FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 8, 2011Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed HOU by 14 at halftime and won 103–99.

Final
IND93
ATL108
Q1 ATL +5; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +16; Q4 ATL +15
Final
WAS89
CHA104
Q1 CHA +6; Q2 CHA +3; Q3 CHA +6; Q4 CHA +15
Final
MIL115
NJN92
Q1 MIL +13; Q2 MIL +10; Q3 MIL +23; Q4 MIL +23
Final · OT
PHI109
DET112
Q1 DET -4; Q2 DET -4; Q3 DET -3; Q4 DET 0; OT1 DET +3
Final
BOS79
CHI90
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +11
Final
MEM100
OKC109
Q1 OKC +7; Q2 OKC +2; Q3 OKC +6; Q4 OKC +9
Final
ORL117
DAL107
Q1 ORL -9; Q2 ORL -6; Q3 ORL -1; Q4 ORL +10
Final · OT
UTA103
HOU99
Q1 UTA -8; Q2 UTA -14; Q3 UTA -3; Q4 UTA 0; OT1 UTA +4
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 8, 2010: 12 games. Top scorer: Monta Ellis (GSW vs SAC), 39 points.
The lead · UTA @ HOU

Utah needs overtime to survive Houston

Tied 89–89 after regulation. Utah won the final period 14–10 for a 103–99 win. Paul Millsap led Utah with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-8-14-30+4UTA AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
UTA1919262514103
HOU272515221099
Who led
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 23, 11, 12, 17, 22, 15, 20, 27UTA27 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 11, 31, 13, 11, 16, 13, 16, 24UTA24 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 14, 22, 13, 10, 24, 6, 14, 24HOU24 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 30, 28, 20, 21, 20, 15, 8, 45, 27, 20HOU20 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Two games need overtime

Two of 8 games went past regulation.

DET over PHI3UTA over HOU4OKC over MEM9ORL over DAL10CHI over BOS11ATL over IND15CHA over WAS15MIL over NJN23Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.9Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.9 in 32 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.0Season avg19.4Last 3

19.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.0 in 31 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.4Season avg40.0Today

40 minutes today, against 14.4 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 19 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 40

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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 26, 44, 28, 27, 33, 16, 28, 28, 40OKC vs MEM · W
28.2 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Nov 20, 1999: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
40 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 25, 25, 23, 18, 19, 28, 19, 21, 27, 36CHI vs BOS · W
24.2 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 24, 11, 18, 21, 35, 27, 21, 31, 26, 27MEM @ OKC · L
19.7 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 10, 13, 22, 23, 22, 14, 12, 27ATL vs IND · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 6 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 15, 19, 23, 11, 12, 17, 22, 15, 20, 27UTA @ HOU · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 23, 11, 31, 13, 11, 16, 13, 16, 24UTA @ HOU · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 13 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
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
Zach RandolphMEM+4.4 24.1 last 10 · 19.7 season
Chauncey BillupsDEN+3.9 20.8 last 10 · 16.9 season
Cold
Gilbert ArenasORL−4.7 10.1 last 10 · 14.8 season
Stephen CurryGSW−4.5 14.1 last 10 · 18.6 season
Jeff GreenOKC−4.0 11.5 last 10 · 15.5 season
Kyle KorverCHI−3.6 4.4 last 10 · 8.0 season
Pau GasolLAL−3.6 14.9 last 10 · 18.5 season