FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 27, 2011Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed MIA by 9 after three quarters and won 93–88.

Final
MIA88
NYK93
Q1 NYK -1; Q2 NYK -2; Q3 NYK -9; Q4 NYK +5
Final
HOU106
DAL111
Q1 DAL +18; Q2 DAL +17; Q3 DAL +7; Q4 DAL +5
Final
BOS88
POR78
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +4; Q3 BOS +6; Q4 BOS +10
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 27, 2010: 11 games. Top scorer: Chris Paul (NOH @ GSW), 38 points.
The lead · MIA @ NYK

New York climbs out of a 9-point hole against Miami

Down 9 after three, the Knicks won the fourth quarter 29–15 and the game 93–88. Amar'e Stoudemire led New York with 24 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

Game flow · NYK 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 Q3Final0-1-2-9+5NYK AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2424251588
NYK2323182993
Who led
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 22, 25, 41, 25, 18, 18, 30, 24NYK24 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 15, 13, 10, 19, 17, 11, 16, 23, 17, 20NYK20 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 25, 31, 34, 14, 34, 31, 16, 33, 27, 34MIA34 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 38, 25, 26, 44, 27, 34, 38, 24MIA24 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Second story · HOU @ DAL

Dallas never trails at a break against Houston

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 111–106. Tyson Chandler led Dallas with 21 points, 15 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over MIA5DAL over HOU5BOS over POR10Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over HOU.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
25.9Season avg33.4Last 5

33.4 points a game over his last five games, against 25.9 in 42 earlier games. Today: 24 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.2Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.2 in 43 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+15.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.1Season avg36Today

36 minutes today, against 20.1 a game in 40 earlier games. Line: 8 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Dwyane Wade 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.
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 25, 31, 34, 14, 34, 31, 16, 33, 27, 34MIA @ NYK · L
25.3 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 16 REB · 5 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 31, 14, 20, 19, 13, 19, 15, 20, 16, 30HOU @ DAL · L
19.2 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 10, 36, 21, 32, 18, 34, 8, 27HOU @ DAL · L
23.3 PPG season to date · +3.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 25, 38, 25, 26, 44, 27, 34, 38, 24MIA @ NYK · L
25.8 PPG season to date · −1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 23, 23, 22, 25, 41, 25, 18, 18, 30, 24NYK vs MIA · W
26.0 PPG season to date · −2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Tyson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 14, 6, 13, 8, 6, 12, 19, 21, 21DAL vs HOU · W
9.9 PPG season to date · +11.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high21 PTS · 15 REB · 0 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
LeBron JamesMIA+4.3 30.1 last 10 · 25.8 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−4.2 18.9 last 10 · 23.1 season
Devin HarrisNJN−3.8 12.0 last 10 · 15.8 season