FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 15, 2011Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DET trailed SAC by 11 at halftime and won 110–106.

Final
HOU112
ATL106
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU +1; Q4 HOU +6
Final
NOH88
CHA81
Q1 NOH +4; Q2 NOH +6; Q3 NOH +2; Q4 NOH +7
Final
TOR95
WAS98
Q1 WAS -6; Q2 WAS +5; Q3 WAS +8; Q4 WAS +3
Final
SAC106
DET110
Q1 DET -9; Q2 DET -11; Q3 DET +2; Q4 DET +4
Final
MIA96
CHI99
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI -5; Q3 CHI +3; Q4 CHI +3
Final
DAL70
MEM89
Q1 MEM +12; Q2 MEM +10; Q3 MEM +19; Q4 MEM +19
Final
ORL108
MIN99
Q1 ORL -9; Q2 ORL -7; Q3 ORL +8; Q4 ORL +9
Final
CLE99
DEN127
Q1 DEN +12; Q2 DEN +31; Q3 DEN +35; Q4 DEN +28
Final
NJN89
POR96
Q1 POR -8; Q2 POR -7; Q3 POR -2; Q4 POR +7
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 15, 2010: 13 games. Top scorer: Derrick Rose (CHI vs WAS), 37 points.
The lead · SAC @ DET

Detroit fights back from 11 down against Sacramento

Final: 110–106, after trailing by 11 at the half. Tayshaun Prince led Detroit with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · DET 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-11+2+4DET AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC36341026106
DET27322328110
Who led
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 12, 26, 12, 23, 15, 8, 9, 21DET21 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 21, 16, 6, 3, 0, 20, 11, 15, 19, 19DET19 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 15, 4, 32, 21, 12, 6, 29, 27, 9, 25SAC25 PTS · 5 REB · 11 AST
Jason ThompsonPoints, last 10 games: 1, 17, 11, 4, 6, 19, 8, 7, 0, 22SAC22 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one Nuggets rout

Three of 9 games were decided by four points or fewer. Denver beat Cleveland by 28.

WAS over TOR3CHI over MIA3DET over SAC4HOU over ATL6NOH over CHA7POR over NJN7ORL over MIN9MEM over DAL19DEN over CLE28Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.8Season avg14.6Last 5

14.6 points a game over his last five games, against 5.8 in 19 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
35.4Season avg21.2Last 3

21.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 35.4 in 29 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 15 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.5Season avg40.5Today

41 minutes today, against 17.5 a game in 20 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Derrick Rose leads the day with 34

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.
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 19, 28, 19, 21, 27, 36, 29, 17, 29, 34CHI vs MIA · W
24.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 40, 45, 25, 31, 34, 14, 34, 31, 16, 33MIA @ CHI · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 20, 19, 19, 6, 14, 14, 5, 16, 35, 32NJN @ POR · L
18.9 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 23, 15, 16, 16, 29, 29, 28, 24, 26, 30ATL vs HOU · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 18, 25, 8, 24, 21, 16, 7, 43, 15, 29WAS vs TOR · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 18, 27, 25, 28, 27, 28, 31, 19, 25, 27POR vs NJN · W
20.7 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 9 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
Zach RandolphMEM+5.9 26.0 last 10 · 20.1 season
Dorell WrightGSW+5.6 22.2 last 10 · 16.6 season
Antawn JamisonCLE+5.4 21.8 last 10 · 16.4 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+5.2 30.3 last 10 · 25.1 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+4.8 25.5 last 10 · 20.7 season
Cold
Hakim WarrickPHX−4.8 5.3 last 10 · 10.1 season
Gilbert ArenasORL−4.1 10.0 last 10 · 14.1 season
Reggie WilliamsGSW−3.7 6.6 last 10 · 10.3 season
Jeff GreenOKC−3.7 11.7 last 10 · 15.4 season
Roy HibbertIND−3.6 9.1 last 10 · 12.7 season