FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 8, 2012Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ORL trailed SAC by 2 after the first quarter and won 104–97.

Final
MIN93
WAS72
Q1 MIN +3; Q2 MIN +14; Q3 MIN +15; Q4 MIN +21
Final
ORL104
SAC97
Q1 ORL -2; Q2 ORL +2; Q3 ORL +2; Q4 ORL +7
Final
SAS96
OKC108
Q1 OKC +2; Q2 OKC +6; Q3 OKC +22; Q4 OKC +12
Final
MIL93
PHX109
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +10; Q3 PHX +25; Q4 PHX +16
Final
CLE78
POR98
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR +7; Q3 POR +12; Q4 POR +20
Final
MEM82
LAL90
Q1 LAL +9; Q2 LAL +10; Q3 LAL +10; Q4 LAL +8
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 8, 2011: 8 games. Top scorer: Kevin Durant (OKC vs MEM), 40 points.
The lead · ORL @ SAC

Orlando gets past Sacramento

104–97, with Orlando ahead 49–47 at halftime. Jason Richardson led Orlando with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · ORL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-2+2+2+7ORL AHEAD ↑SAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
ORL19303223104
SAC2126321897
Who led
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 9 games: 2, 10, 16, 16, 5, 4, 8, 17, 22ORL22 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Glen DavisPoints, last 9 games: 6, 13, 5, 7, 7, 6, 4, 8, 20ORL20 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 9 games: 20, 4, 19, 13, 27, 9, 8, 26, 28SAC28 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 8 games: 12, 16, 15, 9, 4, 26, 19, 16SAC16 PTS · 10 REB · 0 AST
Second story · MEM @ LAL

Lakers lead Memphis wire to wire

Lakers were ahead at every break and won 90–82. Best quarter: the first, 31–22. Kobe Bryant led Lakers with 26 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists.

The whole night · final margins
ORL over SAC7LAL over MEM8OKC over SAS12PHX over MIL16POR over CLE20MIN over WAS21Final margin, points. Pink = LAL over MEM.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+3.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.8Season avg19.6Last 5

19.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.8 in 8 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.8Season avg9.3Last 3

9.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 20.8 in 7 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 10 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+19.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg40.0Today

40 minutes today, against 20.4 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 3 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

LaMarcus Aldridge 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.
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 8 games: 25, 24, 13, 19, 30, 28, 14, 28POR vs CLE · W
22.6 PPG season to date · +6.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 9 games: 20, 4, 19, 13, 27, 9, 8, 26, 28SAC vs ORL · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 28, 29, 26, 28, 17, 16, 37, 30, 39, 26LAL vs MEM · W
27.6 PPG season to date · −1.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 9 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 8 games: 16, 8, 25, 12, 16, 16, 8, 24POR vs CLE · W
15.6 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Jason RichardsonPoints, last 9 games: 2, 10, 16, 16, 5, 4, 8, 17, 22ORL @ SAC · W
11.1 PPG season to date · +12.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high22 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 33, 32, 30, 12, 27, 19, 26, 27, 21OKC vs SAS · W
25.7 PPG season to date · −5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 10 REB · 7 AST