FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 23, 2011Regular season · 1 game
← Jan 22CalendarJan 24 →

1 game, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed IND by 3 after the first quarter and won 121–107.

Final
IND107
DEN121
Q1 DEN -3; Q2 DEN +8; Q3 DEN +15; Q4 DEN +14
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 23, 2010: 10 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs OKC), 37 points.
The lead · IND @ DEN

Carmelo Anthony hits six threes, Denver tops Indiana

36 points for Carmelo Anthony. Final: 121–107.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+8+15+14DEN AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND30212729107
DEN27323428121
Who led
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 26, 8, 28, 21, 12, 12, 35, 23, 36DEN36 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 15, 20, 10, 10, 16, 18, 9, 5, 16DEN16 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Tyler HansbroughPoints, last 10 games: 0, 23, 10, 12, 6, 12, 2, 16, 6, 27IND27 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 5, 0, 10, 2, 16, 8, 6, 8, 7, 17IND17 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
6.5Season avg12.6Last 5

12.6 points a game over his last five games, against 6.5 in 30 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−6.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Season avg21.0Last 3

21.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.6 in 39 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 22 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.3Season avg27.1Today

27 minutes today, against 10.3 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 0 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 36

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 31, 26, 8, 28, 21, 12, 12, 35, 23, 36DEN vs IND · W
23.8 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Tyler HansbroughPoints, last 10 games: 0, 23, 10, 12, 6, 12, 2, 16, 6, 27IND @ DEN · L
7.2 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high27 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 5, 0, 10, 2, 16, 8, 6, 8, 7, 17IND @ DEN · L
6.5 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high17 PTS · 0 REB · 0 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 3, 15, 20, 10, 10, 16, 18, 9, 5, 16DEN vs IND · W
12.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
16 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Nene HilarioPoints, last 10 games: 12, 17, 12, 11, 17, 22, 17, 16, 9, 15DEN vs IND · W
15.1 PPG season to date · −0.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
15 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 0, 3, 16, 13, 5, 9, 11, 15, 13DEN vs IND · W
10.9 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
13 PTS · 2 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
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
Jeff GreenOKC−3.9 10.8 last 10 · 14.8 season