FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, January 8, 2013Regular season · 5 games
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5 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed PHX by 7 after the first quarter and won 108–99.

Final
MIA77
IND87
Q1 IND +1; Q2 IND 0; Q3 IND +10; Q4 IND +10
Final
BKN109
PHI89
Q1 BKN +2; Q2 BKN +1; Q3 BKN +22; Q4 BKN +20
Final
LAL112
HOU125
Q1 HOU -6; Q2 HOU -3; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +13
Final
PHX99
MIL108
Q1 MIL -7; Q2 MIL -6; Q3 MIL +4; Q4 MIL +9
Final
ATL103
MIN108
Q1 MIN +10; Q2 MIN +16; Q3 MIN +14; Q4 MIN +5
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 8, 2012: 6 games. Top scorer: LaMarcus Aldridge (POR vs CLE), 28 points.
The lead · PHX @ MIL

Milwaukee beats Phoenix, 108–99

Milwaukee led 80–76 after three and won by 9. Brandon Jennings led Milwaukee with 29 points, 3 rebounds and 9 assists.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-15-10-50+5+10+15TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-7-6+4+9MIL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX3323202399
MIL26243028108
Who led
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 12, 7, 25, 25, 9, 31, 16, 12, 29MIL29 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 4, 27, 37, 20, 14, 30, 18, 12, 21, 13MIL13 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Goran DragicPoints, last 10 games: 21, 10, 7, 4, 16, 16, 20, 17, 9, 21PHX21 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Jared DudleyPoints, last 10 games: 8, 19, 36, 11, 18, 7, 8, 16, 7, 18PHX18 PTS · 5 REB · 8 AST
Second story · LAL @ HOU

Houston makes it five straight

Houston beat Lakers 125–112 and moved to 21–14. James Harden led Houston with 31 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists.

Streak strip · HOU
Wvs MEM121–96W@ CHI120–97W@ MIN87–84L@ SAS116–122Lvs OKC94–124Wvs ATL123–104Wvs NOH104–92W@ MIL115–101W@ CLE112–104Wvs LAL125–112HOU: last 10 games through Jan 8, oldest first. Pink = win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.3points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
9.5Season avg14.8Last 5

14.8 points a game over his last five games, against 9.5 in 25 earlier games. Today: 19 points in 23 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.5minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
23.5Season avg14.0Last 3

14.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 23.5 in 23 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.8minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
4.2Season avg28Today

28 minutes today, against 4.2 a game in 13 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists.

Top performances

James Harden leads the day with 31

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.
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 31, 26, 30, 33, 25, 28, 31, 29, 29, 31HOU vs LAL · W
26.6 PPG season to date · +4.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 6 REB · 9 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 19, 21, 21, 29, 24, 21, 27, 22, 14, 30MIA @ IND · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +9.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 5 REB · 3 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 20, 10, 17, 15, 18, 21, 29, 9, 8, 29IND vs MIA · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +12.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 11 REB · 2 AST
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 26, 12, 7, 25, 25, 9, 31, 16, 12, 29MIL vs PHX · W
18.1 PPG season to date · +11.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
Nikola PekovicPoints, last 10 games: 19, 18, 24, 21, 2, 28, 11, 11, 21, 25MIN vs ATL · W
16.2 PPG season to date · +9.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 18 REB · 1 AST
Metta World PeacePoints, last 10 games: 19, 17, 20, 20, 10, 6, 13, 2, 16, 24LAL @ HOU · L
13.6 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high24 PTS · 6 REB · 0 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
Ryan AndersonNOH−3.1 14.6 last 10 · 17.7 season
Evan TurnerPHI−2.9 11.1 last 10 · 14.0 season