FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 18, 2011Regular season · 2 games
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2 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed CHI by 2 after three quarters and won 83–82.

Final · OT
ATL93
MIA89
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL -1; Q3 ATL +3; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +4
Final
CHA83
CHI82
Q1 CHA +3; Q2 CHA +3; Q3 CHA -2; Q4 CHA +1
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 18, 2010: 12 games. Top scorer: Dirk Nowitzki (DAL @ BOS), 37 points.
The lead · CHA @ CHI

Charlotte takes over late to edge Chicago

Down 2 after three, Charlotte won the fourth 19–16. Final: 83–82. D.J. Augustin led Charlotte with 15 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · CHA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-10-50+5+10TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+3+3-2+1CHA AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA2720171983
CHI2420221682
Who led
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 10 games: 12, 16, 16, 20, 18, 22, 19, 12, 9, 15CHA15 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Gerald WallacePoints, last 10 games: 26, 9, 16, 9, 20, 14, 20, 15, 11, 13CHA13 PTS · 16 REB · 4 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 27, 36, 29, 17, 29, 34, 22, 33CHI33 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Ronnie BrewerPoints, last 10 games: 12, 9, 2, 10, 11, 3, 7, 9, 0, 12CHI12 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Second story · ATL @ MIA

Atlanta needs overtime to survive Miami

Tied 77–77 after regulation. Atlanta won the final period 16–12 for a 93–89 win. Joe Johnson led Atlanta with 19 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists.

Top-scorer duel · ATL vs MIA
Joe Johnson · ATLLeBron James · MIAPTS1934REB510AST107Top 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
+7.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.7Season avg27.0Last 5

27.0 points a game over his last five games, against 19.7 in 33 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 45 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg12.7Last 3

12.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.7 in 41 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg47Today

47 minutes today, against 22.7 a game in 39 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 9 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James 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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 27, 18, 20, 25, 38, 25, 26, 44, 27, 34MIA vs ATL · L
25.6 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 27, 36, 29, 17, 29, 34, 22, 33CHI vs CHA · L
24.7 PPG season to date · +8.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 45, 25, 31, 34, 14, 34, 31, 16, 33, 27MIA vs ATL · L
25.1 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 16, 29, 29, 28, 24, 26, 30, 36, 19ATL @ MIA · W
19.6 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 5 REB · 10 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 5, 26, 24, 31, 26, 20, 36, 8, 8, 19ATL @ MIA · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +2.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
19 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 22, 14, 12, 27, 9, 21, 19, 15ATL @ MIA · W
16.0 PPG season to date · −1.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
15 PTS · 12 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
Joe JohnsonATL+5.7 25.3 last 10 · 19.6 season
Antawn JamisonCLE+5.4 21.8 last 10 · 16.4 season
DeMar DeRozanTOR+5.1 19.7 last 10 · 14.6 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