FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 31, 2011Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MEM trailed ORL by 7 after the first quarter and won 100–97.

Final
TOR93
IND104
Q1 IND +11; Q2 IND +6; Q3 IND +5; Q4 IND +11
Final
DEN99
NJN115
Q1 NJN +10; Q2 NJN +13; Q3 NJN +7; Q4 NJN +16
Final
CLE90
MIA117
Q1 MIA +15; Q2 MIA +9; Q3 MIA +17; Q4 MIA +27
Final
ORL97
MEM100
Q1 MEM -7; Q2 MEM -4; Q3 MEM +12; Q4 MEM +3
Final
WAS92
DAL102
Q1 DAL -4; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +10
Final
CHA78
UTA83
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA 0; Q4 UTA +5
Final
MIL98
LAC105
Q1 LAC +10; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC +4; Q4 LAC +7
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 31, 2010: 9 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs GSW), 45 points.
The lead · ORL @ MEM

Memphis holds off Orlando, 100–97

Memphis led 86–74 after three and held on to win by three. Mike Conley led Memphis with 26 points, 2 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · MEM margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-4+12+3MEM AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL2830162397
MEM21333214100
Who led
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 5, 22, 17, 8, 13, 16, 13, 15, 26MEM26 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Marc GasolPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 12, 4, 24, 17, 12, 12, 14, 19MEM19 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 16, 33, 18, 31, 22, 20, 19, 40, 20, 25ORL25 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 10 games: 21, 14, 8, 7, 18, 6, 19, 8, 12, 18ORL18 PTS · 1 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
5.9Season avg17.2Last 5

17.2 points a game over his last five games, against 5.9 in 27 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
31.4Season avg15.9Last 3

15.9 minutes a game over his last three games, against 31.4 in 40 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.6Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 7.6 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · WAS @ DAL

Washington's skid reaches five

Dallas won 102–92; the Wizards fall to 13–34. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · WAS
Wvs TOR98–95Wvs UTA108–101L@ MIL87–100Lvs PHX91–109Wvs BOS85–83L@ NYK106–115Lvs DEN109–120L@ OKC117–124L@ MEM93–107L@ DAL92–102WAS: last 10 games through Jan 31, oldest first. Pink = win.
Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 37

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 12, 12, 35, 23, 36, 23, 18, 33, 12, 37DEN @ NJN · L
23.9 PPG season to date · +13.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 34, 14, 34, 31, 16, 33, 27, 34, 32, 34MIA vs CLE · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
34 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 28, 18, 47, 29, 20, 30, 22, 14, 24, 32LAC vs MIL · W
22.8 PPG season to date · +9.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 11 REB · 6 AST
Brook LopezPoints, last 10 games: 32, 20, 20, 15, 24, 28, 17, 28, 26, 27NJN vs DEN · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Mike ConleyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 5, 22, 17, 8, 13, 16, 13, 15, 26MEM vs ORL · W
13.4 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 11 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 16, 33, 18, 31, 22, 20, 19, 40, 20, 25ORL @ MEM · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 14 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
Corey MaggetteMIL+6.1 18.8 last 10 · 12.7 season
Joe JohnsonATL+5.1 25.2 last 10 · 20.1 season
Ryan AndersonORL+4.6 16.1 last 10 · 11.5 season
LeBron JamesMIA+4.4 30.4 last 10 · 26.0 season
Keyon DoolingMIL+4.2 11.7 last 10 · 7.5 season
Cold
Gilbert ArenasORL−5.4 7.4 last 10 · 12.8 season
Michael BeasleyMIN−4.7 15.6 last 10 · 20.3 season
Rudy GayMEM−4.4 15.6 last 10 · 20.0 season
Marco BelinelliNOH−4.3 5.9 last 10 · 10.2 season
Dirk NowitzkiDAL−4.2 18.9 last 10 · 23.1 season