FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 29, 2011Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed NJN by 3 after the first quarter and won 91–81.

Final
IND89
CHI110
Q1 CHI -2; Q2 CHI +4; Q3 CHI +5; Q4 CHI +21
Final
WAS93
MEM107
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +19; Q4 MEM +14
Final
TOR87
MIN103
Q1 MIN +1; Q2 MIN +10; Q3 MIN +21; Q4 MIN +16
Final
ATL91
DAL102
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL +3; Q3 DAL -1; Q4 DAL +11
Final
NJN81
MIL91
Q1 MIL -3; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +10
Final
HOU95
SAS108
Q1 SAS -1; Q2 SAS +2; Q3 SAS +5; Q4 SAS +13
Final
NOH96
SAC102
Q1 SAC +2; Q2 SAC +10; Q3 SAC +9; Q4 SAC +6
Final
CHA88
LAC103
Q1 LAC +1; Q2 LAC +15; Q3 LAC +23; Q4 LAC +15
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 29, 2010: 12 games. Top scorer: Paul Pierce (BOS @ ATL), 35 points.
The lead · NJN @ MIL

Milwaukee makes it three straight

Milwaukee beat New Jersey 91–81 and moved to 19–26. Carlos Delfino led Milwaukee with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-3+8+7+10MIL AHEAD ↑NJN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NJN2512242081
MIL2223232391
Who led
Carlos DelfinoPoints, last 10 games: 14, 15, 9, 2, 9, 5, 3, 15, 15, 21MIL21 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Andrew BogutPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 10, 6, 23, 14, 8, 8, 24, 17MIL17 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 35, 32, 20, 20, 15, 24, 28, 17, 28, 26NJN26 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Anthony MorrowPoints, last 10 games: 10, 21, 15, 0, 10, 2, 16, 19, 7, 16NJN16 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Second story · IND @ CHI

Chicago routs Indiana by 21

Chicago led by 4 at halftime and won 110–89. Carlos Boozer led Chicago with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.

The whole night · final margins
SAC over NOH6MIL over NJN10DAL over ATL11SAS over HOU13MEM over WAS14LAC over CHA15MIN over TOR16CHI over IND21Final margin, points. Pink = CHI over IND.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.3Season avg14.2Last 5

14.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.3 in 26 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−13.1minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.7Season avg18.6Last 3

18.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.7 in 39 earlier games. Today: 9 points in 19 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.7Season avg34Today

34 minutes today, against 12.7 a game in 36 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 12 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Joe Johnson leads the day with 27

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.
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 26, 30, 36, 19, 9, 32, 15, 34, 27ATL @ DAL · L
20.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 35, 32, 20, 20, 15, 24, 28, 17, 28, 26NJN @ MIL · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +6.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 16, 14, 20, 5, 21, 14, 9, 27, 25SAC vs NOH · W
13.5 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 12 REB · 7 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 34, 23, 21, 17, 29, 16, 17, 20, 22, 24MEM vs WAS · W
20.2 PPG season to date · +3.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 20 REB · 3 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 27, 23, 14, 12, 20, 14, 16, 24CHI vs IND · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +4.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 REB · 4 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 24, 28, 18, 47, 29, 20, 30, 22, 14, 24LAC vs CHA · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +1.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 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
LeBron JamesMIA+5.9 32.0 last 10 · 26.1 season
Joe JohnsonATL+5.1 25.2 last 10 · 20.1 season
Brook LopezNJN+5.0 24.5 last 10 · 19.5 season
Corey MaggetteMIL+4.8 17.2 last 10 · 12.4 season
Ryan AndersonORL+4.6 15.7 last 10 · 11.1 season
Cold
Gilbert ArenasORL−6.1 6.8 last 10 · 12.9 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−4.8 18.2 last 10 · 23.0 season
Michael BeasleyMIN−4.7 15.6 last 10 · 20.3 season
Roy HibbertIND−4.1 8.0 last 10 · 12.1 season
Jameer NelsonORL−3.5 9.0 last 10 · 12.5 season