FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 7, 2012Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: IND trailed CHA by 8 after the first quarter and won 99–77.

Final
CHI94
ATL109
Q1 ATL +15; Q2 ATL +18; Q3 ATL +23; Q4 ATL +15
Final
CHA77
IND99
Q1 IND -8; Q2 IND -6; Q3 IND +8; Q4 IND +22
Final
NYK103
DET80
Q1 NYK +1; Q2 NYK +22; Q3 NYK +29; Q4 NYK +23
Final
MIA101
NJN90
Q1 MIA +13; Q2 MIA +22; Q3 MIA +14; Q4 MIA +11
Final
OKC98
HOU95
Q1 OKC +2; Q2 OKC +2; Q3 OKC 0; Q4 OKC +3
Final
TOR62
PHI97
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +7; Q3 PHI +24; Q4 PHI +35
Final
DEN117
SAS121
Q1 SAS +12; Q2 SAS +7; Q3 SAS +9; Q4 SAS +4
Final
NOH81
DAL96
Q1 DAL +6; Q2 DAL +11; Q3 DAL +10; Q4 DAL +15
Final
UTA88
GSW87
Q1 UTA +8; Q2 UTA -1; Q3 UTA -3; Q4 UTA +1
Final
MIL86
LAC92
Q1 LAC +3; Q2 LAC -2; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +6
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 7, 2011: 11 games. Top scorer: Wesley Matthews (POR @ MIN), 36 points.
The lead · CHA @ IND

Indiana climbs back to beat Charlotte

Charlotte led by 8 after one. Indiana won it 99–77. Roy Hibbert led Indiana with 20 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · IND 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.
-30-20-100+10+20+30TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-6+8+22IND AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CHA3019141477
IND2221282899
Who led
Roy HibbertPoints, last 8 games: 16, 12, 17, 9, 9, 16, 11, 20IND20 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Tyler HansbroughPoints, last 8 games: 15, 8, 11, 16, 12, 14, 12, 15IND15 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 8 games: 19, 20, 14, 4, 26, 14, 21, 20CHA20 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Gerald HendersonPoints, last 8 games: 18, 21, 8, 8, 16, 24, 4, 14CHA14 PTS · 10 REB · 1 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one 76ers rout

Three of 10 games were decided by four points or fewer. Philadelphia beat Toronto by 35.

UTA over GSW1OKC over HOU3SAS over DEN4LAC over MIL6MIA over NJN11ATL over CHI15DAL over NOH15IND over CHA22NYK over DET23PHI over TOR35Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.1Season avg20.6Last 5

20.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.1 in 8 earlier games. Today: 31 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.7Season avg19.0Last 3

19.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.7 in 7 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.1Season avg43.6Today

44 minutes today, against 17.1 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 15 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 32

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 8 games: 37, 26, 35, 34, 16, 28, 33, 32MIA @ NJN · W
30.1 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 7 REB · 9 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 7 games: 15, 26, 22, 18, 38, 18, 32GSW vs UTA · L
24.1 PPG season to date · +9.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 9 games: 15, 11, 16, 7, 20, 21, 8, 23, 31DEN @ SAS · L
16.9 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high31 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 8 games: 19, 18, 4, 21, 20, 12, 10, 28HOU vs OKC · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +13.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 9 games: 30, 33, 32, 30, 12, 27, 19, 26, 27OKC @ HOU · W
26.2 PPG season to date · +0.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Kris HumphriesPoints, last 7 games: 21, 11, 9, 10, 11, 6, 25NJN vs MIA · L
13.3 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high25 PTS · 12 REB · 1 AST