FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 3, 2011Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed GSW by 9 at halftime and won 110–90.

Final
MIA96
CHA82
Q1 MIA -5; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +19; Q4 MIA +14
Final
GSW90
ORL110
Q1 ORL -4; Q2 ORL -9; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +20
Final
MIN93
BOS96
Q1 BOS -8; Q2 BOS -4; Q3 BOS -3; Q4 BOS +3
Final
PHI77
NOH84
Q1 NOH -3; Q2 NOH +3; Q3 NOH +10; Q4 NOH +7
Final
HOU106
DEN113
Q1 DEN +4; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN +7
Final
DET97
UTA102
Q1 UTA -3; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA -1; Q4 UTA +5
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 3, 2010: 5 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs CHA), 29 points.
The lead · GSW @ ORL

Orlando fights back from 9 down against Golden State

Final: 110–90, after trailing by 9 at the half. Dwight Howard led Orlando with 22 points, 17 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-9+8+20ORL AHEAD ↑GSW AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
GSW2825181990
ORL24203531110
Who led
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 21, 26, 19, 26, 29, 6, 19, 12, 24, 22ORL22 PTS · 17 REB · 3 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 12, 9, 10, 15, 5, 14, 20, 9, 20ORL20 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 34, 26, 44, 36, 39, 22, 12, 25, 25, 20GSW20 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Dorell WrightPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 9, 17, 16, 28, 32, 17, 30, 17GSW17 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.2Season avg24.8Last 5

24.8 points a game over his last five games, against 16.2 in 33 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 46 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.3Season avg4.7Last 3

4.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.3 in 27 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 1 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.1Season avg35Today

35 minutes today, against 18.1 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · MIN @ BOS

Boston turns it around against Minnesota

From 8 down after one to a 3-point win: 96–93. Paul Pierce led Boston with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Top-scorer duel · BOS vs MIN
Paul Pierce · BOSMichael Beasley · MINPTS2319REB63AST32Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 38

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: 21, 32, 32, 19, 36, 27, 18, 20, 25, 38MIA @ CHA · W
24.8 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high38 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 14, 26, 13, 22, 31, 35, 31, 24, 16, 33DEN vs HOU · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 32, 28, 26, 20, 22, 18, 40, 45, 25, 31MIA @ CHA · W
24.7 PPG season to date · +6.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 13, 28, 6, 17, 17, 18, 12, 26DET @ UTA · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 18, 23, 17, 20, 22, 14, 22, 13, 10, 24HOU @ DEN · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 32, 15, 18, 11, 18, 21, 33, 12, 30, 23BOS vs MIN · W
19.0 PPG season to date · +4.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 6 REB · 3 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
Antawn JamisonCLE+5.1 20.6 last 10 · 15.5 season
Nick YoungWAS+4.9 20.1 last 10 · 15.2 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+4.6 24.1 last 10 · 19.5 season
DeMar DeRozanTOR+4.5 18.7 last 10 · 14.2 season
JJ RedickORL+4.5 14.7 last 10 · 10.2 season
Cold
Russell WestbrookOKC−4.2 17.7 last 10 · 21.9 season
Gilbert ArenasORL−4.1 11.3 last 10 · 15.4 season
Mike ConleyMEM−3.7 10.0 last 10 · 13.7 season
Jason RichardsonORL−3.4 14.3 last 10 · 17.7 season
Taj GibsonCHI−3.4 4.6 last 10 · 8.0 season