FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 4, 2011Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed MIL by 4 at halftime and won 101–89.

Final
MIL89
MIA101
Q1 MIA +6; Q2 MIA -4; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +12
Final
SAS115
NYK128
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +3; Q3 NYK +6; Q4 NYK +13
Final
TOR91
CHI111
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +18; Q3 CHI +12; Q4 CHI +20
Final
OKC105
MEM110
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM 0; Q3 MEM +2; Q4 MEM +5
Final
POR81
DAL84
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL +2; Q4 DAL +3
Final
ATL108
SAC102
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +14; Q3 ATL +14; Q4 ATL +6
Final
DET83
LAL108
Q1 LAL +5; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +17; Q4 LAL +25
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 4, 2010: 4 games. Top scorer: Devin Brown (NOH @ UTA), 30 points.
The lead · MIL @ MIA

Dwyane Wade scores 34 in Miami win over Milwaukee

Final: 101–89. Dwyane Wade added 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+6-4+3+12MIA AHEAD ↑MIL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL2031191989
MIA26212628101
Who led
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 20, 22, 18, 40, 45, 25, 31, 34MIA34 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 32, 32, 19, 36, 27, 18, 20, 25, 38, 25MIA25 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
John SalmonsPoints, last 10 games: 17, 5, 18, 23, 20, 12, 18, 18, 21, 18MIL18 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Andrew BogutPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 19, 5, 15, 15, 14, 4, 8, 16MIL16 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.7Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 6.7 in 20 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 15 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.5Season avg4.0Last 3

4.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.5 in 24 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.5Season avg33.7Today

34 minutes today, against 15.5 a game in 30 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · POR @ DAL

Dallas holds off Portland, 84–81

Dallas led 62–60 after three and held on to win by three. Jason Terry led Dallas with 18 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
DAL over POR3MEM over OKC5ATL over SAC6MIA over MIL12NYK over SAS13CHI over TOR20LAL over DET25Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over POR.
Top performances

Dwyane Wade leads the day with 34

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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 28, 26, 20, 22, 18, 40, 45, 25, 31, 34MIA vs MIL · W
25.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 19, 13, 24, 11, 18, 21, 35, 27, 21, 31MEM vs OKC · W
19.3 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 16 REB · 0 AST
Wilson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 17, 13, 21, 15, 21, 29, 10, 31NYK vs SAS · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 25, 2, 10, 14, 5, 26, 24, 31ATL @ SAC · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +16.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 14, 15, 4, 32, 21, 12, 6, 29SAC vs ATL · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 17, 23, 23, 15, 16, 16, 29, 29ATL @ SAC · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 1 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
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+5.8 25.6 last 10 · 19.8 season
Antawn JamisonCLE+5.1 20.6 last 10 · 15.5 season
Keyon DoolingMIL+5.0 11.6 last 10 · 6.6 season
Nick YoungWAS+4.9 20.1 last 10 · 15.2 season
DeMar DeRozanTOR+4.6 18.9 last 10 · 14.3 season
Cold
Gilbert ArenasORL−4.1 11.3 last 10 · 15.4 season
Jeff GreenOKC−4.0 11.4 last 10 · 15.4 season
Manu GinobiliSAS−3.9 14.7 last 10 · 18.6 season
Mike ConleyMEM−3.8 9.8 last 10 · 13.6 season
Kobe BryantLAL−3.5 21.7 last 10 · 25.2 season