FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 17, 2010Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: TOR trailed DAL by 3 after the first quarter and won 110–88.

Final
DAL88
TOR110
Q1 TOR -3; Q2 TOR +13; Q3 TOR +16; Q4 TOR +22
Final
UTA112
DEN119
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN +7; Q3 DEN +4; Q4 DEN +7
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 17, 2009: 9 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL vs UTA), 39 points.
The lead · DAL @ TOR

Toronto routs Dallas by 22

Toronto led by 13 at halftime and won 110–88. Chris Bosh led Toronto with 23 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · TOR margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+13+16+22TOR AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL2318272088
TOR20343026110
Who led
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 25, 22, 18, 29, 31, 27, 18, 23TOR23 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 16, 28, 21, 15, 18, 23, 23, 12, 24, 22TOR22 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 25, 22, 22, 26, 29, 30, 32, 19DAL19 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 13, 20, 11, 10, 26, 21, 16, 7, 21, 18DAL18 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
Second story · UTA @ DEN

Denver makes it three straight

Denver beat Utah 119–112 and moved to 26–14. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 37 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · DEN
Lvs DAL96–104L@ SAC101–106W@ UTA105–95Lvs PHI105–108Wvs GSW123–122Wvs CLE99–97L@ SAC100–102Wvs MIN105–94Wvs ORL115–97Wvs UTA119–112DEN: last 10 games through Jan 17, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.5Season avg18.0Last 5

18.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 35 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.7Season avg11.3Last 3

11.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.7 in 39 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 11 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.3Season avg23.6Today

24 minutes today, against 10.3 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony 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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 38, 17, 41, 24, 32, 16, 34, 24, 27, 37DEN vs UTA · W
30.0 PPG season to date · +7.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Chauncey BillupsPoints, last 10 games: 21, 24, 12, 15, 10, 23, 27, 18, 24, 29DEN vs UTA · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 27, 21, 14, 16, 17, 20, 23, 7, 18, 23UTA @ DEN · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 25, 33, 25, 22, 18, 29, 31, 27, 18, 23TOR vs DAL · W
23.8 PPG season to date · −0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 16, 28, 21, 15, 18, 23, 23, 12, 24, 22TOR vs DAL · W
17.3 PPG season to date · +4.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 10 games: 13, 11, 25, 22, 22, 26, 29, 30, 32, 19DAL @ TOR · L
25.2 PPG season to date · −6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 3 REB · 4 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+7.2 26.9 last 10 · 19.7 season
Martell WebsterPOR+6.0 16.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Randy FoyeWAS+5.6 14.9 last 10 · 9.3 season
Stephen JacksonCHA+5.2 25.3 last 10 · 20.1 season
Matt BarnesORL+5.2 14.0 last 10 · 8.8 season
Cold
Terrence WilliamsNJN−5.1 2.0 last 10 · 7.1 season
Al ThorntonLAC−4.9 6.7 last 10 · 11.6 season
Brandon JenningsMIL−4.1 13.7 last 10 · 17.8 season
Ben GordonDET−4.0 13.2 last 10 · 17.2 season
Andre IguodalaPHI−3.8 14.0 last 10 · 17.8 season