FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 5, 2013Regular season · 10 games
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10 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: BOS trailed ATL by 15 at halftime and won 89–81.

Final
BOS89
ATL81
Q1 BOS -13; Q2 BOS -15; Q3 BOS +9; Q4 BOS +8
Final
MIL80
IND95
Q1 IND 0; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND +13; Q4 IND +15
Final
NYK114
ORL106
Q1 NYK -9; Q2 NYK +4; Q3 NYK -8; Q4 NYK +8
Final
SAC93
BKN113
Q1 BKN +5; Q2 BKN +18; Q3 BKN +16; Q4 BKN +20
Final
HOU112
CLE104
Q1 HOU -6; Q2 HOU +4; Q3 HOU 0; Q4 HOU +8
Final
POR102
MIN97
Q1 POR +2; Q2 POR +10; Q3 POR +18; Q4 POR +5
Final · OT
NOH99
DAL96
Q1 NOH +2; Q2 NOH -7; Q3 NOH -4; Q4 NOH 0; OT1 NOH +3
Final
PHI86
SAS109
Q1 SAS +10; Q2 SAS +12; Q3 SAS +18; Q4 SAS +23
Final
UTA91
DEN110
Q1 DEN -2; Q2 DEN +4; Q3 DEN +11; Q4 DEN +19
Final
GSW89
LAC115
Q1 LAC +23; Q2 LAC +24; Q3 LAC +37; Q4 LAC +26
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 5, 2012: 4 games. Top scorer: Chris Bosh (MIA @ ATL), 33 points.
The lead · BOS @ ATL

Boston erases 15-point lead, steals one from Atlanta

Atlanta led 53–38 at halftime. Boston won the second half 51–28 to take it 89–81. Paul Pierce led Boston with 26 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · BOS margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-13-15+9+8BOS AHEAD ↑ATL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
BOS1820331889
ATL312291981
Who led
Paul PiercePoints, last 10 games: 16, 40, 35, 8, 12, 13, 20, 17, 13, 26BOS26 PTS · 9 REB · 5 AST
Rajon RondoPoints, last 10 games: 6, 26, 20, 6, 19, 10, 2, 11, 18, 14BOS14 PTS · 11 REB · 10 AST
Lou WilliamsPoints, last 10 games: 13, 13, 16, 18, 16, 21, 21, 9, 17, 28ATL28 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Jeff TeaguePoints, last 10 games: 19, 5, 11, 17, 27, 15, 10, 4, 5, 17ATL17 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Clippers post the night's biggest win

Clippers beat Golden State by 26, the widest margin of 10 games.

NOH over DAL3POR over MIN5BOS over ATL8NYK over ORL8HOU over CLE8IND over MIL15DEN over UTA19BKN over SAC20SAS over PHI23LAC over GSW26Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.9Season avg23.8Last 5

23.8 points a game over his last five games, against 13.9 in 23 earlier games. Today: 29 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.6minutes, last 3 vs 2011–12 avg
Minutes per game
32.92011–12 avg18.3Last 3

18.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.9 in 2011–12 (47 games). Today: 11 points in 17 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.9Season avg38.2Today

38 minutes today, against 17.9 a game in 31 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

Carmelo Anthony leads the day with 40

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, 45, 30, 31, 29, 33, 34, 45, 23, 40NYK @ ORL · W
29.3 PPG season to date · +11.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Michael Jordan CHI, Dec 3, 1996: 40 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
40 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 23, 22, 17, 15, 26, 28, 13, 22, 33, 30CLE vs HOU · L
23.4 PPG season to date · +6.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Jameer NelsonPoints, last 10 games: 10, 16, 6, 8, 9, 14, 28, 16, 32, 29ORL vs NYK · L
14.5 PPG season to date · +15.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 8 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 26, 20, 14, 26, 14, 28, 19, 29ORL vs NYK · L
17.5 PPG season to date · +11.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 33, 31, 26, 30, 33, 25, 28, 31, 29, 29HOU @ CLE · W
26.4 PPG season to date · +2.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 9, 24, 9, 15, 12, 21, 18, 31, 28SAC @ BKN · L
17.4 PPG season to date · +10.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 11 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
JR SmithNYK+6.0 22.7 last 10 · 16.7 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+5.1 34.4 last 10 · 29.3 season
Jared DudleyPHX+4.5 16.3 last 10 · 11.8 season
John SalmonsSAC+4.0 13.7 last 10 · 9.7 season
Jarrett JackGSW+3.7 15.9 last 10 · 12.2 season
Cold
O.J. MayoDAL−4.7 13.7 last 10 · 18.4 season
Michael BeasleyPHX−4.0 5.6 last 10 · 9.6 season
Al-Farouq AminuNOH−3.7 4.0 last 10 · 7.7 season
Jeremy PargoCLE−3.3 5.4 last 10 · 8.7 season
Evan TurnerPHI−3.3 10.9 last 10 · 14.2 season