FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 12, 2011Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed NJN by 11 after three quarters and won 118–109.

Final
CHI91
CHA96
Q1 CHA +14; Q2 CHA +13; Q3 CHA -1; Q4 CHA +5
Final
DAL89
IND102
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +13
Final
ATL104
TOR101
Q1 ATL +6; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL -2; Q4 ATL +3
Final
SAC95
BOS119
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +23; Q4 BOS +24
Final
MEM107
DET99
Q1 MEM -5; Q2 MEM -3; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +8
Final
SAS91
MIL84
Q1 SAS -5; Q2 SAS -8; Q3 SAS -1; Q4 SAS +7
Final · OT
ORL89
NOH92
Q1 NOH -4; Q2 NOH +1; Q3 NOH +6; Q4 NOH 0; OT1 NOH +3
Final
OKC118
HOU112
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC -2; Q3 OKC +3; Q4 OKC +6
Final · OT
NJN109
PHX118
Q1 PHX 0; Q2 PHX -2; Q3 PHX -11; Q4 PHX 0; OT1 PHX +9
Final
NYK125
UTA131
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +6; Q4 UTA +6
Final
LAL115
GSW110
Q1 LAL -5; Q2 LAL -8; Q3 LAL -6; Q4 LAL +5
Final
MIA105
LAC111
Q1 LAC +18; Q2 LAC +10; Q3 LAC +8; Q4 LAC +6
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 12, 2010: 5 games. Top scorer: Stephen Jackson (CHA vs HOU), 43 points.
The lead · NJN @ PHX

Phoenix flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

New Jersey led 57–55 at the break. Tied 103–103 after regulation, Phoenix won the extra time 15–6. Final: 118–109. Steve Nash led Phoenix with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 16 assists.

Game flow · PHX 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.Final00-2-110+9PHX AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NJN282927196109
PHX2827183015118
Who led
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 4, 21, 23, 7, 20, 11, 14, 20, 15, 23PHX23 PTS · 7 REB · 16 AST
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 13, 18, 18, 19, 17, 13, 19, 19, 15, 23PHX23 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Sasha VujacicPoints, last 10 games: 16, 12, 5, 11, 8, 22, 13, 3, 11, 19NJN19 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 26, 16, 20, 19, 19, 6, 14, 14, 5, 16NJN16 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Second story · LAL @ GSW

Lakers climb back to beat Golden State

Golden State led by 8 at the half. Lakers won it 115–110. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 39 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists.

Top-scorer duel · LAL vs GSW
Kobe Bryant · LALMonta Ellis · GSWPTS3938REB60AST43Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.0Season avg27.4Last 5

27.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.0 in 33 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.7Season avg19.7Last 3

19.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.7 in 32 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.8Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 14.8 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 39

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 33, 28, 17, 24, 25, 27, 13, 39LAL @ GSW · W
25.2 PPG season to date · +14.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 39, 22, 12, 25, 25, 20, 29, 32, 13, 38GSW vs LAL · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 0 REB · 3 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 2, 10, 14, 5, 26, 24, 31, 26, 20, 36ATL @ TOR · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +20.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 35, 27, 21, 31, 26, 27, 15, 34MEM @ DET · W
20.0 PPG season to date · +14.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 17 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 22, 18, 40, 45, 25, 31, 34, 14, 34, 31MIA @ LAC · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 14, 22, 13, 10, 24, 6, 14, 24, 12, 31HOU vs OKC · L
19.4 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 0 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+6.1 22.2 last 10 · 16.1 season
Dorell WrightGSW+5.9 22.7 last 10 · 16.8 season
Tracy McGradyDET+5.6 12.1 last 10 · 6.5 season
Zach RandolphMEM+5.5 25.5 last 10 · 20.0 season
Jared DudleyPHX+5.1 14.6 last 10 · 9.5 season
Cold
Hakim WarrickPHX−5.0 5.1 last 10 · 10.1 season
Gilbert ArenasORL−4.2 10.3 last 10 · 14.5 season
Rodney StuckeyDET−4.0 11.3 last 10 · 15.3 season
Roy HibbertIND−3.9 9.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Stephen CurryGSW−3.9 14.3 last 10 · 18.2 season