FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 7, 2011Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed IND by 11 after three quarters and won 90–87.

Final
SAS90
IND87
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +1; Q3 SAS -11; Q4 SAS +3
Final
CHI99
PHI105
Q1 PHI -2; Q2 PHI -2; Q3 PHI +12; Q4 PHI +6
Final
NJN77
WAS97
Q1 WAS +17; Q2 WAS +19; Q3 WAS +14; Q4 WAS +20
Final
TOR102
BOS122
Q1 BOS +12; Q2 BOS +22; Q3 BOS +17; Q4 BOS +20
Final
UTA99
MEM110
Q1 MEM +4; Q2 MEM +5; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +11
Final
POR108
MIN98
Q1 POR +10; Q2 POR +20; Q3 POR +16; Q4 POR +10
Final
HOU95
ORL110
Q1 ORL -1; Q2 ORL +3; Q3 ORL +21; Q4 ORL +15
Final · OT
MIA101
MIL95
Q1 MIA +12; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +6
Final
CLE98
GSW116
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +16; Q3 GSW +11; Q4 GSW +18
Final
NOH97
LAL101
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +9; Q4 LAL +4
Final
NYK121
PHX96
Q1 NYK +8; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +22; Q4 NYK +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 7, 2010: 1 game. Top scorer: Wilson Chandler (NYK vs CHA), 27 points.
The lead · SAS @ IND

San Antonio rallies from 11 down to beat Indiana

Trailing by 11 after three, San Antonio outscored the Pacers 26–12 the rest of the way. Final: 90–87. Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · SAS 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 Q3Final0-1+1-11+3SAS AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAS1929162690
IND2027281287
Who led
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 15, 22, 10, 21, 9, 15, 9, 15, 24, 25SAS25 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
George HillPoints, last 10 games: 22, 6, 2, 11, 10, 12, 16, 13, 3, 16SAS16 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Tyler HansbroughPoints, last 10 games: 2, 4, 0, 4, 0, 1, 6, 7, 0, 23IND23 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 30, 19, 27, 29, 15, 15, 18, 25, 15IND15 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.1Season avg25.0Last 5

25.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.1 in 32 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−18.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.6Season avg3.3Last 3

3.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.6 in 28 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.2Season avg36.5Today

36 minutes today, against 12.2 a game in 15 earlier games. Line: 16 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists.

Second story · CHI @ PHI

Philadelphia upsets Chicago

Philadelphia (14–21) beat Chicago (23–11) 105–99. Jodie Meeks led Philadelphia with 24 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAS over IND3LAL over NOH4PHI over CHI6MIA over MIL6POR over MIN10MEM over UTA11ORL over HOU15GSW over CLE18WAS over NJN20BOS over TOR20NYK over PHX25Final margin, points. Pink = PHI over CHI.
Top performances

Wesley Matthews leads the day with 36

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.
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 25, 14, 6, 30, 14, 10, 9, 36POR @ MIN · W
16.0 PPG season to date · +20.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 44, 36, 39, 22, 12, 25, 25, 20, 29, 32GSW vs CLE · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 16, 30, 26, 31, 24, 20, 20, 12, 12, 31CHI @ PHI · L
20.2 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 2 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 43, 12, 25, 16, 16, 26, 23, 12, 35, 30MIN vs POR · L
21.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 19 REB · 2 AST
Chris Douglas-RobertsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 4, 6, 5, 0, 5, 6, 6, 7, 30MIL vs MIA · L
9.1 PPG season to date · +22.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 17, 29, 15, 26, 18, 27, 25, 28, 27, 28POR @ MIN · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 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
Antawn JamisonCLE+6.5 22.7 last 10 · 16.2 season
DeMar DeRozanTOR+5.2 19.6 last 10 · 14.4 season
Jared DudleyPHX+5.1 14.1 last 10 · 9.0 season
Nick YoungWAS+4.1 19.5 last 10 · 15.4 season
Chauncey BillupsDEN+3.9 20.8 last 10 · 16.9 season
Cold
Gilbert ArenasORL−5.1 9.7 last 10 · 14.8 season
Stephen CurryGSW−4.5 14.1 last 10 · 18.6 season
Jason RichardsonORL−4.3 13.3 last 10 · 17.6 season
Russell WestbrookOKC−3.7 18.2 last 10 · 21.9 season
Jeff GreenOKC−3.6 11.9 last 10 · 15.5 season