FloaterDaily Brief
Friday, January 11, 2013Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, 1 went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NOH trailed MIN by 15 after the first quarter and won 104–92.

Final
CHA78
TOR99
Q1 TOR +13; Q2 TOR +14; Q3 TOR +18; Q4 TOR +21
Final
UTA95
ATL103
Q1 ATL -3; Q2 ATL -4; Q3 ATL -8; Q4 ATL +8
Final
PHX79
BKN99
Q1 BKN -4; Q2 BKN -7; Q3 BKN +8; Q4 BKN +20
Final
HOU91
BOS103
Q1 BOS +3; Q2 BOS +8; Q3 BOS +12; Q4 BOS +12
Final · OT
SAS98
MEM101
Q1 MEM -3; Q2 MEM +8; Q3 MEM -3; Q4 MEM 0; OT1 MEM +3
Final
MIN92
NOH104
Q1 NOH -15; Q2 NOH -6; Q3 NOH +9; Q4 NOH +12
Final
CHI108
NYK101
Q1 CHI +11; Q2 CHI +21; Q3 CHI +22; Q4 CHI +7
Final
DET103
MIL87
Q1 DET +5; Q2 DET -8; Q3 DET +14; Q4 DET +16
Final
CLE91
DEN98
Q1 DEN -7; Q2 DEN -11; Q3 DEN -4; Q4 DEN +7
Final
POR97
GSW103
Q1 GSW +9; Q2 GSW +15; Q3 GSW +15; Q4 GSW +6
Final
OKC116
LAL101
Q1 OKC 0; Q2 OKC +16; Q3 OKC +20; Q4 OKC +15
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 11, 2012: 11 games. Top scorer: Kobe Bryant (LAL @ UTA), 40 points.
The lead · MIN @ NOH

New Orleans storms back from 15 down to beat Minnesota

The Hornets trailed by 15 after one and won 104–92. Greivis Vasquez led New Orleans with 18 points, 4 rebounds and 13 assists.

Game flow · NOH margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the comeback, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-25-15-5+5+15+25TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-15-6+9+12NOH AHEAD ↑MIN AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIN2917153192
NOH14263034104
Who led
Greivis VasquezPoints, last 10 games: 14, 27, 20, 16, 17, 15, 25, 14, 17, 18NOH18 PTS · 4 REB · 13 AST
Eric GordonPoints, last 6 games: 24, 11, 14, 24, 5, 16NOH16 PTS · 1 REB · 3 AST
Luke RidnourPoints, last 10 games: 4, 14, 8, 4, 8, 14, 15, 10, 11, 20MIN20 PTS · 4 REB · 4 AST
Nikola PekovicPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 2, 28, 11, 11, 21, 25, 17, 18MIN18 PTS · 6 REB · 2 AST
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+8.8points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.4Season avg24.2Last 5

24.2 points a game over his last five games, against 15.4 in 33 earlier games. Today: 17 points in 35 minutes.

Losing minutes
−16.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
33.3Season avg16.6Last 3

16.6 minutes a game over his last three games, against 33.3 in 27 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+29.3minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.7Season avg37Today

37 minutes today, against 7.7 a game in 11 earlier games. Line: 10 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists.

Second story · CLE @ DEN

Denver rallies from 11 down to beat Cleveland

Trailing by 11 at the half, Denver outscored the Cavaliers 53–35 the rest of the way. Final: 98–91. Danilo Gallinari led Denver with 23 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · DEN vs CLE
Danilo Gallinari · DENKyrie Irving · CLEPTS2328REB73AST27Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Top performances

Kevin Durant leads the day with 42

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: 33, 40, 26, 30, 27, 26, 22, 29, 26, 42OKC @ LAL · W
28.5 PPG season to date · +13.9 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Most like it since 1995–96: Jordan Clarkson CLE, Feb 13, 2019: 42 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Season high42 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 30, 31, 29, 33, 34, 45, 23, 40, 20, 39NYK vs CHI · L
29.3 PPG season to date · +10.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
39 PTS · 8 REB · 5 AST
Damian LillardPoints, last 10 games: 17, 11, 20, 21, 18, 11, 20, 18, 10, 37POR @ GSW · L
18.5 PPG season to date · +19.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high37 PTS · 6 REB · 4 AST
Luol DengPoints, last 10 games: 29, 11, 14, 11, 20, 23, 6, 19, 18, 33CHI @ NYK · W
17.9 PPG season to date · +15.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Tony ParkerPoints, last 10 games: 13, 31, 21, 20, 23, 11, 20, 16, 24, 30SAS @ MEM · L
19.5 PPG season to date · +10.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 1 REB · 5 AST
Kyrie IrvingPoints, last 10 games: 15, 26, 28, 13, 22, 33, 30, 15, 33, 28CLE @ DEN · L
23.6 PPG season to date · +4.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 3 REB · 7 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+5.7 22.7 last 10 · 17.0 season
John SalmonsSAC+4.4 14.3 last 10 · 9.9 season
Greivis VasquezNOH+4.1 18.3 last 10 · 14.2 season
Tristan ThompsonCLE+3.8 13.7 last 10 · 9.9 season
Arron AfflaloORL+3.7 21.2 last 10 · 17.5 season
Cold
Kyle LowryTOR−5.1 9.3 last 10 · 14.4 season
Michael BeasleyPHX−4.8 4.3 last 10 · 9.1 season
Evan TurnerPHI−3.9 10.0 last 10 · 13.9 season
O.J. MayoDAL−3.7 14.7 last 10 · 18.4 season
Gary NealSAS−3.6 6.8 last 10 · 10.4 season