FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 3, 2012Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHI trailed ATL by 14 after three quarters and won 76–74.

Final
CHA101
CLE115
Q1 CLE -7; Q2 CLE +6; Q3 CLE +7; Q4 CLE +14
Final
ATL74
CHI76
Q1 CHI -8; Q2 CHI -12; Q3 CHI -14; Q4 CHI +2
Final
SAC96
MEM113
Q1 MEM +14; Q2 MEM +2; Q3 MEM +19; Q4 MEM +17
Final
POR103
OKC93
Q1 POR -5; Q2 POR -2; Q3 POR +4; Q4 POR +10
Final
MIL73
UTA85
Q1 UTA +6; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +7; Q4 UTA +12
Final
HOU99
LAL108
Q1 LAL +6; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL +1; Q4 LAL +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 · 2010–11Jan 3, 2011: 6 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA @ CHA), 38 points.
The lead · ATL @ CHI

Derrick Rose scores 30, Chicago rallies past Atlanta

Chicago trailed by 14 after three and won 76–74.

Game flow · CHI 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 Q3Final0-8-12-14+2CHI AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ATL2315181874
CHI1511163476
Who led
Derrick RosePoints, last 6 games: 22, 13, 19, 29, 16, 30CHI30 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 6 games: 21, 22, 12, 19, 11, 21CHI21 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Al HorfordPoints, last 6 games: 8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 16ATL16 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 6 games: 5, 15, 9, 14, 9, 15ATL15 PTS · 14 REB · 2 AST
Second story · CHA @ CLE

Cleveland beats Charlotte, 115–101

Cleveland led 87–80 after three and won by 14. Kyrie Irving led Cleveland with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over ATL2LAL over HOU9POR over OKC10UTA over MIL12CLE over CHA14MEM over SAC17Final margin, points. Pink = CLE over CHA.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+11.4points, last 3 vs 2010–11 avg
Points per game
11.32010–11 avg22.7Last 3

22.7 points a game over his last three games, against 11.3 in 2010–11 (54 games). Today: 21 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.5minutes, last 2 vs 2010–11 avg
Minutes per game
23.92010–11 avg11.4Last 2

11.4 minutes a game over his last two games, against 23.9 in 2010–11 (58 games). Today: 3 points in 14 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.5Season avg27.6Today

28 minutes today, against 7.5 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 9 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant 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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 7 games: 28, 29, 26, 28, 17, 16, 37LAL vs HOU · W
25.9 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 8 REB · 6 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 5 games: 25, 24, 13, 19, 30POR @ OKC · W
22.2 PPG season to date
30 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 6 games: 22, 13, 19, 29, 16, 30CHI vs ATL · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 1 REB · 7 AST
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 5 games: 19, 20, 14, 4, 26CHA @ CLE · L
16.6 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 4 REB · 9 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 5 games: 4, 19, 21, 22, 26UTA vs MIL · W
18.4 PPG season to date
26 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 3 games: 4, 2, 24MIL @ UTA · L
10.0 PPG season to date
24 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST