FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 26, 2011Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NJN trailed MEM by 16 after the first quarter and won 93–88.

Final
ORL111
IND96
Q1 ORL +3; Q2 ORL +14; Q3 ORL +14; Q4 ORL +15
Final
MEM88
NJN93
Q1 NJN -16; Q2 NJN -11; Q3 NJN -6; Q4 NJN +5
Final
PHI107
TOR94
Q1 PHI -9; Q2 PHI 0; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +13
Final
DEN109
DET100
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN +9
Final
ATL90
MIL98
Q1 MIL -1; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL -11; Q4 MIL +8
Final · OT
OKC118
MIN117
Q1 OKC -3; Q2 OKC -2; Q3 OKC +4; Q4 OKC 0; OT1 OKC +1
Final
LAC83
HOU96
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU -3; Q4 HOU +13
Final
CHA114
PHX107
Q1 CHA +5; Q2 CHA +2; Q3 CHA +5; Q4 CHA +7
Final
SAS112
UTA105
Q1 SAS +4; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +7
Final
NOH112
GSW103
Q1 NOH +13; Q2 NOH +12; Q3 NOH +17; Q4 NOH +9
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 26, 2010: 5 games. Top scorer: Andrew Bogut (MIL @ DAL), 32 points.
The lead · MEM @ NJN

New Jersey overcomes 16-point deficit, beats Memphis 93–88

The Nets trailed by 16 after one and finished 77–56. Anthony Morrow led New Jersey with 19 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · NJN 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 Q3Final0-16-11-6+5NJN AHEAD ↑MEM AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MEM3221132288
NJN1626183393
Who led
Anthony MorrowPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 10, 21, 15, 0, 10, 2, 16, 19NJN19 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 5, 16, 35, 32, 20, 20, 15, 24, 28, 17NJN17 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Rudy GayPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 26, 16, 9, 22, 22, 11, 21, 22MEM22 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 34, 23, 21, 17, 29, 16, 17, 20MEM20 PTS · 16 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Ten games, by the margins

Closest finish: 1. Widest: Orlando by 15.

OKC over MIN1NJN over MEM5CHA over PHX7SAS over UTA7MIL over ATL8DEN over DET9NOH over GSW9PHI over TOR13HOU over LAC13ORL over IND15Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.5Season avg25.6Last 5

25.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.5 in 45 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.7Season avg17.0Last 3

17.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.7 in 36 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
13.5Season avg32.5Today

32 minutes today, against 13.5 a game in 25 earlier games. Line: 20 points, 1 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 47

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 DurantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 40, 30, 36, 24, 22, 30, 22, 47OKC @ MIN · W
28.6 PPG season to date · +18.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl-Anthony Towns MIN, Nov 30, 2016: 47 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Ties career high47 PTS · 18 REB · 2 AST
Deron WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 24, 26, 28, 20, 5, 20, 17, 39UTA vs SAS · L
21.9 PPG season to date · +17.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 35, 30, 18, 20, 35, 11, 22, 26, 24, 31MIN vs OKC · L
21.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 21 REB · 2 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 10, 19, 28, 17, 2, 7, 12, 21, 16, 30MIN vs OKC · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +9.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 9 REB · 7 AST
DeMar DeRozanPoints, last 10 games: 28, 9, 15, 7, 23, 28, 16, 30, 25, 29TOR vs PHI · L
15.8 PPG season to date · +13.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Steve NashPoints, last 10 games: 20, 15, 23, 23, 15, 15, 17, 14, 17, 27PHX vs CHA · L
17.3 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 5 REB · 15 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+5.2 24.8 last 10 · 19.6 season
DeMar DeRozanTOR+5.2 21.0 last 10 · 15.8 season
Nick YoungWAS+5.0 21.9 last 10 · 16.9 season
Ryan AndersonORL+4.7 15.9 last 10 · 11.2 season
Nicolas BatumPOR+4.3 16.3 last 10 · 12.0 season
Cold
Gilbert ArenasORL−5.9 7.1 last 10 · 13.0 season
Michael BeasleyMIN−4.6 16.2 last 10 · 20.8 season
Roy HibbertIND−4.4 7.8 last 10 · 12.2 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−4.4 18.9 last 10 · 23.3 season
Devin HarrisNJN−3.8 12.0 last 10 · 15.8 season