FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 1, 2011Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed GSW by 14 at halftime and won 114–107.

Final
CLE91
CHI100
Q1 CHI -4; Q2 CHI -8; Q3 CHI +15; Q4 CHI +9
Final
NOH92
WAS81
Q1 NOH +1; Q2 NOH -5; Q3 NOH +6; Q4 NOH +11
Final
GSW107
MIA114
Q1 MIA -8; Q2 MIA -14; Q3 MIA -1; Q4 MIA +7
Final
NJN88
MIN103
Q1 MIN +7; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN +13; Q4 MIN +15
Final
OKC74
SAS101
Q1 SAS +14; Q2 SAS +13; Q3 SAS +24; Q4 SAS +27
Final
SAC86
DEN104
Q1 DEN 0; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +9; Q4 DEN +18
Final
DAL87
MIL99
Q1 MIL +7; Q2 MIL +2; Q3 MIL +2; Q4 MIL +12
Final
MEM92
UTA98
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +10; Q3 UTA +2; Q4 UTA +6
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 · 2009–10Jan 1, 2010: 3 games. Top scorer: Nate Robinson (NYK @ ATL), 41 points.
The lead · GSW @ MIA

Miami climbs out of a 14-point hole against Golden State

Down 14 at the half, the Heat won the fourth quarter 31–23 and the game 114–107. LeBron James led Miami with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists.

Game flow · MIA 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 Q3Final0-8-14-1+7MIA AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW36361223107
MIA28302531114
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 32, 32, 19, 36, 27, 18, 20, 25MIA25 PTS · 7 REB · 10 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 36, 32, 28, 26, 20, 22, 18, 40, 45, 25MIA25 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Dorell WrightPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 12, 9, 17, 16, 28, 32, 17, 30GSW30 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 34, 26, 44, 36, 39, 22, 12, 25, 25GSW25 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

San Antonio posts the night's biggest win

San Antonio beat OKC by 27, the widest margin of 8 games.

UTA over MEM6MIA over GSW7CHI over CLE9NOH over WAS11MIL over DAL12MIN over NJN15DEN over SAC18SAS over OKC27Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.6Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.6 in 19 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
38.1Season avg26.9Last 3

26.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 38.1 in 27 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.7Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 10.7 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 3 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Dorell Wright leads the day with 30

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.
Dorell WrightPoints, last 10 games: 20, 12, 12, 9, 17, 16, 28, 32, 17, 30GSW @ MIA · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 8, 8, 10, 3, 6, 4, 4, 7, 3, 29DAL @ MIL · L
7.8 PPG season to date · +21.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 17, 6, 34, 22, 25, 25, 23, 18, 19, 28CHI vs CLE · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 1 REB · 11 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 19, 13, 24, 11, 18, 21, 35, 27MEM @ UTA · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Earl BoykinsPoints, last 10 games: 3, 0, 0, 0, 2, 6, 22, 19, 13, 26MIL vs DAL · W
6.7 PPG season to date · +20.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 32, 32, 19, 36, 27, 18, 20, 25MIA vs GSW · W
24.4 PPG season to date · +0.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 7 REB · 10 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
Nick YoungWAS+4.9 20.1 last 10 · 15.2 season
Linas KleizaTOR+4.8 16.8 last 10 · 12.0 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+4.7 29.2 last 10 · 24.5 season
Ty LawsonDEN+4.2 15.5 last 10 · 11.3 season
Keyon DoolingMIL+4.0 10.4 last 10 · 6.4 season
Cold
Jason RichardsonORL−4.6 13.1 last 10 · 17.7 season
Mike ConleyMEM−4.3 9.5 last 10 · 13.8 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−4.2 17.7 last 10 · 21.9 season
Roy HibbertIND−3.4 10.2 last 10 · 13.6 season
Taj GibsonCHI−3.4 4.6 last 10 · 8.0 season