FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 30, 2012Regular season · 9 games
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9 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed POR by 6 after the first quarter and won 93–89.

Final
ORL69
PHI74
Q1 PHI +1; Q2 PHI +4; Q3 PHI +16; Q4 PHI +5
Final
CHI98
WAS88
Q1 CHI +10; Q2 CHI +11; Q3 CHI +17; Q4 CHI +10
Final
NOH95
MIA109
Q1 MIA -2; Q2 MIA +2; Q3 MIA +19; Q4 MIA +14
Final
MIN120
HOU108
Q1 MIN +2; Q2 MIN -2; Q3 MIN +15; Q4 MIN +12
Final
SAS83
MEM73
Q1 SAS +5; Q2 SAS +10; Q3 SAS +20; Q4 SAS +10
Final
DET82
MIL103
Q1 MIL +14; Q2 MIL +6; Q3 MIL +15; Q4 MIL +21
Final
DAL122
PHX99
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +18; Q3 DAL +26; Q4 DAL +23
Final
POR89
UTA93
Q1 UTA -6; Q2 UTA -6; Q3 UTA -1; Q4 UTA +4
Final
OKC100
LAC112
Q1 LAC +11; Q2 LAC +18; Q3 LAC +20; Q4 LAC +12
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 30, 2011: 7 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs BOS), 41 points.
The lead · POR @ UTA

Utah handles Portland by 4

The Jazz won the third quarter 30–25. Final: 93–89. Paul Millsap led Utah with 19 points, 15 rebounds and 1 assist.

Game flow · UTA margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-6-1+4UTA AHEAD ↑POR AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
POR2619251989
UTA2019302493
Who led
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 29, 18, 26, 20, 16, 26, 31, 20, 6, 19UTA19 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
CJ MilesPoints, last 10 games: 4, 17, 4, 19, 17, 18, 11, 9, 20, 15UTA15 PTS · 2 REB · 1 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 22, 22, 20, 33, 25, 13, 23, 18, 23, 25POR25 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 29, 19, 0, 9, 14, 0, 10, 16, 14, 15POR15 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Nine games, by the margins

Closest finish: 4. Widest: Dallas by 23.

UTA over POR4PHI over ORL5CHI over WAS10SAS over MEM10MIN over HOU12LAC over OKC12MIA over NOH14MIL over DET21DAL over PHX23Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
20.1Season avg29.2Last 5

29.2 points a game over his last five games, against 20.1 in 18 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.8Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.8 in 21 earlier games. Today: 10 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+24.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
20.4Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 20.4 a game in 22 earlier games. Line: 17 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant 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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 22, 29, 28, 28, 33, 20, 20, 25, 37, 36OKC @ LAC · L
26.8 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Derrick RosePoints, last 10 games: 8, 22, 31, 25, 18, 22, 24, 34, 34, 35CHI @ WAS · W
23.3 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 0 REB · 8 AST
Michael BeasleyPoints, last 10 games: 24, 15, 4, 8, 19, 11, 9, 7, 18, 34MIN @ HOU · W
14.9 PPG season to date · +21.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high34 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 30, 22, 21, 26, 36, 21, 24, 14, 28, 31OKC @ LAC · L
21.3 PPG season to date · +10.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Kevin LovePoints, last 10 games: 30, 33, 20, 17, 15, 39, 31, 18, 33, 29MIN @ HOU · W
25.5 PPG season to date · +3.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 0 AST
Kevin MartinPoints, last 10 games: 18, 13, 28, 25, 11, 32, 25, 31, 29, 29HOU vs MIN · L
20.5 PPG season to date · +8.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 1 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
Russell WestbrookOKC+4.0 25.3 last 10 · 21.3 season
Leandro BarbosaTOR+3.9 17.4 last 10 · 13.4 season
John WallWAS+3.6 19.7 last 10 · 16.1 season
Tayshaun PrinceDET+3.4 15.2 last 10 · 11.8 season
Shawn MarionDAL+3.0 15.4 last 10 · 12.4 season
Cold
Wesley MatthewsPOR−2.7 10.5 last 10 · 13.2 season
Carl LandryNOH−2.4 9.6 last 10 · 12.0 season
Gerald WallacePOR−2.2 11.1 last 10 · 13.3 season
Richard JeffersonSAS−2.1 8.8 last 10 · 10.9 season
Jose CalderonTOR−1.9 8.6 last 10 · 10.5 season