FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 9, 2011Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAS trailed MIN by 3 after the first quarter and won 94–91.

Final
SAC112
TOR118
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR 0; Q4 TOR +6
Final
GSW91
LAC105
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +14; Q3 LAC +18; Q4 LAC +14
Final
MIN91
SAS94
Q1 SAS -3; Q2 SAS +6; Q3 SAS +7; Q4 SAS +3
Final
CLE100
PHX108
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX 0; Q4 PHX +8
Final
NOH96
DEN87
Q1 NOH +1; Q2 NOH +11; Q3 NOH +12; Q4 NOH +9
Final · OT
MIA107
POR100
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA -2; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +7
Final
NYK87
LAL109
Q1 LAL +4; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +11; Q4 LAL +22
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 9, 2010: 8 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs IND), 40 points.
The lead · MIN @ SAS

San Antonio edges Minnesota by three

Minnesota won the fourth 24–20, but San Antonio held on, 94–91. Manu Ginobili led San Antonio with 21 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · SAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+6+7+3SAS AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2123232491
SAS1832242094
Who led
Manu GinobiliPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 21, 9, 15, 9, 15, 24, 25, 21SAS21 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Richard JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 10, 5, 15, 7, 8, 13, 14, 4, 13SAS13 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 12, 25, 16, 16, 26, 23, 12, 35, 30, 18MIN18 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Luke RidnourPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 23, 12, 20, 9, 13, 8, 10, 16MIN16 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 3. Widest: Lakers by 22.

SAS over MIN3TOR over SAC6MIA over POR7PHX over CLE8NOH over DEN9LAC over GSW14LAL over NYK22Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.2Season avg26.0Last 5

26.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.2 in 33 earlier games. Today: 23 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−8.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.1Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.1 in 32 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.7Season avg41.2Today

41 minutes today, against 13.7 a game in 16 earlier games. Line: 27 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 44

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: 19, 36, 27, 18, 20, 25, 38, 25, 26, 44MIA @ POR · W
25.3 PPG season to date · +19.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tracy McGrady ORL, Nov 9, 2001: 44 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Season high44 PTS · 13 REB · 6 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 18, 40, 45, 25, 31, 34, 14, 34MIA @ POR · W
24.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 29, 15, 26, 18, 27, 25, 28, 27, 28, 31POR vs MIA · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 14 REB · 7 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 41, 24, 22, 12, 32, 16, 23, 25, 17, 30TOR vs SAC · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 23, 10, 18, 16, 37, 27, 18, 13, 20, 28TOR vs SAC · W
14.8 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 17, 21, 20, 33, 28, 17, 24, 25, 27LAL vs NYK · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 5 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 22.9 last 10 · 16.4 season
DeMar DeRozanTOR+6.2 21.0 last 10 · 14.8 season
Jared DudleyPHX+5.9 15.3 last 10 · 9.4 season
Dorell WrightGSW+5.2 21.7 last 10 · 16.5 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+4.9 25.4 last 10 · 20.5 season
Cold
Stephen CurryGSW−5.5 12.8 last 10 · 18.3 season
Gilbert ArenasORL−4.7 10.1 last 10 · 14.8 season
Jeff GreenOKC−4.0 11.5 last 10 · 15.5 season
Hakim WarrickPHX−3.9 6.5 last 10 · 10.4 season
Kyle KorverCHI−3.6 4.4 last 10 · 8.0 season