FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 18, 2012Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 2 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: SAC trailed IND by 14 after three quarters and won 92–88.

Final · OT
SAS85
ORL83
Q1 SAS -6; Q2 SAS -3; Q3 SAS -1; Q4 SAS 0; OT1 SAS +2
Final · OT
DEN108
PHI104
Q1 DEN -9; Q2 DEN +6; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN +4
Final
OKC102
WAS105
Q1 WAS -4; Q2 WAS -5; Q3 WAS -4; Q4 WAS +3
Final
TOR73
BOS96
Q1 BOS +15; Q2 BOS +6; Q3 BOS +18; Q4 BOS +23
Final
GSW100
NJN107
Q1 NJN -2; Q2 NJN -1; Q3 NJN -3; Q4 NJN +7
Final
PHX91
NYK88
Q1 PHX +1; Q2 PHX +3; Q3 PHX +3; Q4 PHX +3
Final
POR89
ATL92
Q1 ATL +4; Q2 ATL +9; Q3 ATL +13; Q4 ATL +3
Final
DET85
MIN93
Q1 MIN -3; Q2 MIN -6; Q3 MIN -7; Q4 MIN +8
Final
MEM93
NOH87
Q1 MEM +11; Q2 MEM +7; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +6
Final
IND88
SAC92
Q1 SAC -4; Q2 SAC -5; Q3 SAC -14; Q4 SAC +4
Final
DAL89
LAC91
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +1; Q3 LAC 0; Q4 LAC +2
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 18, 2011: 2 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA vs ATL), 34 points.
The lead · IND @ SAC

Sacramento fights back late to top Indiana

Indiana led 80–66 after three. Sacramento won the fourth 26–8 and the game 92–88. Marcus Thornton led Sacramento with 17 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · SAC 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 Q3Final0-4-5-14+4SAC AHEAD ↑IND AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
IND232730888
SAC1926212692
Who led
Marcus ThorntonPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 25, 5, 23, 27, 13, 14, 12, 17SAC17 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
Francisco GarciaPoints, last 10 games: 3, 0, 0, 0, 9, 0, 11, 0, 12, 16SAC16 PTS · 5 REB · 0 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 9, 10, 14, 14, 8, 8, 9, 17, 16IND16 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 15, 6, 15, 13, 24, 4, 21, 16IND16 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.5Season avg18.4Last 5

18.4 points a game over his last five games, against 10.5 in 14 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 41 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.7Season avg10.3Last 3

10.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 25.7 in 13 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 9 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
8.7Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 8.7 a game in 3 earlier games. Line: 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists.

Second story · the whole slate

Seven close finishes and one Celtics rout

Seven of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Boston beat Toronto by 23.

SAS over ORL2LAC over DAL2WAS over OKC3PHX over NYK3ATL over POR3DEN over PHI4SAC over IND4MEM over NOH6NJN over GSW7MIN over DET8BOS over TOR23Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
Top performances

Russell Westbrook leads the day with 36

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.
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 15, 25, 13, 30, 22, 21, 26, 36OKC @ WAS · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +16.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 26, 27, 21, 22, 29, 28, 28, 33OKC @ WAS · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +7.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high33 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 18, 38, 18, 32, 22, 30, 18, 22, 10, 30GSW @ NJN · L
23.2 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 7, 8, 4, 11, 2, 13, 10, 20, 20, 29DET @ MIN · L
11.7 PPG season to date · +18.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Andre MillerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 8, 13, 8, 0, 12, 7, 5, 8, 28DEN @ PHI · W
10.5 PPG season to date · +18.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 8 REB · 10 AST
Jarrett JackPoints, last 10 games: 27, 19, 15, 13, 13, 8, 8, 23, 21, 27NOH vs MEM · L
16.4 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high27 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST