FloaterDaily Brief
Sunday, January 6, 2013Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: CHA trailed DET by 9 after the first quarter and won 108–101.

Final
OKC104
TOR92
Q1 OKC +5; Q2 OKC +2; Q3 OKC +11; Q4 OKC +12
Final
WAS71
MIA99
Q1 MIA +8; Q2 MIA +8; Q3 MIA +9; Q4 MIA +28
Final · OT
CHA108
DET101
Q1 CHA -9; Q2 CHA -1; Q3 CHA -3; Q4 CHA 0; OT1 CHA +7
Final
MEM92
PHX81
Q1 MEM +5; Q2 MEM +3; Q3 MEM +9; Q4 MEM +11
Final
DEN112
LAL105
Q1 DEN +8; Q2 DEN 0; Q3 DEN +6; Q4 DEN +7
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 6, 2012: 12 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs GSW), 39 points.
The lead · CHA @ DET

Charlotte flips a halftime deficit, wins in overtime

Detroit led 60–59 at the break. Tied 96–96 after regulation, Charlotte won the extra time 12–5. Final: 108–101. Kemba Walker led Charlotte with 20 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists.

Game flow · CHA 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.
-15-10-50+5+10+15OVERTIMETipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3End reg.Final0-9-1-30+7CHA AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
CHA2138201712108
DET303022145101
Who led
Kemba WalkerPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 16, 8, 27, 5, 15, 18, 11, 20CHA20 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Ben GordonPoints, last 10 games: 8, 7, 6, 4, 15, 10, 14, 15, 27, 18CHA18 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Tayshaun PrincePoints, last 10 games: 15, 9, 8, 7, 14, 11, 20, 10, 6, 21DET21 PTS · 7 REB · 3 AST
Greg MonroePoints, last 10 games: 11, 35, 15, 13, 10, 6, 14, 18, 18, 18DET18 PTS · 14 REB · 6 AST
Second story · DEN @ LAL

Lakers' skid reaches three

Denver won 112–105; the Lakers fall to 15–18. Ty Lawson led Denver with 21 points, 2 rebounds and 10 assists.

Streak strip · LAL
W@ WAS102–96W@ PHI111–98Wvs CHA101–100W@ GSW118–115Wvs NYK100–94L@ DEN114–126Wvs POR104–87Lvs PHI99–103L@ LAC102–107Lvs DEN105–112LAL: last 10 games through Jan 6, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.9points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
13.1Season avg20.0Last 5

20.0 points a game over his last five games, against 13.1 in 34 earlier games. Today: 7 points in 27 minutes.

Losing minutes
−7.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.5Season avg14.7Last 3

14.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.5 in 16 earlier games. Today: 3 points in 16 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+20.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
17.4Season avg38Today

38 minutes today, against 17.4 a game in 9 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 5 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Kobe Bryant leads the day with 29

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.
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 34, 30, 34, 34, 40, 27, 36, 38, 29LAL vs DEN · L
30.5 PPG season to date · −1.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 5 REB · 7 AST
Alan AndersonPoints, last 10 games: 24, 18, 16, 10, 12, 16, 11, 4, 20, 27TOR vs OKC · L
12.0 PPG season to date · +15.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 4 REB · 3 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 24, 30, 29, 27, 35, 26, 36, 32, 30, 24MIA vs WAS · W
26.5 PPG season to date · −2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 2 REB · 7 AST
Russell WestbrookPoints, last 10 games: 22, 27, 30, 21, 16, 28, 24, 26, 27, 23OKC @ TOR · W
21.9 PPG season to date · +1.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
23 PTS · 4 REB · 7 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 19, 41, 33, 33, 40, 26, 30, 27, 26, 22OKC @ TOR · W
28.2 PPG season to date · −6.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Ty LawsonPoints, last 10 games: 12, 13, 0, 15, 17, 11, 3, 16, 14, 21DEN @ LAL · W
13.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
21 PTS · 2 REB · 10 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
John SalmonsSAC+4.0 13.7 last 10 · 9.7 season
Jarrett JackGSW+3.7 15.9 last 10 · 12.2 season
Rodney StuckeyDET+3.4 15.6 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
Marc GasolMEM−3.5 10.2 last 10 · 13.7 season
Jeremy PargoCLE−3.3 5.4 last 10 · 8.7 season