FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 11, 2011Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed PHX by 12 after the first quarter and won 132–98.

Final
IND111
PHI103
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +3; Q4 IND +8
Final · OT
SAC133
WAS136
Q1 WAS +19; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS +11; Q4 WAS 0; OT1 WAS +3
Final
SAS107
MIN96
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +11
Final
PHX98
DEN132
Q1 DEN -12; Q2 DEN +9; Q3 DEN +30; Q4 DEN +34
Final
NYK100
POR86
Q1 NYK +6; Q2 NYK +6; Q3 NYK +9; Q4 NYK +14
Final
CLE57
LAL112
Q1 LAL +15; Q2 LAL +32; Q3 LAL +51; Q4 LAL +55
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 11, 2010: 9 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ GSW), 37 points.
The lead · PHX @ DEN

Arron Afflalo scores 31, Denver rallies past Phoenix

Denver trailed by 12 after one and won 132–98.

Game flow · DEN 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.
-40-30-20-100+10+20+30+40TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-12+9+30+34DEN AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX3223172698
DEN20443830132
Who led
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 2, 14, 15, 17, 0, 15, 10, 4, 9, 31DEN31 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 35, 31, 24, 16, 33, 31, 26, 8, 28DEN28 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 17, 4, 21, 23, 7, 20, 11, 14, 20, 15PHX15 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 17, 13, 18, 18, 19, 17, 13, 19, 19, 15PHX15 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Lakers post the night's biggest win

Lakers beat Cleveland by 55, the widest margin of 6 games.

WAS over SAC3IND over PHI8SAS over MIN11NYK over POR14DEN over PHX34LAL over CLE55Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.0Season avg17.0Last 5

17.0 points a game over his last five games, against 9.0 in 31 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 39 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.9Season avg23.0Last 3

23.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.9 in 36 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 27 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.3Season avg41.3Today

41 minutes today, against 15.3 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Nick Young leads the day with 43

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.
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 22, 10, 18, 25, 8, 24, 21, 16, 7, 43WAS vs SAC · W
15.9 PPG season to date · +27.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Latrell Sprewell GSW, Dec 15, 1996: 43 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Career high43 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 2, 14, 15, 17, 0, 15, 10, 4, 9, 31DEN vs PHX · W
12.6 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high31 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 35, 31, 24, 16, 33, 31, 26, 8, 28DEN vs PHX · W
23.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 19, 27, 29, 15, 15, 18, 25, 15, 16, 27IND @ PHI · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +6.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Beno UdrihPoints, last 10 games: 34, 17, 14, 24, 5, 0, 3, 17, 25, 26SAC @ WAS · L
13.6 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Francisco GarciaPoints, last 10 games: 5, 9, 12, 9, 10, 20, 12, 14, 13, 26SAC @ WAS · L
9.6 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 4 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
Jared DudleyPHX+6.5 15.8 last 10 · 9.3 season
DeMar DeRozanTOR+6.2 21.0 last 10 · 14.8 season
Antawn JamisonCLE+6.1 22.2 last 10 · 16.1 season
Dorell WrightGSW+5.2 21.7 last 10 · 16.5 season
Jrue HolidayPHI+4.7 19.5 last 10 · 14.8 season
Cold
Stephen CurryGSW−5.5 12.8 last 10 · 18.3 season
Gilbert ArenasORL−4.7 10.1 last 10 · 14.8 season
Hakim WarrickPHX−4.2 6.0 last 10 · 10.2 season
Jeff GreenOKC−4.0 11.5 last 10 · 15.5 season
Kyle KorverCHI−3.6 4.2 last 10 · 7.8 season