FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 1, 2012Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed TOR by 11 after three quarters and won 102–96.

Final
NJN82
CLE98
Q1 CLE -3; Q2 CLE -6; Q3 CLE +6; Q4 CLE +16
Final
CHA90
MIA129
Q1 MIA +18; Q2 MIA +28; Q3 MIA +28; Q4 MIA +39
Final
TOR96
ORL102
Q1 ORL -9; Q2 ORL -5; Q3 ORL -11; Q4 ORL +6
Final
BOS94
WAS86
Q1 BOS +11; Q2 BOS +17; Q3 BOS +13; Q4 BOS +8
Final
DAL82
MIN99
Q1 MIN 0; Q2 MIN +9; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +17
Final
MEM64
CHI104
Q1 CHI +13; Q2 CHI +26; Q3 CHI +40; Q4 CHI +40
Final
LAL90
DEN99
Q1 DEN +5; Q2 DEN +11; Q3 DEN +1; Q4 DEN +9
Final
NOH80
SAC96
Q1 SAC -1; Q2 SAC -2; Q3 SAC +10; Q4 SAC +16
Final
POR88
LAC93
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +8; Q3 LAC +17; Q4 LAC +5
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 · 2010–11Jan 1, 2011: 8 games. Top scorer: Dorell Wright (GSW @ MIA), 30 points.
The lead · TOR @ ORL

Orlando climbs out of an 11-point hole against Toronto

Down 11 after three, the Magic won the fourth quarter 32–15 and the game 102–96. Ryan Anderson led Orlando with 24 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · ORL 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.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-9-5-11+6ORL AHEAD ↑TOR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
TOR2725291596
ORL18292332102
Who led
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 5 games: 25, 8, 22, 23, 24ORL24 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 5 games: 8, 20, 15, 11, 21ORL21 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 4 games: 13, 21, 30, 28TOR28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Jose CalderonPoints, last 4 games: 15, 7, 11, 18TOR18 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST
Second story · NJN @ CLE

New Jersey's skid reaches four

Cleveland won 98–82; the Nets fall to 1–4. Antawn Jamison led Cleveland with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.

Streak strip · NJN
W@ WAS90–84Lvs ATL70–106L@ ORL78–94L@ ATL98–105L@ CLE82–98NJN: last 5 games through Jan 1, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+12.2points, last 2 vs 2010–11 avg
Points per game
11.32010–11 avg23.5Last 2

23.5 points a game over his last two games, against 11.3 in 2010–11 (54 games). Today: 18 points in 28 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.5minutes, last 2 vs 2010–11 avg
Minutes per game
34.72010–11 avg25.2Last 2

25.2 minutes a game over his last two games, against 34.7 in 2010–11 (80 games). Today: 9 points in 28 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+18.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.5Season avg34.9Today

35 minutes today, against 16.5 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists.

Top performances

Andrea Bargnani 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.
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 4 games: 13, 21, 30, 28TOR @ ORL · L
23.0 PPG season to date
28 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 5 games: 20, 4, 19, 13, 27SAC vs NOH · W
16.6 PPG season to date
27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 4 games: 22, 31, 25, 25MIN vs DAL · W
25.8 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 17 REB · 1 AST
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 5 games: 27, 14, 20, 14, 25SAC vs NOH · W
20.0 PPG season to date
25 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Kevin GarnettPoints, last 5 games: 15, 12, 8, 8, 24BOS @ WAS · W
13.4 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 9 REB · 3 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 5 games: 4, 18, 25, 20, 24MIA vs CHA · W
18.2 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST