FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 9, 2012Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed DEN by 1 after the first quarter and won 94–81.

Final
IND86
PHI96
Q1 PHI +5; Q2 PHI +5; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +10
Final
MIN87
TOR97
Q1 TOR +2; Q2 TOR +6; Q3 TOR +4; Q4 TOR +10
Final
ATL106
NJN101
Q1 ATL +13; Q2 ATL +11; Q3 ATL +9; Q4 ATL +5
Final
CHA87
NYK91
Q1 NYK +3; Q2 NYK +5; Q3 NYK +7; Q4 NYK +4
Final
DET68
CHI92
Q1 CHI 0; Q2 CHI +9; Q3 CHI +9; Q4 CHI +24
Final
NOH94
DEN81
Q1 NOH -1; Q2 NOH +8; Q3 NOH +14; Q4 NOH +13
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 9, 2011: 7 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA @ POR), 44 points.
The lead · NOH @ DEN

New Orleans handles Denver by 13

The Hornets won the second quarter 28–19. Final: 94–81. Carl Landry led New Orleans with 21 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · NOH margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1+8+14+13NOH AHEAD ↑DEN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH2628241694
DEN2719181781
Who led
Carl LandryPoints, last 9 games: 14, 20, 17, 12, 3, 21, 15, 12, 21NOH21 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Chris KamanPoints, last 9 games: 10, 12, 4, 14, 14, 10, 6, 10, 20NOH20 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 16, 7, 20, 21, 8, 23, 31, 15DEN15 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 27, 15, 25, 9, 17, 16, 8, 12, 20, 15DEN15 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.7Season avg21.2Last 5

21.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.7 in 9 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−17.3minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.6Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.6 in 8 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 13 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.2minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.9Season avg39.1Today

39 minutes today, against 17.9 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 14 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Second story · CHA @ NYK

New York never trails at a break against Charlotte

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 91–87. Amar'e Stoudemire led New York with 25 points, 12 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over CHA4ATL over NJN5PHI over IND10TOR over MIN10NOH over DEN13CHI over DET24Final margin, points. Pink = NYK over CHA.
Top performances

Andrea Bargnani leads the day with 31

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 9 games: 13, 21, 30, 28, 21, 31, 17, 21, 31TOR vs MIN · W
23.7 PPG season to date · +8.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high31 PTS · 9 REB · 0 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 5, 15, 9, 14, 9, 15, 17, 23, 25, 26ATL @ NJN · W
15.8 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 7 games: 21, 16, 15, 25, 23, 22, 25NYK vs CHA · W
21.0 PPG season to date · +4.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high25 PTS · 12 REB · 0 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 15, 6, 16, 10, 17, 11, 19, 20, 12, 23CHI vs DET · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +9.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high23 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 9 games: 37, 13, 27, 23, 35, 32, 37, 13, 22NYK vs CHA · W
26.6 PPG season to date · −5.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 22, 13, 19, 29, 16, 30, 17, 21, 8, 22CHI vs DET · W
19.7 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 1 REB · 8 AST