FloaterDaily Brief
Monday, January 7, 2013Regular season · 7 games
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7 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed ORL by 9 at halftime and won 125–119.

Final
OKC99
WAS101
Q1 WAS +10; Q2 WAS -2; Q3 WAS +3; Q4 WAS +2
Final
BOS102
NYK96
Q1 BOS +1; Q2 BOS -3; Q3 BOS +4; Q4 BOS +6
Final
CLE92
CHI118
Q1 CHI -8; Q2 CHI +3; Q3 CHI +16; Q4 CHI +26
Final
SAS88
NOH95
Q1 NOH +5; Q2 NOH +8; Q3 NOH +5; Q4 NOH +7
Final
DAL94
UTA100
Q1 UTA -7; Q2 UTA 0; Q3 UTA -6; Q4 UTA +6
Final · OT
ORL119
POR125
Q1 POR +1; Q2 POR -9; Q3 POR 0; Q4 POR 0; OT1 POR +6
Final
MEM113
SAC81
Q1 MEM -1; Q2 MEM +6; Q3 MEM +22; Q4 MEM +32
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 7, 2012: 10 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA @ NJN), 32 points.
The lead · ORL @ POR

Portland rallies from nine down at the half, wins in overtime

Orlando led 57–48 at the break. It was 108–108 after regulation, and Portland won the extra time 17–11. Final: 125–119. LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · POR 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+1-900+6POR AHEAD ↑ORL AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1T
ORL2433282311119
POR2523372317125
Who led
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 28, 26, 16, 19, 14, 15, 14, 27POR27 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Wesley MatthewsPoints, last 10 games: 19, 14, 3, 20, 0, 8, 12, 21, 26, 24POR24 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 14, 12, 23, 9, 23, 7, 9, 29ORL29 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 20, 14, 26, 14, 28, 19, 29, 24ORL24 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Seven games, by the margins

Closest finish: 2. Widest: Memphis by 32.

WAS over OKC2BOS over NYK6UTA over DAL6POR over ORL6NOH over SAS7CHI over CLE26MEM over SAC32Final margin, points. Pink = closest and widest.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.7points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
14.5Season avg25.2Last 5

25.2 points a game over his last five games, against 14.5 in 24 earlier games. Today: 21 points in 48 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.6minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
30.9Season avg19.3Last 3

19.3 minutes a game over his last three games, against 30.9 in 18 earlier games. Today: 5 points in 12 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.1minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.0Season avg39.1Today

39 minutes today, against 16.0 a game in 27 earlier games. Line: 12 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists.

Top performances

Kevin Durant 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.
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 41, 33, 33, 40, 26, 30, 27, 26, 22, 29OKC @ WAS · L
28.2 PPG season to date · +0.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
JJ RedickPoints, last 10 games: 17, 9, 14, 12, 23, 9, 23, 7, 9, 29ORL @ POR · L
14.4 PPG season to date · +15.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high29 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 17, 22, 28, 26, 16, 19, 14, 15, 14, 27POR vs ORL · W
20.6 PPG season to date · +6.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 10 REB · 5 AST
Gordon HaywardPoints, last 10 games: 8, 15, 17, 9, 17, 16, 17, 14, 14, 27UTA vs DAL · W
13.7 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high27 PTS · 6 REB · 5 AST
Serge IbakaPoints, last 10 games: 4, 14, 15, 19, 9, 16, 14, 15, 19, 26OKC @ WAS · L
14.8 PPG season to date · +11.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties career high26 PTS · 11 REB · 1 AST
Wayne EllingtonPoints, last 10 games: 2, 0, 2, 2, 6, 6, 5, 9, 2, 26MEM @ SAC · W
5.6 PPG season to date · +21.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high26 PTS · 1 REB · 4 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+6.5 23.4 last 10 · 16.9 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+4.0 33.0 last 10 · 29.0 season
Arron AfflaloORL+3.9 21.5 last 10 · 17.6 season
John SalmonsSAC+3.8 13.7 last 10 · 9.9 season
Jarrett JackGSW+3.7 15.9 last 10 · 12.2 season
Cold
O.J. MayoDAL−5.9 12.4 last 10 · 18.3 season
Michael BeasleyPHX−4.0 5.6 last 10 · 9.6 season
Al-Farouq AminuNOH−3.3 4.2 last 10 · 7.5 season
Evan TurnerPHI−3.3 10.9 last 10 · 14.2 season
Ryan AndersonNOH−3.1 14.6 last 10 · 17.7 season