FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 28, 2012Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: HOU trailed NYK by 1 after the first quarter and won 97–84.

Final
WAS102
CHA99
Q1 WAS 0; Q2 WAS +10; Q3 WAS +5; Q4 WAS +3
Final
DET74
PHI95
Q1 PHI +10; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +16; Q4 PHI +21
Final
NYK84
HOU97
Q1 HOU -1; Q2 HOU +7; Q3 HOU +15; Q4 HOU +13
Final
LAL89
MIL100
Q1 MIL +4; Q2 MIL +8; Q3 MIL +7; Q4 MIL +11
Final
MEM84
PHX86
Q1 PHX +8; Q2 PHX +16; Q3 PHX +7; Q4 PHX +2
Final
SAC93
UTA96
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +2; Q3 UTA +11; Q4 UTA +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 28, 2011: 12 games. Top scorer: Dwight Howard (ORL @ CHI), 40 points.
The lead · NYK @ HOU

New York's skid reaches three

Houston won 97–84; the Knicks fall to 7–13. Chase Budinger led Houston with 19 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · HOU margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-1+7+15+13HOU AHEAD ↑NYK AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NYK2125142484
HOU2033222297
Who led
Chase BudingerPoints, last 10 games: 6, 3, 0, 5, 18, 8, 7, 0, 21, 19HOU19 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 3, 3, 9, 11, 0, 14, 14, 4, 9, 16HOU16 PTS · 0 REB · 5 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 10, 23, 15, 12, 18, 19, 12, 23NYK23 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Tyson ChandlerPoints, last 10 games: 2, 14, 4, 9, 11, 8, 20, 11, 9, 14NYK14 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Three close finishes and one 76ers rout

Three of 6 games were decided by four points or fewer. Philadelphia beat Detroit by 21.

PHX over MEM2WAS over CHA3UTA over SAC3MIL over LAL11HOU over NYK13PHI over DET21Final margin, points. Pink = decided by 4 or fewer, plus the widest win.
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
6.1Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.1 in 14 earlier games. Today: 12 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.8Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.8 in 16 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 8 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+27.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
12.7Season avg39.7Today

40 minutes today, against 12.7 a game in 17 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

Tyreke Evans leads the day with 31

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.
Tyreke EvansPoints, last 10 games: 29, 27, 3, 9, 8, 23, 13, 9, 12, 31SAC @ UTA · L
16.6 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 48, 40, 42, 42, 14, 24, 30, 33, 24, 27LAL @ MIL · L
30.0 PPG season to date · −3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 8 REB · 9 AST
Drew GoodenPoints, last 10 games: 0, 8, 2, 5, 10, 2, 13, 11, 23, 23MIL vs LAL · W
10.2 PPG season to date · +13.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 1 AST
Amar'e StoudemirePoints, last 10 games: 6, 14, 10, 23, 15, 12, 18, 19, 12, 23NYK @ HOU · L
17.7 PPG season to date · +5.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 8 REB · 0 AST
Byron MullensPoints, last 10 games: 18, 20, 9, 8, 17, 2, 6, 5, 4, 23CHA vs WAS · L
11.6 PPG season to date · +12.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high23 PTS · 3 REB · 0 AST
JaVale McGeePoints, last 10 games: 9, 23, 8, 7, 13, 13, 2, 6, 9, 22WAS @ CHA · W
11.4 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 10 REB · 2 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
Samuel DalembertHOU+3.4 12.3 last 10 · 8.9 season
Kemba WalkerCHA+3.0 15.2 last 10 · 12.2 season
Shawn MarionDAL+2.8 15.0 last 10 · 12.2 season
Cold
Richard JeffersonSAS−3.2 7.5 last 10 · 10.7 season
Wesley MatthewsPOR−2.5 11.1 last 10 · 13.6 season
Kyle KorverCHI−1.6 4.7 last 10 · 6.3 season
Jose CalderonTOR−1.6 8.9 last 10 · 10.5 season
Amir JohnsonTOR−1.3 5.7 last 10 · 7.0 season