FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 24, 2011Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed OKC by 14 after the first quarter and won 91–89.

Final
CLE101
NJN103
Q1 NJN -3; Q2 NJN -6; Q3 NJN -4; Q4 NJN +2
Final
DET103
ORL96
Q1 DET +1; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +10; Q4 DET +7
Final
PHX95
PHI105
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI +14; Q3 PHI +17; Q4 PHI +10
Final
MEM100
TOR98
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM +6; Q4 MEM +2
Final
WAS106
NYK115
Q1 NYK +7; Q2 NYK 0; Q3 NYK +2; Q4 NYK +9
Final
MIL83
CHI92
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +16; Q3 CHI +10; Q4 CHI +9
Final
HOU129
MIN125
Q1 HOU +8; Q2 HOU +2; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU +4
Final
OKC89
NOH91
Q1 NOH -14; Q2 NOH +5; Q3 NOH 0; Q4 NOH +2
Final
SAC96
POR81
Q1 SAC +5; Q2 SAC +2; Q3 SAC +5; Q4 SAC +15
Final
SAS113
GSW102
Q1 SAS 0; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +11
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 24, 2010: 3 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ TOR), 27 points.
The lead · OKC @ NOH

New Orleans climbs back to beat OKC

OKC led by 14 after one. New Orleans won it 91–89. Chris Paul led New Orleans with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · NOH 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-14+50+2NOH AHEAD ↑OKC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
OKC3312261889
NOH1931212091
Who led
Chris PaulPoints, last 10 games: 12, 20, 12, 11, 19, 6, 20, 16, 11, 24NOH24 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 23, 19, 13, 29, 26, 23, 19, 15, 18, 20NOH20 PTS · 4 REB · 0 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 16, 28, 28, 40, 30, 36, 24, 22, 30, 22OKC22 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Jeff GreenPoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 16, 15, 16, 12, 6, 11, 7, 19OKC19 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.3Season avg24.4Last 5

24.4 points a game over his last five games, against 15.3 in 44 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.6Season avg17.4Last 3

17.4 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.6 in 27 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.4Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 15.4 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Sacramento by 15.

NJN over CLE2MEM over TOR2NOH over OKC2HOU over MIN4DET over ORL7NYK over WAS9CHI over MIL9PHI over PHX10SAS over GSW11SAC over POR15Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Top performances

Kevin Martin 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.
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 45, 27, 20, 26, 10, 36, 21, 32, 18, 34HOU @ MIN · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
David LeePoints, last 10 games: 13, 22, 8, 14, 19, 24, 21, 22, 16, 31GSW vs SAS · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +15.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 23, 22, 25, 41, 25, 18, 18, 30NYK vs WAS · W
26.1 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Chris Douglas-RobertsPoints, last 10 games: 7, 30, 24, 0, 8, 2, 6, 5, 0, 30MIL @ CHI · L
9.1 PPG season to date · +21.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 10 games: 17, 30, 26, 31, 25, 11, 14, 11, 28, 29TOR vs MEM · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +7.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 14, 5, 16, 35, 32, 20, 20, 15, 24, 28NJN vs CLE · W
19.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 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
Joe JohnsonATL+6.5 26.2 last 10 · 19.7 season
Antawn JamisonCLE+5.4 22.7 last 10 · 17.3 season
Lou WilliamsPHI+5.1 18.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Ryan AndersonORL+5.0 16.1 last 10 · 11.1 season
DeMar DeRozanTOR+4.6 20.1 last 10 · 15.5 season
Cold
Gilbert ArenasORL−6.0 7.1 last 10 · 13.1 season
Richard JeffersonSAS−4.5 7.7 last 10 · 12.2 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−4.4 19.0 last 10 · 23.4 season
Michael BeasleyMIN−4.0 16.5 last 10 · 20.5 season
Charlie VillanuevaDET−3.6 9.1 last 10 · 12.7 season