FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 21, 2012Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: DEN trailed NYK by 8 at halftime and won 119–114.

Final
CLE94
ATL121
Q1 ATL +8; Q2 ATL +19; Q3 ATL +26; Q4 ATL +27
Final
POR91
DET94
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +11; Q3 DET +5; Q4 DET +3
Final
PHI92
MIA113
Q1 MIA +1; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +21
Final · 2OT
DEN119
NYK114
Q1 DEN +1; Q2 DEN -8; Q3 DEN 0; Q4 DEN 0; OT1 DEN 0; OT2 DEN +5
Final
CHA89
CHI95
Q1 CHI +4; Q2 CHI +7; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +6
Final
SAS102
HOU105
Q1 HOU +5; Q2 HOU +6; Q3 HOU +2; Q4 HOU +3
Final
SAC95
MEM128
Q1 MEM +13; Q2 MEM +8; Q3 MEM +26; Q4 MEM +33
Final
OKC84
NJN74
Q1 OKC +10; Q2 OKC +13; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +10
Final
DAL83
NOH81
Q1 DAL +4; Q2 DAL 0; Q3 DAL +11; Q4 DAL +2
Final
MIN98
UTA108
Q1 UTA -4; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +10
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 21, 2011: 10 games. Top scorer: Tyreke Evans (SAC @ GSW), 35 points.
The lead · DEN @ NYK

Danilo Gallinari scores 37 as Denver wins in New York

Final: 119–114. Danilo Gallinari made 9 of 19 shots from the field.

Game flow · DEN margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (6 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.End OT1Final0+1-8000+5DEN AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1OT2T
DEN25212626714119
NYK2430182679114
Who led
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 23, 31, 15, 22, 14, 18, 14, 3, 21, 37DEN37 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Al HarringtonPoints, last 10 games: 14, 19, 2, 13, 15, 10, 16, 12, 29, 24DEN24 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 32, 37, 13, 22, 27, 14, 33, 12, 35, 25NYK25 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Iman ShumpertPoints, last 10 games: 10, 11, 16, 10, 12, 6, 12, 20, 4, 18NYK18 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Memphis posts the night's biggest win

Memphis beat Sacramento by 33, the widest margin of 10 games.

DAL over NOH2DET over POR3HOU over SAS3DEN over NYK5CHI over CHA6OKC over NJN10UTA over MIN10MIA over PHI21ATL over CLE27MEM over SAC33Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
11.9Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 11.9 in 16 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 38 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
28.8Season avg17.2Last 3

17.2 minutes a game over his last three games, against 28.8 in 15 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.2Season avg39Today

39 minutes today, against 17.2 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 15 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Danilo Gallinari leads the day with 37

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.
Danilo GallinariPoints, last 10 games: 23, 31, 15, 22, 14, 18, 14, 3, 21, 37DEN @ NYK · W
17.4 PPG season to date · +20.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 19, 22, 33, 16, 16, 16, 17, 30, 15, 30MIA vs PHI · W
20.3 PPG season to date · +10.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 16, 28, 33, 32, 26, 23, 35, 33, 31, 28MIA vs PHI · W
29.8 PPG season to date · −1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Rodney StuckeyPoints, last 10 games: 3, 15, 14, 5, 11, 8, 14, 16, 10, 28DET vs POR · W
12.7 PPG season to date · +16.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high28 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 13, 14, 9, 19, 29, 18, 26, 20, 16, 26UTA vs MIN · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +10.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 32, 37, 13, 22, 27, 14, 33, 12, 35, 25NYK vs DEN · L
25.7 PPG season to date · −0.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST