FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 16, 2012Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CLE trailed CHA by 11 at halftime and won 102–94.

Final
CHI86
MEM102
Q1 MEM +7; Q2 MEM +20; Q3 MEM +11; Q4 MEM +16
Final
ORL102
NYK93
Q1 ORL -6; Q2 ORL -6; Q3 ORL -2; Q4 ORL +9
Final
CLE102
CHA94
Q1 CLE +7; Q2 CLE -11; Q3 CLE +2; Q4 CLE +8
Final
MIL82
PHI94
Q1 PHI +6; Q2 PHI +4; Q3 PHI +14; Q4 PHI +12
Final
HOU114
WAS106
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU +16; Q4 HOU +8
Final
POR84
NOH77
Q1 POR +5; Q2 POR +2; Q3 POR +13; Q4 POR +7
Final
NJN91
LAC101
Q1 LAC +15; Q2 LAC +13; Q3 LAC +11; Q4 LAC +10
Final
TOR84
ATL93
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +5; Q3 ATL +2; Q4 ATL +9
Final
OKC97
BOS88
Q1 OKC +8; Q2 OKC +7; Q3 OKC +10; Q4 OKC +9
Final
SAC86
MIN99
Q1 MIN +6; Q2 MIN -4; Q3 MIN +5; Q4 MIN +13
Final
DAL70
LAL73
Q1 LAL -3; Q2 LAL +4; Q3 LAL -5; Q4 LAL +3
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 16, 2011: 2 games. Top scorer: Tony Parker (SAS vs DEN), 30 points.
The lead · CLE @ CHA

Cleveland fights back from 11 down against Charlotte

Final: 102–94, after trailing by 11 at the half. Kyrie Irving led Cleveland with 25 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · CLE 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+7-11+2+8CLE AHEAD ↑CHA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
CLE30163323102
CHA2334201794
Who led
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 20, 12, 14, 21, 20, 26, 21, 25CLE25 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Antawn JamisonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 23, 19, 19, 22, 3, 22, 23, 9, 20CLE20 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
D.J. AugustinPoints, last 10 games: 26, 14, 21, 20, 12, 11, 8, 7, 16, 24CHA24 PTS · 4 REB · 8 AST
Gerald HendersonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 24, 4, 14, 14, 12, 16, 6, 26, 17CHA17 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Second story · ORL @ NYK

Orlando makes it four straight

Orlando beat New York 102–93 and moved to 9–3. Ryan Anderson led Orlando with 30 points, 7 rebounds and 0 assists.

Streak strip · ORL
Wvs NJN94–78W@ CHA100–79Wvs TOR102–96L@ DET78–89Wvs WAS103–85Lvs CHI83–97W@ SAC104–97W@ POR107–104W@ GSW117–109W@ NYK102–93ORL: last 10 games through Jan 16, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.8Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.8 in 13 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 30 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 2 vs 2010–11 avg
Minutes per game
21.22010–11 avg6.5Last 2

6.5 minutes a game over his last two games, against 21.2 in 2010–11 (73 games). Today: 0 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.4Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 15.4 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists.

Top performances

John Wall 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.
John WallPoints, last 10 games: 19, 11, 14, 22, 10, 8, 11, 7, 19, 38WAS vs HOU · L
15.2 PPG season to date · +24.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high38 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 25, 24, 27, 29, 20, 13, 20, 34, 30, 33MIN vs SAC · W
25.6 PPG season to date · +8.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 27, 23, 35, 32, 37, 13, 22, 27, 14, 33NYK vs ORL · L
26.1 PPG season to date · +7.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Ryan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 23, 24, 13, 23, 5, 19, 16, 11, 30ORL @ NYK · W
18.2 PPG season to date · +12.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high30 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 9, 15, 17, 23, 25, 26, 16, 30, 8, 28ATL vs TOR · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 12, 27, 19, 26, 27, 21, 22, 29, 28, 28OKC @ BOS · W
26.0 PPG season to date · +2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST