FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 11, 2012Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 3 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 5 points, by LAC (vs MIA) and OKC (vs NOH).

Final
ATL84
IND96
Q1 IND +8; Q2 IND +3; Q3 IND +21; Q4 IND +12
Final
SAC98
TOR91
Q1 SAC +4; Q2 SAC +1; Q3 SAC 0; Q4 SAC +7
Final
PHI79
NYK85
Q1 NYK +13; Q2 NYK +10; Q3 NYK +11; Q4 NYK +6
Final
DAL90
BOS85
Q1 DAL +8; Q2 DAL +1; Q3 DAL +9; Q4 DAL +5
Final
WAS64
CHI78
Q1 CHI +2; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +4; Q4 CHI +14
Final
OKC95
NOH85
Q1 OKC -5; Q2 OKC +1; Q3 OKC +3; Q4 OKC +10
Final · OT
HOU95
SAS101
Q1 SAS -4; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS +4; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +6
Final
NJN115
DEN123
Q1 DEN +7; Q2 DEN +16; Q3 DEN +20; Q4 DEN +8
Final · OT
LAL90
UTA87
Q1 LAL +3; Q2 LAL -1; Q3 LAL +5; Q4 LAL 0; OT1 LAL +3
Final
ORL107
POR104
Q1 ORL +14; Q2 ORL +12; Q3 ORL +17; Q4 ORL +3
Final · OT
MIA89
LAC95
Q1 LAC -3; Q2 LAC -5; Q3 LAC +1; Q4 LAC 0; OT1 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 11, 2011: 6 games. Top scorer: Nick Young (WAS vs SAC), 43 points.
The lead · MIA @ LAC

Clippers flip a halftime deficit, win in overtime

Miami led 48–43 at the break. Tied 86–86 after regulation, Clippers won the extra time 9–3. Final: 95–89. Chris Paul led Clippers with 27 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists.

Game flow · LAC margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-3-5+10+6LAC AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
MIA24242117389
LAC21222716995
Who led
Chris PaulPoints, last 8 games: 20, 10, 15, 17, 20, 9, 11, 27LAC27 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 8 games: 22, 28, 34, 20, 22, 22, 18, 20LAC20 PTS · 12 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 37, 26, 35, 34, 16, 28, 33, 32, 26, 23MIA23 PTS · 13 REB · 7 AST
Mario ChalmersPoints, last 10 games: 4, 15, 9, 16, 6, 14, 29, 7, 12, 18MIA18 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three games need overtime

Three of 11 games went past regulation.

LAL over UTA3ORL over POR3DAL over BOS5NYK over PHI6SAS over HOU6LAC over MIA6SAC over TOR7DEN over NJN8OKC over NOH10IND over ATL12CHI over WAS14Final margin, points. Pink = went to overtime.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
29.5Season avg36.6Last 5

36.6 points a game over his last five games, against 29.5 in 11 earlier games. Today: 40 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.0Season avg12.0Last 3

12.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.0 in 9 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+35.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
10.5Season avg45.6Today

46 minutes today, against 10.5 a game in 7 earlier games. Line: 25 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 40

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 10 games: 26, 28, 17, 16, 37, 30, 39, 26, 48, 40LAL @ UTA · W
30.3 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Karl Malone UTA, Nov 20, 1999: 40 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
40 PTS · 8 REB · 4 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 32, 30, 12, 27, 19, 26, 27, 21, 22, 29OKC @ NOH · W
25.7 PPG season to date · +3.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 14, 8, 6, 13, 14, 9, 19, 29UTA vs LAL · L
14.3 PPG season to date · +16.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 9 REB · 1 AST
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 4, 19, 13, 27, 9, 8, 26, 28, 15, 29SAC @ TOR · W
18.0 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 14, 11, 21, 11, 19, 4, 22, 28SAS vs HOU · W
15.5 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Chris PaulPoints, last 8 games: 20, 10, 15, 17, 20, 9, 11, 27LAC vs MIA · W
16.1 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 6 REB · 11 AST