FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 14, 2011Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed HOU by 12 after three quarters and won 110–105.

Final
CHI99
IND86
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +12; Q3 CHI +16; Q4 CHI +13
Final
MIL94
PHI95
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +5; Q4 PHI +1
Final
DET101
TOR95
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET +7; Q3 DET +9; Q4 DET +6
Final
CHA94
BOS99
Q1 BOS 0; Q2 BOS 0; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +5
Final
SAC93
NYK83
Q1 SAC +9; Q2 SAC +4; Q3 SAC +11; Q4 SAC +10
Final
DAL89
SAS101
Q1 SAS +8; Q2 SAS +15; Q3 SAS +24; Q4 SAS +12
Final · OT
NOH110
HOU105
Q1 NOH -7; Q2 NOH +3; Q3 NOH -12; Q4 NOH 0; OT1 NOH +5
Final
CLE99
UTA121
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +20; Q3 UTA +10; Q4 UTA +22
Final
LAC112
GSW122
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW +7; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW +10
Final
NJN88
LAL100
Q1 LAL -2; Q2 LAL +5; Q3 LAL +7; Q4 LAL +12
Final
POR111
PHX115
Q1 PHX -8; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX -1; Q4 PHX +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 14, 2010: 2 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE @ UTA), 36 points.
The lead · NOH @ HOU

New Orleans outlasts Houston in overtime

95–95 at the end of regulation. New Orleans took the last extra period 15–10. Final: 110–105. David West led New Orleans with 29 points, 9 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · NOH 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.Final0-7+3-120+5NOH AHEAD ↑HOU AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NOH2129143115110
HOU2819291910105
Who led
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 23, 8, 19, 10, 17, 16, 23, 19, 13, 29NOH29 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Jarrett JackPoints, last 10 games: 1, 12, 0, 12, 6, 7, 7, 10, 2, 23NOH23 PTS · 3 REB · 7 AST
Kyle LowryPoints, last 10 games: 11, 6, 6, 21, 8, 0, 6, 17, 18, 28HOU28 PTS · 6 REB · 7 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 28, 20, 21, 20, 15, 8, 45, 27, 20, 26HOU26 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Second story · POR @ PHX

Phoenix rallies from 8 down to beat Portland

Trailing by 8 after one, Phoenix outscored the Trail Blazers 87–75 the rest of the way. Final: 115–111. Steve Nash led Phoenix with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 13 assists.

Top-scorer duel · PHX vs POR
Steve Nash · PHXWesley Matthews · PORPTS2326REB60AST132Top 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
+9.0points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.6Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 13.6 in 36 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.9Season avg11.6Last 3

11.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.9 in 28 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
21.5Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 21.5 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Brook Lopez leads the day with 35

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.
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 16, 20, 19, 19, 6, 14, 14, 5, 16, 35NJN @ LAL · L
18.6 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 32, 16, 23, 25, 17, 30, 26, 31TOR vs DET · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 22, 12, 25, 25, 20, 29, 32, 13, 38, 30GSW vs LAC · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +4.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 0 REB · 6 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 18, 19, 28, 19, 21, 27, 36, 29, 17, 29CHI @ IND · W
24.3 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Beno UdrihPoints, last 10 games: 14, 24, 5, 0, 3, 17, 25, 26, 16, 29SAC @ NYK · W
14.1 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 23, 8, 19, 10, 17, 16, 23, 19, 13, 29NOH @ HOU · W
18.8 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 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 22.5 last 10 · 16.4 season
Tracy McGradyDET+5.7 12.6 last 10 · 6.9 season
Dorell WrightGSW+5.6 22.2 last 10 · 16.6 season
Zach RandolphMEM+5.5 25.5 last 10 · 20.0 season
DeMar DeRozanTOR+5.5 20.1 last 10 · 14.6 season
Cold
Hakim WarrickPHX−4.8 5.3 last 10 · 10.1 season
Gilbert ArenasORL−4.5 9.8 last 10 · 14.3 season
Rodney StuckeyDET−3.8 11.6 last 10 · 15.4 season
Reggie WilliamsGSW−3.7 6.6 last 10 · 10.3 season
Jeff GreenOKC−3.7 11.7 last 10 · 15.4 season