FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 19, 2012Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Every winner was ahead or tied at every quarter break.

Final · OT
NOH88
HOU90
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +9; Q3 HOU +12; Q4 HOU 0; OT1 HOU +2
Final
LAL87
MIA98
Q1 MIA +5; Q2 MIA +15; Q3 MIA +21; Q4 MIA +11
Final
DAL94
UTA91
Q1 DAL +3; Q2 DAL +9; Q3 DAL 0; Q4 DAL +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 19, 2011: 13 games. Top scorer: Monta Ellis (GSW vs IND), 36 points.
The lead · NOH @ HOU

Kevin Martin scores 32, Houston wins in overtime

Tied 82–82 after regulation. Final: 90–88.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0+5+9+120+2HOU AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
NOH27221419688
HOU3226177890
Who led
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 16, 17, 18, 13, 28, 25, 11, 32HOU32 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Courtney LeePoints, last 7 games: 15, 9, 7, 2, 9, 6, 17HOU17 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
Jason SmithPoints, last 10 games: 8, 2, 16, 9, 8, 6, 15, 2, 14, 17NOH17 PTS · 5 REB · 1 AST
Jarrett JackPoints, last 10 games: 19, 15, 13, 13, 8, 8, 23, 21, 27, 15NOH15 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Second story · DAL @ UTA

Dallas wins a tight one over Utah

94–91. Neither team led by more than 9 at any break. Shawn Marion led Dallas with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

The whole night · final margins
HOU over NOH2DAL over UTA3MIA over LAL11Final margin, points. Pink = DAL over UTA.
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
8.4Season avg15.2Last 5

15.2 points a game over his last five games, against 8.4 in 14 earlier games. Today: 15 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.2minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.5Season avg13.3Last 3

13.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.5 in 14 earlier games. Today: 6 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+12.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.8Season avg45.7Today

46 minutes today, against 32.8 a game in 6 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Martin leads the day with 32

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.
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 16, 17, 18, 13, 28, 25, 11, 32HOU vs NOH · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +14.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high32 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 34, 16, 28, 33, 32, 26, 23, 35, 33, 31MIA vs LAL · W
29.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 8 AST
Pau GasolPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 17, 13, 16, 14, 19, 14, 8, 26LAL @ MIA · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 37, 30, 39, 26, 48, 40, 42, 42, 14, 24LAL @ MIA · L
30.4 PPG season to date · −6.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 22, 26, 20, 15, 30, 11, 20, 18, 10, 22UTA vs DAL · L
18.3 PPG season to date · +4.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 9 REB · 2 AST
Shawn MarionPoints, last 10 games: 13, 2, 6, 14, 15, 10, 10, 7, 12, 22DAL @ UTA · W
10.6 PPG season to date · +12.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high22 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST