FloaterDaily Brief
Wednesday, January 9, 2013Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: 10 points, by NOH (vs HOU) and MIL (vs CHI).

Final
UTA112
CHA102
Q1 UTA +7; Q2 UTA +19; Q3 UTA +17; Q4 UTA +10
Final
ATL83
CLE99
Q1 CLE +1; Q2 CLE +9; Q3 CLE +14; Q4 CLE +16
Final
PHI72
TOR90
Q1 TOR +3; Q2 TOR +2; Q3 TOR +10; Q4 TOR +18
Final
PHX79
BOS87
Q1 BOS -1; Q2 BOS +12; Q3 BOS +3; Q4 BOS +8
Final
MIL104
CHI96
Q1 MIL -10; Q2 MIL -7; Q3 MIL +1; Q4 MIL +8
Final
HOU79
NOH88
Q1 NOH -4; Q2 NOH -2; Q3 NOH -10; Q4 NOH +9
Final
MIN84
OKC106
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC +5; Q3 OKC +12; Q4 OKC +22
Final
LAL105
SAS108
Q1 SAS +7; Q2 SAS +9; Q3 SAS +10; Q4 SAS +3
Final
ORL105
DEN108
Q1 DEN -8; Q2 DEN -2; Q3 DEN -7; Q4 DEN +3
Final
MEM94
GSW87
Q1 MEM +1; Q2 MEM +9; Q3 MEM +5; Q4 MEM +7
Final
DAL93
LAC99
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +2; Q3 LAC -3; Q4 LAC +6
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 9, 2012: 6 games. Top scorer: Andrea Bargnani (TOR vs MIN), 31 points.
The lead · MIL @ CHI

Brandon Jennings scores 35, Milwaukee rallies past Chicago

Milwaukee trailed by 10 after one and won 104–96.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-10-7+1+8MIL AHEAD ↑CHI AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL23273123104
CHI3324231696
Who led
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 7, 25, 25, 9, 31, 16, 12, 29, 35MIL35 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Mike DunleavyPoints, last 10 games: 9, 8, 17, 18, 9, 19, 12, 7, 9, 16MIL16 PTS · 4 REB · 2 AST
Carlos BoozerPoints, last 10 games: 21, 9, 8, 6, 15, 19, 31, 27, 24, 22CHI22 PTS · 11 REB · 3 AST
Nate RobinsonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 11, 9, 27, 7, 5, 6, 13, 14, 19CHI19 PTS · 5 REB · 6 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+9.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.2Season avg24.6Last 5

24.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.2 in 32 earlier games. Today: 22 points in 33 minutes.

Losing minutes
−15.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.6Season avg6.7Last 3

6.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.6 in 32 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 5 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+21.9minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
5.7Season avg27.6Today

28 minutes today, against 5.7 a game in 10 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · HOU @ NOH

New Orleans climbs out of a 10-point hole against Houston

Down 10 after three, the Hornets won the fourth quarter 29–10 and the game 88–79. Greivis Vasquez led New Orleans with 17 points, 4 rebounds and 11 assists.

Top-scorer duel · NOH vs HOU
Greivis Vasquez · NOHJames Harden · HOUPTS1725REB44AST113Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Brandon Jennings leads the day with 35

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.
Brandon JenningsPoints, last 10 games: 12, 7, 25, 25, 9, 31, 16, 12, 29, 35MIL @ CHI · W
18.6 PPG season to date · +16.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high35 PTS · 6 REB · 6 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 17, 15, 26, 28, 13, 22, 33, 30, 15, 33CLE vs ATL · W
23.5 PPG season to date · +9.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
33 PTS · 1 REB · 4 AST
Kobe BryantPoints, last 10 games: 30, 34, 34, 40, 27, 36, 38, 29, 20, 27LAL @ SAS · L
30.1 PPG season to date · −3.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Kevin DurantPoints, last 10 games: 33, 33, 40, 26, 30, 27, 26, 22, 29, 26OKC vs MIN · W
28.1 PPG season to date · −2.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 6, 12, 18, 22, 30, 12, 21, 12, 15, 26UTA @ CHA · W
17.0 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 8 REB · 2 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 26, 30, 33, 25, 28, 31, 29, 29, 31, 25HOU @ NOH · L
26.5 PPG season to date · −1.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 4 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+6.5 23.4 last 10 · 16.9 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+4.0 33.0 last 10 · 29.0 season
Greivis VasquezNOH+3.8 17.9 last 10 · 14.1 season
John SalmonsSAC+3.8 13.7 last 10 · 9.9 season
Arron AfflaloORL+3.7 21.2 last 10 · 17.5 season
Cold
O.J. MayoDAL−4.9 13.3 last 10 · 18.2 season
Michael BeasleyPHX−4.0 5.4 last 10 · 9.4 season
Evan TurnerPHI−3.9 10.0 last 10 · 13.9 season
Shannon BrownPHX−3.7 8.2 last 10 · 11.9 season
Al-Farouq AminuNOH−3.4 4.0 last 10 · 7.4 season