FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 10, 2013Regular season · 3 games
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3 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: POR trailed MIA by 13 at halftime and won 92–90.

Final
NYK76
IND81
Q1 IND +2; Q2 IND +5; Q3 IND -2; Q4 IND +5
Final · OT
DAL117
SAC112
Q1 DAL -2; Q2 DAL -7; Q3 DAL -10; Q4 DAL 0; OT1 DAL +5
Final
MIA90
POR92
Q1 POR -3; Q2 POR -13; Q3 POR -5; Q4 POR +2
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 10, 2012: 11 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL vs PHX), 48 points.
The lead · MIA @ POR

Portland climbs back to beat Miami

Miami led by 13 at the half. Portland won it 92–90. Nicolas Batum led Portland with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.

Game flow · POR 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 Q3Final0-3-13-5+2POR AHEAD ↑MIA AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIA2131162290
POR1821242992
Who led
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 10, 22, 26, 10, 11, 26, 16, 28POR28 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
LaMarcus AldridgePoints, last 10 games: 22, 28, 26, 16, 19, 14, 15, 14, 27, 20POR20 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 28, 12, 22, 17, 14, 17, 14, 29MIA29 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 21, 21, 29, 24, 21, 27, 22, 14, 30, 18MIA18 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · DAL @ SAC

Dallas needs overtime to survive Sacramento

Tied 101–101 after regulation. Dallas won the final period 16–11 for a 117–112 win. O.J. Mayo led Dallas with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DAL vs SAC
O.J. Mayo · DALDeMarcus Cousins · SACPTS2429REB109AST54Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+6.1points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
16.9Season avg23.0Last 5

23.0 points a game over his last five games, against 16.9 in 34 earlier games. Today: 25 points in 40 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.8minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
29.9Season avg18.1Last 3

18.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 29.9 in 19 earlier games. Today: 20 points in 32 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+14.7minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
18.3Season avg33.0Today

33 minutes today, against 18.3 a game in 23 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

DeMarcus Cousins 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.
DeMarcus CousinsPoints, last 10 games: 24, 9, 15, 12, 21, 18, 31, 28, 10, 29SAC vs DAL · L
17.6 PPG season to date · +11.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 4 AST
Chris BoshPoints, last 10 games: 16, 14, 28, 12, 22, 17, 14, 17, 14, 29MIA @ POR · L
18.1 PPG season to date · +11.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 4 REB · 1 AST
Nicolas BatumPoints, last 10 games: 17, 18, 10, 22, 26, 10, 11, 26, 16, 28POR vs MIA · W
16.6 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 7 REB · 5 AST
JR SmithPoints, last 10 games: 26, 19, 25, 27, 28, 28, 20, 18, 24, 25NYK @ IND · L
17.1 PPG season to date · +8.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
25 PTS · 3 REB · 6 AST
Paul GeorgePoints, last 10 games: 10, 17, 15, 18, 21, 29, 9, 8, 29, 24IND vs NYK · W
16.9 PPG season to date · +7.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 11 REB · 5 AST
O.J. MayoPoints, last 10 games: 7, 4, 15, 8, 15, 30, 14, 13, 17, 24DAL @ SAC · W
18.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 10 REB · 5 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+6.9 24.0 last 10 · 17.1 season
John SalmonsSAC+4.4 14.3 last 10 · 9.9 season
Carmelo AnthonyNYK+4.0 33.0 last 10 · 29.0 season
Greivis VasquezNOH+3.8 17.9 last 10 · 14.1 season
Arron AfflaloORL+3.7 21.2 last 10 · 17.5 season
Cold
Michael BeasleyPHX−4.0 5.4 last 10 · 9.4 season
Evan TurnerPHI−3.9 10.0 last 10 · 13.9 season
O.J. MayoDAL−3.7 14.7 last 10 · 18.4 season
Shannon BrownPHX−3.7 8.2 last 10 · 11.9 season
Al-Farouq AminuNOH−3.4 4.0 last 10 · 7.4 season