FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 21, 2011Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHX trailed WAS by 11 after the first quarter and won 109–91.

Final
DET74
NJN89
Q1 NJN +3; Q2 NJN +5; Q3 NJN +7; Q4 NJN +15
Final
TOR72
ORL112
Q1 ORL +8; Q2 ORL +6; Q3 ORL +16; Q4 ORL +40
Final
PHX109
WAS91
Q1 PHX -11; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX +12; Q4 PHX +18
Final
NOH100
ATL59
Q1 NOH +2; Q2 NOH +15; Q3 NOH +25; Q4 NOH +41
Final
UTA86
BOS110
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +18; Q3 BOS +22; Q4 BOS +24
Final
MIL102
CLE88
Q1 MIL +2; Q2 MIL +12; Q3 MIL +9; Q4 MIL +14
Final
HOU110
MEM115
Q1 MEM -5; Q2 MEM -9; Q3 MEM -1; Q4 MEM +5
Final
NYK92
SAS101
Q1 SAS +2; Q2 SAS +11; Q3 SAS +6; Q4 SAS +9
Final
LAL107
DEN97
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL -3; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +10
Final · OT
SAC112
GSW119
Q1 GSW -1; Q2 GSW 0; Q3 GSW +8; Q4 GSW 0; OT1 GSW +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 21, 2010: 2 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs LAL), 37 points.
The lead · PHX @ WAS

Phoenix rallies from 11 down to beat Washington

Trailing by 11 after one, Phoenix outscored the Wizards 87–58 the rest of the way. Final: 109–91. Channing Frye led Phoenix with 25 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · PHX 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.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-11-1+12+18PHX AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX22303126109
WAS3320182091
Who led
Channing FryePoints, last 10 games: 2, 10, 8, 16, 11, 21, 12, 18, 18, 25PHX25 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 20, 11, 14, 20, 15, 23, 23, 15, 15, 17PHX17 PTS · 4 REB · 14 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 16, 7, 43, 15, 29, 25, 21, 25WAS25 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 14, 18, 16, 4, 16, 19, 13, 13, 8, 16WAS16 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.2Season avg18.8Last 5

18.8 points a game over his last five games, against 11.2 in 40 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
34.1Season avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 34.1 in 25 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.2Season avg41.6Today

42 minutes today, against 20.2 a game in 42 earlier games. Line: 18 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

New Orleans posts the night's biggest win

New Orleans beat Atlanta by 41, the widest margin of 10 games.

MEM over HOU5GSW over SAC7SAS over NYK9LAL over DEN10MIL over CLE14NJN over DET15PHX over WAS18BOS over UTA24ORL over TOR40NOH over ATL41Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Tyreke Evans 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.
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 21, 12, 6, 29, 27, 9, 25, 16, 16, 35SAC @ GSW · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +17.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high35 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 15, 15, 21, 15, 8, 15, 23, 13, 11, 34GSW vs SAC · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +16.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 15, 8, 45, 27, 20, 26, 10, 36, 21, 32HOU @ MEM · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +8.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 13, 23, 29, 39, 16, 33, 18, 31ORL vs TOR · W
22.1 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 19 REB · 1 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 21, 31, 26, 27, 15, 34, 23, 21, 17, 29MEM vs HOU · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 19 REB · 0 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 25, 20, 29, 32, 13, 38, 30, 26, 36, 28GSW vs SAC · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 4 REB · 9 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+6.0 27.3 last 10 · 21.3 season
Nick YoungWAS+5.8 22.6 last 10 · 16.8 season
Antawn JamisonCLE+5.7 22.4 last 10 · 16.7 season
Joe JohnsonATL+5.3 24.6 last 10 · 19.3 season
Jamal CrawfordATL+5.1 21.2 last 10 · 16.1 season
Cold
Gilbert ArenasORL−5.9 7.5 last 10 · 13.4 season
Quentin RichardsonORL−4.6 1.3 last 10 · 5.9 season
Roy HibbertIND−4.3 8.1 last 10 · 12.4 season
Jeff GreenOKC−4.0 11.0 last 10 · 15.0 season
Devin HarrisNJN−3.7 12.2 last 10 · 15.9 season