FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 22, 2011Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: WAS trailed BOS by 15 after the first quarter and won 85–83.

Final
ATL103
CHA87
Q1 ATL -5; Q2 ATL -5; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +16
Final
DAL87
NJN86
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL +1
Final
BOS83
WAS85
Q1 WAS -15; Q2 WAS -10; Q3 WAS -2; Q4 WAS +2
Final
PHX74
DET75
Q1 DET +4; Q2 DET -2; Q3 DET -14; Q4 DET +1
Final
TOR103
MIA120
Q1 MIA +15; Q2 MIA +26; Q3 MIA +15; Q4 MIA +17
Final
UTA85
PHI96
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +6; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +11
Final
CLE79
CHI92
Q1 CHI +5; Q2 CHI +10; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +13
Final
SAS72
NOH96
Q1 NOH +1; Q2 NOH +3; Q3 NOH +24; Q4 NOH +24
Final
NYK98
OKC101
Q1 OKC +1; Q2 OKC -7; Q3 OKC -2; Q4 OKC +3
Final
ORL118
HOU104
Q1 ORL +8; Q2 ORL +17; Q3 ORL +24; Q4 ORL +14
Final
MEM94
MIL81
Q1 MEM +2; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM +13; Q4 MEM +13
Final
IND92
POR97
Q1 POR -9; Q2 POR -7; Q3 POR -3; Q4 POR +5
Final
GSW109
LAC113
Q1 LAC +12; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +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 22, 2010: 13 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA @ WAS), 32 points.
The lead · BOS @ WAS

Washington storms back from 15 down to beat Boston

The Wizards trailed by 15 after one and won 85–83. Rashard Lewis led Washington with 18 points, 11 rebounds and 0 assists.

Game flow · WAS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-10-2+2WAS AHEAD ↑BOS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS3521161183
WAS2026241585
Who led
Rashard LewisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 4, 16, 19, 13, 13, 8, 16, 18WAS18 PTS · 11 REB · 0 AST
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 18, 5, 16, 22, 14, 8, 19, 10, 11, 16WAS16 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 12, 22, 11, 2, 19, 11, 21, 17BOS17 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Ray AllenPoints, last 10 games: 31, 17, 19, 19, 14, 19, 26, 7, 11, 16BOS16 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.6Season avg33.8Last 5

33.8 points a game over his last five games, against 25.6 in 41 earlier games. Today: 38 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−24.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.4Season avg9.0Last 3

9.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.4 in 26 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.2Season avg32.9Today

33 minutes today, against 12.2 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 32 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Five close finishes and one Hornets rout

Five of 13 games were decided by four points or fewer. New Orleans beat San Antonio by 24.

DAL over NJN1DET over PHX1WAS over BOS2OKC over NYK3LAC over GSW4POR over IND5PHI over UTA11CHI over CLE13MEM over MIL13ORL over HOU14ATL over CHA16MIA over TOR17NOH over SAS24Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 38

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: 18, 20, 25, 38, 25, 26, 44, 27, 34, 38MIA vs TOR · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
38 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 15, 21, 15, 8, 15, 23, 13, 11, 34, 32GSW @ LAC · L
18.8 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Mike MillerPoints, last 10 games: 1, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 4, 8, 0, 32MIA vs TOR · W
4.3 PPG season to date · +30.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 29, 29, 28, 24, 26, 30, 36, 19, 9, 32ATL @ CHA · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 5 REB · 5 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 32, 21, 23, 6, 26, 17, 23, 22, 31CLE @ CHI · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +14.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 23, 24, 28, 18, 47, 29, 20, 30LAC vs GSW · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 18 REB · 8 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+6.5 23.6 last 10 · 17.1 season
Joe JohnsonATL+6.5 26.2 last 10 · 19.7 season
LaMarcus AldridgePOR+5.6 27.0 last 10 · 21.4 season
Greg MonroeDET+5.3 11.7 last 10 · 6.4 season
Blake GriffinLAC+4.4 27.2 last 10 · 22.8 season
Cold
Gilbert ArenasORL−6.4 6.8 last 10 · 13.2 season
Quentin RichardsonORL−4.4 1.3 last 10 · 5.7 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−4.4 19.0 last 10 · 23.4 season
Richard JeffersonSAS−4.0 8.2 last 10 · 12.2 season
Roy HibbertIND−4.0 8.4 last 10 · 12.4 season