FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 4, 2012Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: PHI trailed NOH by 11 after the first quarter and won 101–93.

Final
WAS85
ORL103
Q1 ORL +17; Q2 ORL +18; Q3 ORL +23; Q4 ORL +18
Final
CLE77
TOR92
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +7; Q3 TOR +15; Q4 TOR +15
Final
NJN70
BOS89
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS -1; Q3 BOS +16; Q4 BOS +19
Final
CHI99
DET83
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +16; Q3 CHI +13; Q4 CHI +16
Final
IND83
MIA118
Q1 MIA +2; Q2 MIA +23; Q3 MIA +22; Q4 MIA +35
Final
CHA118
NYK110
Q1 CHA +4; Q2 CHA +10; Q3 CHA +10; Q4 CHA +8
Final
MEM90
MIN86
Q1 MEM +6; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM -2; Q4 MEM +4
Final
PHI101
NOH93
Q1 PHI -11; Q2 PHI -7; Q3 PHI -6; Q4 PHI +8
Final
PHX89
DAL98
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +9
Final
GSW95
SAS101
Q1 SAS -6; Q2 SAS -8; Q3 SAS -5; Q4 SAS +6
Final
SAC83
DEN110
Q1 DEN +10; Q2 DEN +17; Q3 DEN +21; Q4 DEN +27
Final
HOU89
LAC117
Q1 LAC +15; Q2 LAC +12; Q3 LAC +15; Q4 LAC +28
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 4, 2011: 7 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA vs MIL), 34 points.
The lead · PHI @ NOH

Philadelphia rallies from 11 down to beat New Orleans

Trailing by 11 after one, Philadelphia outscored the Hornets 85–66 the rest of the way. Final: 101–93. Jrue Holiday led Philadelphia with 23 points, 2 rebounds and 8 assists.

Game flow · PHI 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 Q3Final0-11-7-6+8PHI AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHI16242734101
NOH2720262093
Who led
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 5 games: 13, 15, 22, 12, 23PHI23 PTS · 2 REB · 8 AST
Evan TurnerPoints, last 5 games: 10, 12, 0, 9, 21PHI21 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 2 games: 20, 22NOH22 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Carl LandryPoints, last 6 games: 14, 20, 17, 12, 3, 21NOH21 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Losing minutes
−18.9minutes, last 2 vs 2010–11 avg
Minutes per game
21.92010–11 avg3.0Last 2

3.0 minutes a game over his last two games, against 21.9 in 2010–11 (76 games). Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.2Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 9.2 a game in 4 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Cooling off
−5.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.5Season avg10.8Last 5

10.8 points a game over his last five games, against 16.5 in 6 earlier games. Today: 8 points in 32 minutes.

Second story · the whole slate

Miami posts the night's biggest win

Miami beat Indiana by 35, the widest margin of 12 games.

MEM over MIN4SAS over GSW6CHA over NYK8PHI over NOH8DAL over PHX9TOR over CLE15CHI over DET16ORL over WAS18BOS over NJN19DEN over SAC27LAC over HOU28MIA over IND35Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Top performances

Monta Ellis leads the day with 38

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.
Monta EllisPoints, last 5 games: 15, 26, 22, 18, 38GSW @ SAS · L
23.8 PPG season to date
38 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 7 games: 37, 26, 35, 34, 16, 28, 33MIA vs IND · W
29.9 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 13 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 6 games: 37, 13, 27, 23, 35, 32NYK vs CHA · L
27.8 PPG season to date · +5.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Andrea BargnaniPoints, last 6 games: 13, 21, 30, 28, 21, 31TOR vs CLE · W
24.0 PPG season to date · +8.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 7 games: 11, 21, 16, 20, 19, 19, 28ORL vs WAS · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +10.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 20 REB · 2 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 6 games: 22, 31, 25, 25, 24, 27MIN vs MEM · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 14 REB · 0 AST