FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 2, 2013Regular season · 12 games
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12 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIA trailed DAL by 8 after the first quarter and won 119–109.

Final
SAC97
CLE94
Q1 SAC +3; Q2 SAC -1; Q3 SAC +3; Q4 SAC +3
Final
WAS81
IND89
Q1 IND +13; Q2 IND +8; Q3 IND +9; Q4 IND +8
Final
CHI96
ORL94
Q1 CHI +1; Q2 CHI +8; Q3 CHI +11; Q4 CHI +2
Final
POR79
TOR102
Q1 TOR +7; Q2 TOR +16; Q3 TOR +17; Q4 TOR +23
Final
MEM93
BOS83
Q1 MEM -1; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +16; Q4 MEM +10
Final · OT
DAL109
MIA119
Q1 MIA -8; Q2 MIA -2; Q3 MIA +2; Q4 MIA 0; OT1 MIA +10
Final
NOH92
HOU104
Q1 HOU -2; Q2 HOU +5; Q3 HOU +8; Q4 HOU +12
Final
SAS117
MIL110
Q1 SAS +11; Q2 SAS +17; Q3 SAS +12; Q4 SAS +7
Final
BKN110
OKC93
Q1 BKN +14; Q2 BKN +16; Q3 BKN +4; Q4 BKN +17
Final
PHI89
PHX95
Q1 PHX +7; Q2 PHX -1; Q3 PHX +9; Q4 PHX +6
Final
MIN84
UTA106
Q1 UTA -1; Q2 UTA +8; Q3 UTA +13; Q4 UTA +22
Final
LAC94
GSW115
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +13; Q3 GSW +18; Q4 GSW +21
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 2, 2012: 10 games. Top scorer: Carmelo Anthony (NYK vs TOR), 35 points.
The lead · DAL @ MIA

LeBron James scores 32, Miami rallies past Dallas

Miami trailed by 8 after one and won 119–109.

Game flow · MIA 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.Final0-8-2+20+10MIA AHEAD ↑DAL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
DAL302227246109
MIA2228312216119
Who led
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 24, 30, 29, 27, 35, 26, 36, 32MIA32 PTS · 12 REB · 9 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 14, 13, 24, 19, 21, 21, 29, 24, 21, 27MIA27 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 20, 26, 8, 10, 7, 4, 15, 8, 15, 30DAL30 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Dirk NowitzkiPoints, last 6 games: 8, 9, 5, 8, 11, 19DAL19 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Second story · NOH @ HOU

Houston gets past New Orleans

104–92, with Houston ahead 49–44 at halftime. James Harden led Houston with 31 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists.

The whole night · final margins
CHI over ORL2SAC over CLE3PHX over PHI6SAS over MIL7IND over WAS8MEM over BOS10MIA over DAL10HOU over NOH12BKN over OKC17GSW over LAC21UTA over MIN22TOR over POR23Final margin, points. Pink = HOU over NOH.
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
6.8Season avg14.0Last 5

14.0 points a game over his last five games, against 6.8 in 29 earlier games. Today: 26 points in 25 minutes.

Losing minutes
−12.4minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
27.7Season avg15.3Last 3

15.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 27.7 in 30 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+25.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
19.3Season avg45Today

45 minutes today, against 19.3 a game in 29 earlier games. Line: 21 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Joe Johnson leads the day with 33

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.
Joe JohnsonPoints, last 10 games: 16, 21, 17, 22, 12, 13, 16, 15, 12, 33BKN @ OKC · W
17.1 PPG season to date · +16.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 24, 30, 29, 27, 35, 26, 36, 32MIA vs DAL · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +5.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 9 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 10, 16, 6, 8, 9, 14, 28, 16, 32ORL vs CHI · L
13.9 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high32 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Stephen CurryPoints, last 10 games: 25, 18, 13, 32, 27, 20, 23, 11, 22, 31GSW vs LAC · W
20.4 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 8 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 5, 15, 16, 21, 9, 8, 6, 15, 19, 31CHI @ ORL · W
14.5 PPG season to date · +17.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high31 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 28, 28, 33, 31, 26, 30, 33, 25, 28, 31HOU vs NOH · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +4.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 2 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
JR SmithNYK+5.8 22.3 last 10 · 16.5 season
Jared DudleyPHX+5.2 16.9 last 10 · 11.7 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+4.6 33.8 last 10 · 29.2 season
Ed DavisTOR+4.2 12.4 last 10 · 8.2 season
Dorell WrightPHI+4.1 12.8 last 10 · 8.7 season
Cold
O.J. MayoDAL−4.3 14.3 last 10 · 18.6 season
Michael BeasleyPHX−4.0 5.9 last 10 · 9.9 season
Al-Farouq AminuNOH−4.0 3.6 last 10 · 7.6 season
Wesley MatthewsPOR−3.5 11.1 last 10 · 14.6 season
Marc GasolMEM−3.3 10.6 last 10 · 13.9 season