FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 25, 2011Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DAL trailed LAC by 8 after the first quarter and won 112–105.

Final
DEN120
WAS109
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +12; Q3 DEN +17; Q4 DEN +11
Final
CLE95
BOS112
Q1 BOS +8; Q2 BOS +22; Q3 BOS +22; Q4 BOS +17
Final
LAC105
DAL112
Q1 DAL -8; Q2 DAL -8; Q3 DAL +3; Q4 DAL +7
Final
CHA94
SAC89
Q1 CHA +2; Q2 CHA +10; Q3 CHA +9; Q4 CHA +5
Final
UTA91
LAL120
Q1 LAL +15; Q2 LAL +28; Q3 LAL +28; Q4 LAL +29
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 25, 2010: 9 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs CLE), 32 points.
The lead · LAC @ DAL

Dallas fights back from 8 down against Clippers

Final: 112–105, after trailing by 8 after one. Jason Terry led Dallas with 28 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists.

Game flow · DAL 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-8+3+7DAL AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
LAC33291627105
DAL25292731112
Who led
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 18, 9, 8, 18, 22, 12, 11, 28DAL28 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 9, 13, 8, 7, 7, 2, 8, 25DAL25 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 24, 28, 18, 47, 29, 20, 30, 22LAC22 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Baron DavisPoints, last 10 games: 16, 17, 20, 15, 14, 14, 20, 16, 7, 21LAC21 PTS · 2 REB · 6 AST
Second story · CHA @ SAC

Charlotte leads Sacramento wire to wire

Charlotte was ahead at every break and won 94–89. Best quarter: the second, 31–23. Stephen Jackson led Charlotte with 21 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

The whole night · final margins
CHA over SAC5DAL over LAC7DEN over WAS11BOS over CLE17LAL over UTA29Final margin, points. Pink = CHA over SAC.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
22.8Season avg29.6Last 5

29.6 points a game over his last five games, against 22.8 in 43 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−10.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.1Season avg19.6Last 3

19.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.1 in 35 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.9Season avg28.4Today

28 minutes today, against 12.9 a game in 24 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 1 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

Jason Terry leads the day with 28

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.
Jason TerryPoints, last 10 games: 19, 16, 18, 9, 8, 18, 22, 12, 11, 28DAL vs LAC · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +12.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Nick YoungPoints, last 10 games: 7, 43, 15, 29, 25, 21, 25, 6, 22, 26WAS vs DEN · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Andray BlatchePoints, last 10 games: 14, 10, 16, 17, 21, 23, 14, 11, 6, 25WAS vs DEN · L
16.2 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
J.J. BareaPoints, last 10 games: 14, 9, 9, 13, 8, 7, 7, 2, 8, 25DAL vs LAC · W
8.3 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 20, 21, 16, 25, 19, 14, 22, 20, 12, 24BOS vs CLE · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 26, 8, 28, 21, 12, 12, 35, 23, 36, 23DEN @ WAS · W
23.8 PPG season to date · −0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 7 REB · 4 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
Lou WilliamsPHI+5.1 18.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Nick YoungWAS+5.0 21.9 last 10 · 16.9 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 18.9 last 10 · 23.3 season
Michael BeasleyMIN−4.0 16.5 last 10 · 20.5 season
Charlie VillanuevaDET−3.6 9.1 last 10 · 12.7 season