FloaterDaily Brief
Saturday, January 12, 2013Regular season · 8 games
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8 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: UTA trailed DET by 13 after the first quarter and won 90–87.

Final
ORL104
LAC101
Q1 ORL -5; Q2 ORL -8; Q3 ORL -8; Q4 ORL +3
Final
CHA88
IND96
Q1 IND -1; Q2 IND -2; Q3 IND +4; Q4 IND +8
Final
ATL83
WAS93
Q1 WAS +10; Q2 WAS +1; Q3 WAS +7; Q4 WAS +10
Final
UTA90
DET87
Q1 UTA -13; Q2 UTA -11; Q3 UTA +3; Q4 UTA +3
Final
HOU100
PHI107
Q1 PHI +4; Q2 PHI +8; Q3 PHI +9; Q4 PHI +7
Final
PHX97
CHI81
Q1 PHX -1; Q2 PHX +7; Q3 PHX +14; Q4 PHX +16
Final
MEM83
DAL104
Q1 DAL +7; Q2 DAL +15; Q3 DAL +26; Q4 DAL +21
Final
MIA128
SAC99
Q1 MIA +11; Q2 MIA +22; Q3 MIA +31; Q4 MIA +29
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 12, 2012: 5 games. Top scorer: Dwight Howard (ORL @ GSW), 45 points.
The lead · UTA @ DET

Utah fights back from 13 down against Detroit

Final: 90–87, after trailing by 13 after one. Al Jefferson led Utah with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists.

Game flow · UTA 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 Q3Final0-13-11+3+3UTA AHEAD ↑DET AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
UTA1326252690
DET2624112687
Who led
Al JeffersonPoints, last 10 games: 18, 22, 30, 12, 21, 12, 15, 26, 23, 20UTA20 PTS · 10 REB · 3 AST
Paul MillsapPoints, last 10 games: 14, 12, 9, 14, 19, 15, 14, 19, 20, 17UTA17 PTS · 7 REB · 1 AST
Brandon KnightPoints, last 10 games: 15, 10, 9, 7, 11, 20, 8, 12, 20, 16DET16 PTS · 3 REB · 1 AST
Will BynumPoints, last 10 games: 8, 5, 31, 25, 8, 15, 5, 5, 1, 13DET13 PTS · 0 REB · 4 AST
Second story · the whole slate

Miami posts the night's biggest win

Miami beat Sacramento by 29, the widest margin of 8 games.

ORL over LAC3UTA over DET3PHI over HOU7IND over CHA8WAS over ATL10PHX over CHI16DAL over MEM21MIA over SAC29Final margin, points. Pink = the widest win.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.6points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
15.0Season avg22.6Last 5

22.6 points a game over his last five games, against 15.0 in 26 earlier games. Today: 11 points in 36 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
22.7Season avg8.0Last 3

8.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 22.7 in 24 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 6 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+17.4minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.7Season avg33.1Today

33 minutes today, against 15.7 a game in 19 earlier games. Line: 13 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top performances

Isaiah Thomas leads the day with 34

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.
Isaiah ThomasPoints, last 10 games: 12, 11, 27, 12, 8, 11, 12, 9, 18, 34SAC vs MIA · L
11.8 PPG season to date · +22.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 2 REB · 5 AST
Mario ChalmersPoints, last 10 games: 17, 4, 5, 3, 9, 5, 5, 3, 2, 34MIA @ SAC · W
7.5 PPG season to date · +27.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Career high34 PTS · 2 REB · 3 AST
Blake GriffinPoints, last 10 games: 13, 15, 22, 7, 12, 10, 24, 20, 15, 30LAC vs ORL · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +12.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 8 REB · 7 AST
Arron AfflaloPoints, last 10 games: 20, 14, 26, 14, 28, 19, 29, 24, 12, 30ORL @ LAC · W
17.8 PPG season to date · +12.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Ties season high30 PTS · 7 REB · 7 AST
Jrue HolidayPoints, last 10 games: 13, 21, 29, 26, 16, 15, 11, 19, 16, 30PHI vs HOU · W
18.7 PPG season to date · +11.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 3 REB · 9 AST
James HardenPoints, last 10 games: 33, 25, 28, 31, 29, 29, 31, 25, 24, 29HOU @ PHI · L
26.5 PPG season to date · +2.6 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 9 REB · 6 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
Luis ScolaPHX+4.2 17.4 last 10 · 13.2 season
Greivis VasquezNOH+4.1 18.3 last 10 · 14.2 season
Jameer NelsonORL+4.0 18.8 last 10 · 14.8 season
Tristan ThompsonCLE+3.8 13.7 last 10 · 9.9 season
Cold
Kyle LowryTOR−5.1 9.3 last 10 · 14.4 season
Evan TurnerPHI−4.1 9.7 last 10 · 13.8 season
Michael BeasleyPHX−3.8 5.6 last 10 · 9.4 season
Gary NealSAS−3.6 6.8 last 10 · 10.4 season
Paul PierceBOS−3.4 16.2 last 10 · 19.6 season