FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 17, 2011Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed SAC by 9 at halftime and won 100–98.

Final
CHI96
MEM84
Q1 CHI +9; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +19; Q4 CHI +12
Final
PHX129
NYK121
Q1 PHX +9; Q2 PHX -3; Q3 PHX +6; Q4 PHX +8
Final
UTA101
WAS108
Q1 WAS +3; Q2 WAS +3; Q3 WAS +10; Q4 WAS +7
Final · OT
CHA92
PHI96
Q1 PHI -1; Q2 PHI +1; Q3 PHI +6; Q4 PHI 0; OT1 PHI +4
Final
MIL84
HOU93
Q1 HOU +3; Q2 HOU 0; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +9
Final
TOR81
NOH85
Q1 NOH +4; Q2 NOH -7; Q3 NOH -3; Q4 NOH +4
Final
DAL89
DET103
Q1 DET +3; Q2 DET +4; Q3 DET +13; Q4 DET +14
Final
IND107
LAC114
Q1 LAC -5; Q2 LAC -3; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC +7
Final
SAC98
ATL100
Q1 ATL -5; Q2 ATL -9; Q3 ATL -9; Q4 ATL +2
Final
NJN100
GSW109
Q1 GSW 0; Q2 GSW +8; Q3 GSW +6; Q4 GSW +9
Final
ORL106
BOS109
Q1 BOS +5; Q2 BOS +1; Q3 BOS 0; Q4 BOS +3
Final
MIN102
POR113
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +4; Q3 POR +15; Q4 POR +11
Final
OKC94
LAL101
Q1 LAL 0; Q2 LAL +3; Q3 LAL +6; Q4 LAL +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 17, 2010: 2 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (DEN vs UTA), 37 points.
The lead · SAC @ ATL

Joe Johnson goes for 36 in Atlanta win over Sacramento

Atlanta won 100–98.

Game flow · ATL 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-5-9-9+2ATL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
SAC3230201698
ATL27262027100
Who led
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 16, 29, 29, 28, 24, 26, 30, 36ATL36 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 10 games: 18, 21, 14, 8, 10, 18, 14, 10, 24, 23ATL23 PTS · 9 REB · 6 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 16, 28, 24, 20, 18, 10, 8, 16, 14, 20SAC20 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Beno UdrihPoints, last 10 games: 5, 0, 3, 17, 25, 26, 16, 29, 9, 17SAC17 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.2Season avg28.8Last 5

28.8 points a game over his last five games, against 19.2 in 32 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.7Season avg19.1Last 3

19.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.7 in 30 earlier games. Today: 32 points in 31 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg42Today

42 minutes today, against 20.2 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 16 rebounds, 0 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Detroit by 14.

ATL over SAC2BOS over ORL3PHI over CHA4NOH over TOR4WAS over UTA7LAC over IND7LAL over OKC7PHX over NYK8HOU over MIL9GSW over NJN9POR over MIN11CHI over MEM12DET over DAL14Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Blake Griffin leads the day with 47

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.
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 28, 24, 30, 31, 22, 23, 24, 28, 18, 47LAC vs IND · W
22.5 PPG season to date · +25.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Tim Duncan SAS, Jan 10, 2000: 46 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Career high47 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 30, 30, 26, 28, 23, 23, 23, 22, 25, 41NYK vs PHX · L
26.4 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Joe Dumars DET, Nov 8, 1995: 41 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Season high41 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 27, 25, 28, 27, 28, 31, 19, 25, 27, 37POR vs MIN · W
21.1 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 16, 16, 29, 29, 28, 24, 26, 30, 36ATL vs SAC · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +16.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 21, 20, 15, 8, 45, 27, 20, 26, 10, 36HOU vs MIL · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 12, 24, 22, 28, 13, 23, 29, 39, 16, 33ORL @ BOS · L
22.0 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 13 REB · 2 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
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+6.3 27.4 last 10 · 21.1 season
Zach RandolphMEM+5.9 26.0 last 10 · 20.1 season
Antawn JamisonCLE+5.4 21.8 last 10 · 16.4 season
Joe JohnsonATL+5.2 24.9 last 10 · 19.7 season
Dwyane WadeMIA+5.2 30.3 last 10 · 25.1 season
Cold
Hakim WarrickPHX−4.7 5.3 last 10 · 10.0 season
Roy HibbertIND−4.3 8.1 last 10 · 12.4 season
Gilbert ArenasORL−4.1 9.8 last 10 · 13.9 season
Jeff GreenOKC−4.0 11.1 last 10 · 15.1 season
Quentin RichardsonORL−3.5 2.5 last 10 · 6.0 season