FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 1, 2013Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 6 points, by ATL (vs NOH) and DAL (vs WAS).

Final
DAL103
WAS94
Q1 DAL -6; Q2 DAL -4; Q3 DAL +12; Q4 DAL +9
Final
SAC97
DET103
Q1 DET -1; Q2 DET +10; Q3 DET +13; Q4 DET +6
Final
POR105
NYK100
Q1 POR +7; Q2 POR +11; Q3 POR +7; Q4 POR +5
Final
ATL95
NOH86
Q1 ATL -4; Q2 ATL -6; Q3 ATL +8; Q4 ATL +9
Final
LAC78
DEN92
Q1 DEN +2; Q2 DEN +5; Q3 DEN +16; Q4 DEN +14
Final
PHI103
LAL99
Q1 PHI +3; Q2 PHI +4; Q3 PHI +8; Q4 PHI +4
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 · 2011–12Jan 1, 2012: 9 games. Top scorer: Andrea Bargnani (TOR @ ORL), 28 points.
The lead · DAL @ WAS

Dallas beats Washington, 103–94

Dallas led 83–71 after three and won by 9. Vince Carter led Dallas with 23 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

Game flow · DAL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-6-4+12+9DAL AHEAD ↑WAS AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
DAL23253520103
WAS2923192394
Who led
Vince CarterPoints, last 10 games: 4, 9, 3, 10, 14, 13, 9, 10, 13, 23DAL23 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 4, 7, 12, 11, 0, 15, 32, 10, 18, 15DAL15 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Bradley BealPoints, last 10 games: 15, 20, 4, 19, 17, 14, 2, 11, 14, 22WAS22 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Emeka OkaforPoints, last 10 games: 2, 8, 6, 8, 8, 14, 17, 2, 11, 14WAS14 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.1Season avg25.4Last 5

25.4 points a game over his last five games, against 16.1 in 30 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−21.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
26.2Season avg4.3Last 3

4.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 26.2 in 24 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+16.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
25.0Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 25.0 a game in 32 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 3 rebounds, 12 assists.

Second story · ATL @ NOH

Atlanta takes care of New Orleans

A 9-point win, 95–86. Josh Smith led Atlanta with 23 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
PHI over LAL4POR over NYK5DET over SAC6DAL over WAS9ATL over NOH9DEN over LAC14Final margin, points. Pink = ATL over NOH.
Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 45

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.
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 34, 23, 34, 45, 30, 31, 29, 33, 34, 45NYK vs POR · L
29.2 PPG season to date · +16.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Allen Iverson PHI, May 2, 2003: 45 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Ties season high45 PTS · 7 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 42, 31, 30, 34, 30, 34, 34, 40, 27, 36LAL vs PHI · L
30.3 PPG season to date · +5.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 6 REB · 0 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 18, 16, 17, 19, 26, 19, 25, 27, 28, 28NYK vs POR · L
16.5 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high28 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 15, 11, 25, 26, 11, 24, 13, 21, 29, 26PHI @ LAL · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +7.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 2 REB · 10 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 5, 11, 11, 22, 13, 17, 18, 10, 22, 26POR @ NYK · W
16.4 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Josh SmithPoints, last 10 games: 18, 3, 17, 17, 17, 12, 31, 7, 17, 23ATL @ NOH · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +6.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 13 REB · 7 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
Jared DudleyPHX+5.8 17.6 last 10 · 11.8 season
JR SmithNYK+5.8 22.3 last 10 · 16.5 season
Jarrett JackGSW+4.9 17.2 last 10 · 12.3 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+4.6 33.8 last 10 · 29.2 season
Marco BelinelliCHI+4.2 14.2 last 10 · 10.0 season
Cold
O.J. MayoDAL−5.9 12.3 last 10 · 18.2 season
Wesley MatthewsPOR−4.2 10.5 last 10 · 14.7 season
Al-Farouq AminuNOH−3.9 3.7 last 10 · 7.6 season
Jeremy PargoCLE−3.3 5.4 last 10 · 8.7 season
Ben GordonCHA−2.9 9.9 last 10 · 12.8 season