FloaterDaily Brief
Thursday, January 17, 2013Regular season · 4 games
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4 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: MIL trailed PHX by 5 after three quarters and won 98–94.

Final
NYK102
DET87
Q1 NYK +12; Q2 NYK +15; Q3 NYK +12; Q4 NYK +15
Final
LAC90
MIN77
Q1 LAC +5; Q2 LAC +4; Q3 LAC +5; Q4 LAC +13
Final
MIL98
PHX94
Q1 MIL +10; Q2 MIL -3; Q3 MIL -5; Q4 MIL +4
Final
MIA99
LAL90
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA -1; Q3 MIA +8; Q4 MIA +9
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 17, 2012: 7 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (MIA vs SAS), 33 points.
The lead · MIL @ PHX

Milwaukee handles Phoenix by 4

The Bucks won the first quarter 32–22. Final: 98–94. Monta Ellis led Milwaukee with 24 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists.

Game flow · MIL margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0+10-3-5+4MIL AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
MIL3221172898
PHX2234191994
Who led
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 30, 18, 12, 21, 13, 14, 13, 17, 17, 24MIL24 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Larry SandersPoints, last 10 games: 4, 6, 4, 12, 10, 6, 3, 11, 6, 19MIL19 PTS · 15 REB · 1 AST
Shannon BrownPoints, last 10 games: 0, 12, 0, 7, 8, 4, 15, 11, 21, 20PHX20 PTS · 5 REB · 2 AST
Luis ScolaPoints, last 10 games: 24, 21, 15, 7, 12, 16, 12, 22, 7, 16PHX16 PTS · 8 REB · 3 AST
Second story · MIA @ LAL

Miami beats Lakers, 99–90

Miami led 73–65 after three and won by 9. LeBron James led Miami with 39 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
MIL over PHX4MIA over LAL9LAC over MIN13NYK over DET15Final margin, points. Pink = MIA over LAL.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+5.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
7.9Season avg13.4Last 5

13.4 points a game over his last five games, against 7.9 in 37 earlier games. Today: 4 points in 21 minutes.

Losing minutes
−9.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
24.7Season avg15.0Last 3

15.0 minutes a game over his last three games, against 24.7 in 31 earlier games. Today: 2 points in 18 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+13.6minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
16.4Season avg30Today

30 minutes today, against 16.4 a game in 28 earlier games. Line: 22 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.

Top performances

LeBron James leads the day with 39

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.
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 36, 32, 30, 24, 22, 15, 20, 32, 25, 39MIA @ LAL · W
26.3 PPG season to date · +13.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high39 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Dwyane WadePoints, last 10 games: 21, 27, 22, 14, 30, 18, 11, 11, 15, 27MIA @ LAL · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +7.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
27 PTS · 4 REB · 5 AST
Carmelo AnthonyPoints, last 10 games: 29, 33, 34, 45, 23, 40, 20, 39, 27, 26NYK @ DET · W
29.2 PPG season to date · −3.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
26 PTS · 3 REB · 4 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 30, 18, 12, 21, 13, 14, 13, 17, 17, 24MIL @ PHX · W
18.9 PPG season to date · +5.2 vs his regular-season average before tonight
24 PTS · 4 REB · 6 AST
Will BynumPoints, last 10 games: 5, 31, 25, 8, 15, 5, 5, 1, 13, 22DET vs NYK · L
8.0 PPG season to date · +14.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 2 REB · 4 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 17, 12, 19, 9, 24, 11, 13, 16, 30, 22LAC @ MIN · W
16.7 PPG season to date · +5.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
22 PTS · 2 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
Carlos BoozerCHI+6.5 22.6 last 10 · 16.1 season
Jameer NelsonORL+5.5 20.4 last 10 · 14.9 season
Ed DavisTOR+4.8 13.7 last 10 · 8.9 season
Tristan ThompsonCLE+4.3 14.6 last 10 · 10.3 season
JR SmithNYK+4.0 20.7 last 10 · 16.7 season
Cold
Austin RiversNOH−4.4 1.8 last 10 · 6.2 season
Kemba WalkerCHA−3.7 13.6 last 10 · 17.3 season
Anthony DavisNOH−3.5 9.4 last 10 · 12.9 season
David WestIND−3.4 13.1 last 10 · 16.5 season
Ryan AndersonNOH−3.1 13.5 last 10 · 16.6 season