FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 20, 2012Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIN trailed LAC by 11 at halftime and won 101–98.

Final
ATL76
PHI90
Q1 PHI -6; Q2 PHI -8; Q3 PHI +7; Q4 PHI +14
Final
POR94
TOR84
Q1 POR +13; Q2 POR +15; Q3 POR +11; Q4 POR +10
Final
DEN108
WAS104
Q1 DEN -10; Q2 DEN -2; Q3 DEN +5; Q4 DEN +4
Final
PHX79
BOS71
Q1 PHX +5; Q2 PHX +11; Q3 PHX +5; Q4 PHX +8
Final
CHI114
CLE75
Q1 CHI +8; Q2 CHI +19; Q3 CHI +24; Q4 CHI +39
Final
MEM98
DET81
Q1 MEM +10; Q2 MEM +19; Q3 MEM +8; Q4 MEM +17
Final
MIL100
NYK86
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +4; Q3 MIL +12; Q4 MIL +14
Final
LAL80
ORL92
Q1 ORL +12; Q2 ORL +17; Q3 ORL +15; Q4 ORL +12
Final
SAC88
SAS86
Q1 SAC +12; Q2 SAC +3; Q3 SAC +6; Q4 SAC +2
Final
IND94
GSW91
Q1 IND +4; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND -2; Q4 IND +3
Final
MIN101
LAC98
Q1 MIN -9; Q2 MIN -11; Q3 MIN -7; Q4 MIN +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 20, 2011: 3 games. Top scorer: Eric Gordon (LAC @ POR), 35 points.
The lead · MIN @ LAC

Minnesota rallies from 11 down to beat Clippers

Trailing by 11 at the half, Minnesota outscored the Clippers 53–39 the rest of the way. Final: 101–98. Darko Milicic led Minnesota with 22 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · MIN 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 Q3Final0-9-11-7+3MIN AHEAD ↑LAC AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN22262429101
LAC3128201998
Who led
Darko MilicicPoints, last 10 games: 4, 11, 2, 6, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 22MIN22 PTS · 7 REB · 2 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 27, 29, 20, 13, 20, 34, 30, 33, 20, 17MIN17 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Mo WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 12, 13, 13, 7, 10, 14, 6, 26, 25LAC25 PTS · 3 REB · 5 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 20, 22, 22, 18, 20, 22, 23, 10, 14, 21LAC21 PTS · 10 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Four games go down to the wire

Four of 11 games were decided by four points or fewer. Widest margin: Chicago by 39.

SAC over SAS2IND over GSW3MIN over LAC3DEN over WAS4PHX over BOS8POR over TOR10ORL over LAL12PHI over ATL14MIL over NYK14MEM over DET17CHI over CLE39Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.7Season avg18.6Last 5

18.6 points a game over his last five games, against 11.7 in 15 earlier games. Today: 14 points in 37 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.0minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.0Season avg11.0Last 3

11.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.0 in 15 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
9.4Season avg33Today

33 minutes today, against 9.4 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Brandon Jennings 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.
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 8, 31, 21, 5, 15, 27, 19, 7, 30, 36MIL @ NYK · W
19.9 PPG season to date · +17.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high36 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 35, 32, 37, 13, 22, 27, 14, 33, 12, 35NYK vs MIL · L
25.7 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
35 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 28, 14, 28, 18, 23, 29, 22, 22, 20, 33POR @ TOR · W
23.2 PPG season to date · +10.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 23 REB · 5 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 39, 26, 48, 40, 42, 42, 14, 24, 30LAL @ ORL · L
30.4 PPG season to date · −0.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 14, 19, 2, 13, 15, 10, 16, 12, 29DEN @ WAS · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Danny GrangerPoints, last 10 games: 11, 15, 6, 15, 13, 24, 4, 21, 16, 26IND @ GSW · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high26 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST