season to date · +1.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 23, 35, 33, 37, 22, 30, 32, 20, 39, 30GSW vs CLE · L
26.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 5 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+6.7 25.9 last 10 · 19.2 season
Luther HeadIND+5.4 14.1 last 10 · 8.7 season
Rajon RondoBOS+5.1 19.2 last 10 · 14.1 season
Zach RandolphMEM+4.8 25.2 last 10 · 20.4 season
Gilbert ArenasWAS+4.5 27.1 last 10 · 22.6 season
Cold
Charlie VillanuevaDET−5.6 8.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−5.4 12.8 last 10 · 18.2 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−5.0 20.0 last 10 · 25.0 season
Terrence WilliamsNJN−4.8 2.7 last 10 · 7.5 season
Al ThorntonLAC−4.3 7.6 last 10 · 11.9 season