FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 27, 2012Regular season · 13 games
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13 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: ATL trailed DET by 11 at halftime and won 107–101.

Final
CHA72
PHI89
Q1 PHI +13; Q2 PHI +22; Q3 PHI +26; Q4 PHI +17
Final
IND87
BOS94
Q1 BOS +6; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +10; Q4 BOS +7
Final
NJN99
CLE96
Q1 NJN +10; Q2 NJN +10; Q3 NJN +11; Q4 NJN +3
Final · OT
ATL107
DET101
Q1 ATL -2; Q2 ATL -11; Q3 ATL -5; Q4 ATL 0; OT1 ATL +6
Final
MIL100
CHI107
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +1; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +7
Final
WAS76
HOU103
Q1 HOU -4; Q2 HOU +3; Q3 HOU +16; Q4 HOU +27
Final
NYK89
MIA99
Q1 MIA 0; Q2 MIA +4; Q3 MIA +3; Q4 MIA +10
Final
SAS79
MIN87
Q1 MIN -1; Q2 MIN -1; Q3 MIN 0; Q4 MIN +8
Final
ORL67
NOH93
Q1 NOH +4; Q2 NOH +13; Q3 NOH +17; Q4 NOH +26
Final
UTA101
DAL116
Q1 DAL 0; Q2 DAL +8; Q3 DAL +6; Q4 DAL +15
Final
TOR81
DEN96
Q1 DEN +16; Q2 DEN +22; Q3 DEN +14; Q4 DEN +15
Final
PHX71
POR109
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR +14; Q3 POR +33; Q4 POR +38
Final
OKC120
GSW109
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +5; Q3 OKC +8; Q4 OKC +11
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 27, 2011: 3 games. Top scorer: Dwyane Wade (MIA @ NYK), 34 points.
The lead · ATL @ DET

Joe Johnson scores 30, Atlanta wins in overtime

Tied 87–87 after regulation. Final: 107–101.

Game flow · ATL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (5 points, including overtime), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-2-11-50+6ATL AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
ATL1520282420107
DET1729221914101
Who led
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 25, 27, 24, 8, 25, 26, 10, 30ATL30 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Marvin WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 15, 3, 8, 5, 12, 4, 12, 8, 8, 22ATL22 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 32, 19, 25, 4, 13, 10, 10, 12, 20, 22DET22 PTS · 11 REB · 4 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 20, 13, 8, 15, 7, 22, 14, 13, 17, 20DET20 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.2points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
12.0Season avg19.2Last 5

19.2 points a game over his last five games, against 12.0 in 19 earlier games. Today: 16 points in 32 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.2minutes, last 3 vs 2010–11 avg
Minutes per game
21.22010–11 avg6.0Last 3

6.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 21.2 in 2010–11 (73 games). Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
14.3Season avg35.6Today

36 minutes today, against 14.3 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists.

Second story · WAS @ HOU

Houston routs Washington by 27

Houston led by 3 at halftime and won 103–76. Chase Budinger led Houston with 21 points, 8 rebounds and 0 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NJN over CLE3ATL over DET6BOS over IND7CHI over MIL7MIN over SAS8MIA over NYK10OKC over GSW11DAL over UTA15DEN over TOR15PHI over CHA17NOH over ORL26HOU over WAS27POR over PHX38Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over WAS.
Top performances

Kevin Durant 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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 21, 22, 29, 28, 28, 33, 20, 20, 25, 37OKC @ GSW · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high37 PTS · 14 REB · 3 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 17, 21, 8, 22, 31, 25, 18, 22, 24, 34CHI vs MIL · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +12.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 21, 25, 18, 13, 18, 17, 7, 32CLE vs NJN · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +15.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high32 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 26, 23, 35, 33, 31, 28, 28, 18, 32, 31MIA vs NYK · W
29.2 PPG season to date · +1.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 15, 23, 25, 27, 24, 8, 25, 26, 10, 30ATL @ DET · W
19.1 PPG season to date · +11.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Dwight HowardPoints, last 10 games: 13, 45, 8, 25, 24, 21, 18, 14, 16, 28ORL @ NOH · L
19.9 PPG season to date · +8.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 16 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Leandro BarbosaTOR+3.9 17.4 last 10 · 13.4 season
Tony ParkerSAS+3.4 21.1 last 10 · 17.7 season
Shawn MarionDAL+2.8 15.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
Tiago SplitterSAS+2.7 12.0 last 10 · 9.3 season
Joe JohnsonATL+2.2 21.3 last 10 · 19.1 season
Cold
Richard JeffersonSAS−3.2 7.5 last 10 · 10.7 season
Wesley MatthewsPOR−2.5 11.1 last 10 · 13.6 season
Boris DiawCHA−2.4 5.4 last 10 · 7.8 season
Kyle KorverCHI−1.6 4.7 last 10 · 6.3 season
Jose CalderonTOR−1.6 8.9 last 10 · 10.5 season